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Trauma Program Coordinator
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Samir Ballouz, BSN RN MSC IHM, Trauma Program Coordinator, American University of Beirut Medical Center
Samir Ballouz is a Trauma Program Coordinator who works with frontline emergency responders in Lebanon and the Middle East to provide them with the global standards in trauma education. Having been in this role since 2014, he knows that active learning and continuing education is a key component in creating a robust healthcare system. In his work with the military, law enforcement, registered nurses, and physicians, he has seen firsthand, through experiences in Beirut and its suburbs, how a cultural shift in the way careers and society views emergent trauma care, can have direct consequences in saving lives. Samir is a Chevening Scholar and holds a master’s degree in International Health Management from Imperial College London.