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Aug 2022
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Episode 50: The Role of Women Leaders in...

KHALIL DIAB
About this episode

Our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Rola Hammoud, current Chief Medical Officer, of CMC Dubai. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Hammoud's journey from an anesthesiology resident at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon to becoming the CMO of an up and coming hospital in Dubai. We discuss her role and the role of women in medicine in advancing the healthcare sector in Lebanon and beyond, and their role in promoting quality initiatives to provide safe healthcare to the Lebanese population independent of their socioeconomic status. We hope you will enjoy listening to and watching this episode. You can listen to the audio version of this episode on  Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, and Anghami

You can watch the video on YouTube on https://youtu.be/g3UilRqrONE

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