Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
I am a 4th year medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. My interests lie in global cardiac surgical access, bidirectional learning exchange, reverse innovation and engineering, and clinical outcomes in congenital cardiac surgery, particularly among refugee and immigrant populations. I grew up in the refugee camp of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, and my work with displaced populations has continued across many countries, including the United States, where I served as the clinical director of the Columbia Human Rights Initiative Asylum Clinic and on the student advisory board for Physicians for Human Rights.