PLEASE NOTE THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE HELD ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH1:00PM - 5:00PM QATAR TIME
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical CareDirector Pediatric Residency ProgramDirector Dar Al Wafaa Simulation in Medicine (DAWSIM)Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center
Dr. Sharara-Chami graduated with distinction from the American University of Beirut medical school in 2001 and joined the Alpha Omega Alpha society. She completed residency in Pediatrics at North Carolina Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She stayed on faculty at Boston Children’s for 3 years before joining back her Alma Mater in 2010. She is now an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Sharara-Chami is an avid teacher and has received several teaching awards throughout her career. She received certifications in leadership and medical education from Harvard Medical School. She is the director of the Simulation Program at AUBMC (https://sites.aub.edu.lb/aubmcacc/services/simulation-center/) and director of the Pediatric Residency Program. For the last 9 years, she has been working on several research projects in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care and Medical Education especially in simulation. She is particularly interested in the effects of culture on simulation debriefing (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rana_Sharara-Chami) . She is the co-founder and vice president of ParentWise- an NGO for healthy parenting (www.parentwiselb.org).