SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY

January 2014

HOW YOUR DONATIONS SAVED SYRIAN LIVES IN 2013

HELP US CONTINUE THE MISSION

SAMS Foundation Board of Directors

INTRODUCING SAMS FOUNDATION BOARD 2014-2016

Following the policies set by SAMS Foundation Bylaws and approved during Feb. 2013 general assembly, SAMS BOD appointed the new members of the Foundation board. This board combine four of the elected BOD with five active members of the society.

President: Doctor Abdulrahman Zanabli

A transplant nephrologist and clinical assistant professor at West Virginia University. Dr. Zanabli is a major organizer of SAMS mobile clinics and dialysis services.... read more

Vice President: Dr. Opada Alzohaili

An endocrinologist and a renowned lecturer in Michigan. Dr. Alzohaili provided primary care services to Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp and other clinics....read more

Secretary: Dr. Jaber Monla Hassan

A pulmonologist, critical care specialist and director of Blount Memorial Hospital sleep center. Dr. Hassan organized 12 medical training missions in Turkey....read more

Member: Dr. Najib Barakat

An internal medicine specialist and hospitalist in California. Dr. Barakat developed extensive lists of most needed medications for hospitals, ICUs and primary....read more

Member: Dr. Ihsan Mamoun

A radiology specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, SAMS representative to Homs International Medical Committee, and the chairperson of SAMS Lebanon office committee.....read more

Members of Professional BOD serving on Foundation Board

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, as the ex-president of the SAMS Foundation

Dr. Randa Loutfi, as the treasurer

Dr. Tarek kteleh as the chair person of SAMS Turkey office committee

Dr. Ammar Ghanem, as the chairperson of SAMS Jordan office committee

SAMS 3rd Annual National Medical Conference

Medicine without Borders:

Providing Healthcare Solutions in the Face of Challenges

Location: Marriott Marquis, San Diego Marina

Date: February 14-16, 2014

CME Provided by Michigan State University
More information here.

SAMS Events in January

Past
Jan. 19th 11AM - 2PM
Job Webinar for Physicians

Upcoming
Jan. 25th 10AM
CS Exam Workshop in Dearborn, Michigan
RSVP: drharash@yahoo.com

Dr. Samer Attar, on the SAMS Advocacy Committee, wins Medscape's Best Physician of the Year 2013

Surgeon Risked Life to Care for Victims of the Syria Conflict

Working under hostile conditions, Samer Attar, MD, used his skills to save lives at a makeshift field hospital in war-torn Syria.[1]For 2 weeks in the fall of 2013, Dr. Attar, an assistant professor in orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, operated under gunfire to debride wounds, stabilize fractures, and perform amputations on victims of the country's nearly 3-year civil war. "There were some nights it felt like the screaming never stopped, and there were some days we never left the operating room," Dr. Attar said. Since returning to the United States, Dr. Attar has worked with the Syrian American Medical Society to raise awareness and provide practical help to the injured.

SAMS Helps Lead First Cross-Border Polio Vaccination Campaign into Syria

Washington, D. C. - A vaccination campaign against the spread of poliomyelitis in children began January 2nd, under the supervision of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). The campaign, named the Polio Task Force includes 6 NGOs that are active in humanitarian and medical relief on the ground in Syria and will immunize children who are at risk for contracting the disease. The current campaign will reach to all areas in Northern and Northeastern Syria that were not covered by the vaccination campaign that was started on Dec 06th by the Syrian Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The Polio Task Force, will be the first cross-border relief effort of its kind and will reach areas previously left vulnerable. See more..

SAMS Advocacy and Press Releases

SAMS attends Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
SAMS Media Advisory for #SyriaHungerDay
This month SAMS participated in high level government meetings, in addition to meeting with Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet. To these meetings we took:

Statement for the record from the Senate Judiciary Committee
Situation Report on Syria
SAMS Polio campaign
Recent SAMS events
Specific policy requests for humanitarian aid and security

Stop the Starvation Siege of Syria: Press Conference Highlights

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