Dr. Salam Jalloul - (May Her Soul Rest in Peace)
MD - Medical DIrector

As a family physician and geriatrician who studied at the University of Rouen, France, she had been a practicing physician for more than 20 years in France and Lebanon, and completed her Palliative Care Certification from the University of Lyon in 2014. She was a member of the Order of Physicians in Lebanon and was a founding member and the current president of the Lebanese Geriatric Society. Dr. Jalloul had been recently appointed as a member on the Palliative Care Committee and an associate at the Department of Family Medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC).

Dr. Zeina El Hachem
MD - Medical Coordinator

Dr Zeina El Hachem received her MD from the American University of Beirut in 2004 and her Family Medicine specialization diploma from the Universite Saint Joseph in 2011. She has been working at the day-care oncology center at Hayek hospital since October 2011 and has an extensive experience in the supportive care of cancer patients.

Dr. Rosa Rhimi
MD - Beqaa Office

Dr. Rhimi’s professional experience began as a Family Medicine Specialist at the Miguel Enriquez University Hospital and Wilfredo Perez Polyclinic in Havana, Cuba . She has been practicing in Lebanon since 1992. She is a member of the medical staff in the Department of Family Medicine at AUBMC and of the Lebanese Order of Physicians, the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine, the Cuban Order of Physicians and the Cuban Society of Family Medicine.

Saria Gerges
Head of Nursing Unit

After graduating in 2007 from the Lebanese University with a BS degree in nursing, Saria worked at St. Charles Hospital in the surgical and intensive care units until 2009. She then worked at AUBMC for seven years in the Obstetric Gynecology (Oncology, Gynecology) department. She has a certificate from the National Collaboration Prenatal, Neonatal Network and another certificate on acute pain. During her years at AUBMC, Saria was a member of the Pain Committee at the hospital. She was also awarded the Best Ob-Gyn Registered Nurse. She has been a member of SANAD since April 2016.

Hamsa Bou Hadir
RN

Mrs. Bou Hadir attained her BS degree in nursing from the Lebanese University in 2012. She worked at Sacré Coeur Hospital for a year and then moved to Levant Hospital where she worked for two years. Mrs. Bou Hadir completed her nursing studies at the Lebanese University, after which she became a surgical Registered Nurse for two years at la Clinique du Levant. She has also served as a pediatric RN at Sacre Coeur Hospital. In March 2017, she joined SANAD as a hospice nurse. She is passionate about working with and supporting terminally ill patients, which motivated her to become part of SANAD’s team.

Ali Attwi
RN

While studying for his BS in nursing from the Lebanese University, which he later acquired in 2006, Mr. Attwi started working in the Rafik Hariri University Hospital's Oncology Department in 2005. In 2009, he obtained a university diploma in nursing care specialized in Oncology from the Saint Joseph University. in 2010, Mr. Attwi joined the medical surgical department at the Clemenceau Medical Center. There, he worked till 2020 while simultaneously operating as a part time nurse at the IOM between 2015 and 2017, and a nurse in SIDC between 2017 and 2020. Mr. Attwi joined SANAD as a palliative care nurse in October 2020.

Rasha Zouki
RN - Beqaa Office

After graduating from the Lebanese University with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Sciences. Ms. Zouki joined the Libano Francais Hospital where she served for 12 years as a Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse. She recently joined SANAD to serve as a hospice nurse in the Mid-Beqaa office.

Chantale Khadra

After graduating from the Lebanese University in 2009, with a BA in Psychology, Chantale Khadra obtained her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology in 2012 from the University of Balamand.
Under the supervision of Professor Leila Chikhani, Ms Khadra completed four years of training in Analytical Psychotherapy. Throughout her career she has attended drama therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy trainings at the University of Colombia. Her practice relies primarily on her clinical experience with patients of all ages and from different backgrounds.
Mrs. Khadra had previously worked as a psychotherapist and a mental health consultant in different local and international NGOs in Lebanon.
Chantale Khadra joined SANAD in September 2018 as a member in the mental health unit and as a hospice psychologist.

Hala El Amine

Ms. El Amine graduated from the University of Reading, UK, in 2019 with a MSc in clinical aspects of psychology. She finished her clinical training at the AUBMC clinical psychology training program. She joined SANAD in June 2022 as a clinical psychologist.