Dr. Maria Dorobantu has worked as senior specialist in internal medicine and Senior specialist in cardiology during 1990-1996. She is Director of the Research Center of Excellency for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular emergencies and she is Director of Hypertension Center of Excellence, European Society of Hypertension. She is Initiator and Coordinator for National Studys SEPHAR (I-III). She is reviewer for multiple journals viz., American Heart Journal, Cor et Vasa, Journal of Hypertension, PLOS ONE

Zeliha Selamoglu is a Professor in Medical Biology department of Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. She earned her PhD in Biology from Inonu University, She has published over 80 peerreviewed journal articles with over 700 citations and many technical reports. She is a member of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine: Associate Membership and European association for cancer research. She has served as Editorial Board member for many Journals.

Samer Ellahham has served as Chief Quality Officer for SKMC since 2009. In his role, Dr. Ellahham has led the development of a quality and safety program that has been highly successful and visible and has been recognized internationally by a number of awards.Dr. Ellahham is Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) by The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ). He is Certified in Medical Quality (CMQ) by The American Board of Medical Quality (ABMQ). He is the recipient of the Quality Leadership Award from the World Quality Congress and Awards and the Business Leadership Excellence Award from World Leadership Congress in 2015. He is the recipient of SKMC Infection Prevention Award in 2011 and 2012.Dr. Ellahham is Middle East Representative of the JCI Standards Subcommittee. He is Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belted. Dr. Ellahham is certified as EFQM 2013 Model assessor and is leading EFQM Excellence Model at SKMC with great success including winning the prestigious Dubai Quality Award in 2015 and Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Golden Award in 2015. Dr. Ellahham is the Executive SKMC sponsor of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®).SKMC is the first multispecialty ACS NSQIP center outside the US.Dr.Ellahham is a Board-certified internist, cardiologist and vascular medicine senior consultant and continues to care for patients. He is currently Cleveland Clinic Staff and on the Executive Team of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received several research awards including the DuPont Pharmaceuticals Research Award, ACCP 58th Annual Scientific Assembly, Young Investigator Award and the American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines Award. He is also a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals.

Bill Boerum is in his fourth term on the Board of Directors of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, the governing board for Sonoma Valley Hospital. Currently serving as Board Secretary, he previously served twice as Board Chair and as Treasurer including as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee. Currently, he is Chair of the Governance Committee. He is an advocate for medical tourism as well as for medical cannabis having spoken at state, county, and city hearings including before the Medical Board of the State of California. He was Chairman of the Northern California Health Care Authority, a consortium of five hospital districts. Also, in the healthcare domain, he was a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of the Association of California Healthcare Districts and its related workers compensation insurance affiliate, the ALPHA Fund, both Sacramento-based. Boerum’ s interest in healthcare extends to the international sphere where he has toured hospitals in China, Egypt and India with a special focus on cardiology departments and patient through-put. He is an international conference speaker, having spoken at the “Healthy Life Forum – Toward 80+” held in Sochi, Russia, and has spoken on “Digital Healthcare Transformation Drives Quality of Life.” He is Chairman Emeritus of Sister Cities International, Washington, D.C., a citizen diplomacy organization with 2,200 partners in over 140 countries. Previously in the risk management domain, he had more than 15 years of experience in the decision technology industry and a 20-year career in banking. He holds an MBA degree from Cornell University and a BS degree in Economics.