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Thabit Melhem
Executive Director of Nursing 
Nursing & Midwifery Department
Hamad Medical Corporation 

Mr. Melhem is responsible for Nursing & Midwifery Practice, Quality & Patient Safety, Risk, Governance, Policy & Procedure and Shared Governance, Nursing Education accreditation and strategy. He has more than 25 years of experience predominantly in Nursing Leadership. 

Prior to joining Hamad Medical Corporation, he worked at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago-USA as Director of Nursing for multiple clinical areas. He also worked as an Adjunct Faculty at Lewis University-Chicago area.  He had BSN from Bethlehem University and a Master of Science in Nursing from Lewis University-USA.