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Samer Ellahham

Samer Ellahham MD, CPHQ, CMQ, EFQM, FACC,F AHA, FACMQ, FACP

Cardiology, Vascular Medicine, Internal Medicine
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Samer Ellahham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, is Chief Quality Officer, SKMC, Managed by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is currently on the Executive Team of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dr. Ellahham received his Medical Degree from the American University of Beirut School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Ellahham completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

Dr. Ellahham then completed his Fellowship in Cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Ellahham is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Vascular Medicine. He is an American Society Clinical Specialist in Hypertension, Founding member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and Level III certified in CTA by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He was on the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic American Society of Hypertension.

Dr. Ellahham is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Ellahham is Certified as EFQM 2013 Model assessor and is leading EFQM Excellence Model at SKMC. He is a Certified Lean Healthcare Practitioner and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belted. Dr. Ellahham is the Middle East Representative of the JCI Standards Subcommittee and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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