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Lana Hammad

Lana Hammad PharmD, MBA, BSc (Pharm)

Pharmacy and Medicine, Healthcare Management
Umm Al Quawain, Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates

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Lana Hammad currently is the Pharmacy Director at Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Um Al Quwain, UAE. Lana received her Bachelor's degree from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and her Pharm. D degree from Purdue University, Indiana in 2009. She is certified by the International Diabetes Foundation as a diabetes educator since 2007, and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality – CPHQ, since 2013, and holder of an MBA. Prior to her current position, she worked at Al Rahba Hospital as a pharmacy manager for nine years where she was overseeing the medication management and use process across the hospital and attended three cycles of Joint Commission accreditation and recertification. She also worked at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh with extensive experience in oncology and bone marrow transplantation before joining Al Rahba Hospital in 2004. With her twenty years of experience in hospital pharmacy practice, and involvement in hospital and corporate committees, Lana was able to establish new services such as the drug information center, and intravenous admixture program, and was able to implement transformational system improvements based on workflow review and optimized utilization of resources and pharmacist skills. Lana’s main interests are to empower the staff and enhance their skills and abilities to assure full engagement and motivation within the system they work for. She is speaking at many conferences highlighting topics like; clinical pharmacy productivity, quality management, cold chain, disease management, and leadership.
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