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• Chief Section & Consultant Hospice & Palliative Medicine
  Department of internal Medicine,
  King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan (2/11 to 12/11)


• Consultant, Palliative Medicine & Supportive Oncology
  (9/06 to1/11)
  - Director Palliative Care Education Center
  (6/09 to1/11)


• Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
  (9/07 to1/11)
  Division of Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, King Fahd National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, (KAMC) Riyadh, KSA


• Assistant Professor, Oncology
  College of Medicine,
  King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for health Sciences KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1/08 to1/11)
  - KHCC PI, Research 4 Health in Conflict (R4HC) –
  UK – 2018


• Co – author, the National and guidelines for Home Health Care – Jordan - 2018


• Lead the establishment of National Palliative & Home Care Strategic Framework – 2017


• Director of Palliative and Home Care Professional Diploma – 2017-2018


• Member, Editorial Board – Journal of Cancer Policy – since 2017


• President, National Palliative & Home Care Strategic Framework Workshop - KHCC & National Palliative Care Committee - Amman, Jordan 18/04/2017


• Founder and Director - National Home Care Initiative –USAID Grant, 2016


• Expert Consultant to scale up cancer care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Cairo , Egypt, 27-28 November, 2016


• Director of Palliative and Home Care Training Diploma – 2016-2017


• Co-Chairman, Palliative Care Session, GAP Conference - Houston, TX, USA – 15/4/2015


• Advisor, WHO Regional Advisory Group for Palliative Care - WHO, EMRA 16/4/2014 - current


• Member, WHO Regional Advisory Group for Palliative Care - WHO, EMRA - 16/4/2014 - current


• Director, KHCC Palliative Care Education Intervention Program- 05/01/2014


• Director, Palliative Care Professional Development Program, Department of Palliative Care, KHCC, Amman, Jordan – 1/2/12 – 1/2/13


• Master Facilitator EPEC & EPEC – O since 2009


• (Education for physicians in End of life care – Oncology) since (2009)


• Delivered more than 250 educational and training sessions in hospice and Palliative care


• Invited Member, Breast Cancer Guideline Committee, Saudi Cancer Society, Saudi Arabia, 2009


• Advisor and co-author, Strategic plan for palliative care, Radio Isotope Cancer Center, Khartoum, Sudan 2009


• Consulting, Capacity Building for palliative care, Radio Isotope Cancer Center, Khartoum, Sudan 2009


• Invited Co-Facilitator, EPEC "Train the Trainer Conference" EPEC Project, North Western University, Chicago, IL, USA, 2009