Hypertension & Healthcare

Biography

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.

Research Interest

Cardiology and Vascular Medicine