PAMA

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Olathe KS 66063

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OUR MISSION

The Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA) is a non for profit 501 (c) (3) charity "EIN 47-2227058" that aims to promote health care in Palestine.

OUR OBJECTIVE

Establish an open registry to all health care professionals in the United States (US) who share the mission of PAMA

Collaborate with Palestinian Health institutes and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help promote health care in Palestine

Facilitate medical missions from the US to Palestine

Facilitate training health care professionals

Welcome to PAMA

At PAMA we are dedicated to be active at the local and international level and respond to humanitarian needs and crises wherever needed and within our capabilities. PAMA is a relatively young organization and is being run by pure volunteer efforts. PAMA officers and board of directors don't receive any financial compensation and donate to cover PAMA's administrative costs. We encourage you to be part of our success and we would like to thank those who already joined and volunteered with their time or money.

Majdi Hamarshi, MD

Board member and President

Dr. Hamarshi completed his medical education at AL-Quds medical school in Jerusalem, after that he worked at Al-Quds medical school as teaching and research assistant. Then he moved to the US to complete his internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Then he completed his fellowships in geriatrics medicine at Northerwestern University and critical care medicine at University of Missouri Kansas City “UMKC”, respectively. Currently he is an assistant clinical professor at UMKC, and practices critical care in Kansas City area.

Yousef Khelfa, MD

Board member and Vice President

Dr Khelfa received his Doctor of Medicine “MD" degree in 2003 from Al Quds University Medical School, Palestine. In 2009 he got his American Board of Medicine degree after finishing his internal medicine training at St Joseph Regional Medical Center -Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NJ/NY. Dr khelfa worked between 2009-2013 as an Academic Hospitalist before he became Assistant Professor of Medicine at Oakland University William Beaumont in Michigan state. In 2014 he was elected as Fellow of American College of Physicians. Currently he is finishing his medical oncology training at Marshall University-School of Medicine in West Virginia.

Nezam Altorok, MD

Board member and Treasurer

Dr. Altorok completed his medical education at Al-Quds medical school in Jerusalem, after that he completed his training in Internal Medicine at Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem. He then completed a residency program in Internal Medicine at the University of Toledo in Ohio and a fellowship program in Rheumatology at University of Michigan. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the department of medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Toledo, and he serves as an associate director of the Internal Medicine Residency program.

Najib Albina

Board member

Dr. Najib Albina grew up in a US Army family and lived all over the US and Germany. In high school, Dr. Albina was involved in sports including football, soccer, and cross country and also made it to the rank of Eagle Scout. Upon graduating from Würzburg American high school in Germany, Dr. Albina moved to Lisle, Illinois to attend Benedictine University where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Molecular Biology. From there Dr. Albina enrolled in the Illinois College of Optometry where he graduated in 2003 and has made Chicago his home since.

Ahmad Daraghmeh, MD

Board member

Dr. Daraghmeh is a graduate of Al-Quds Medical School in Jerusalem. He moved to the United States and completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Rhode Island. Then he moved to Detroit where he finished in 2015 his training in Cardiology at Providence Hospital - Michigan State University. Dr. Daraghmeh is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Invasive Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, and vascular medicine. Dr. Daraghmeh currently practices as an invasive cardiologist in Kansas Medical Center.

Fadi Safi, MD

Board member

Dr. Safi did his medical education in the University of Baghdad and Al-Quds medical school, after that he completed his internal medicine residency and a fellowship in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the University of Toledo medical center in Toledo, Ohio. He currently serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the division of pulmonary and critical care at the University of Toledo. He is a medical director of the respiratory care department in the hospital.

Mustafa Musleh, MD

Board member

Dr. Musleh received his medical degree from Al-Quds University in Palestine in 2004. Before he moved to the United States in 2007, Dr. Musleh worked at Al-Quds medical school as a research and teaching assistant. Then he joined the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and served as a general practitioner in the free clinics in the refugee camps. After completing his Internal Medicine residency at Wright State University, Dayton, OH in 2011, Dr. Musleh filled the position of chief resident during 2011 and 2012 at the same program. Dr. Musleh then started his Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Wright State University, Dayton, OH and graduated in 2016. Currently, Dr. Musleh is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, and is a member of several local and national GI societies.

Muaiad Kittaneh, M.D, FACP

Board member

Dr. Kittaneh did his Internal Medicine training at Advocate Christ Medical Center/University of Illinois at Chicago where he also served as a Chief resident and faculty for an additional year. He pursued further training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Miami. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology. He has served as a Principal Investigator and Co-investigator on many phase I/II clinical trials at one of the nation's leading institutions in the field while working at Karmanos Cancer Institute/WSU. Over the past few years he developed a specific interest in cancer genomics (Specifically BAP1) and he provide consultation, evaluation and management of different cancer types including Breast, GI, Mesothelioma and Melanoma.

PAMA Founders

PAMA founders, bottom row from left to right: Dr. Majdi Hamarshi, Dr. Yousef Khelfa, Dr. Khalil Katato, Dr. Sa'ed Sleimieh. Top row from left to right: Dr. Ahmad Daraghmeh, Dr. Nezam Altorok, Dr. Basel Abusneineh, Dr. Mustafa Musleh, and Dr. Muaiad Kittaneh.

About Us

PAMA was established on Nov. 10th 2013, the founders are Palestinian healthcare professionals who practiced or are practicing in the United States. PAMA fills in an unmet need for an umbrella to embrace Palestinian and other health care professionals who care about Palestine. Driven by such need a group of Palestinian physicians gathered in Dearborn, MI and had their first PAMA meeting. Since then PAMA has been reaching out to all healthcare professionals in Palestine and the US, helping to build bridges between US and Palestinian health professionals and institutes, and collaborating with other local and international NGOs to help achieve PAMA’s mission. PAMA membership is open to all healthcare professionals who care about Palestine. This includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, therapists, and healthcare technology professionals.

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Every contribution helps. PAMA is a non for profit 501 (c) (3) charity, EIN 47-2227058