by Dr. Elizabeth Fine
Miriam A. Othman, MD, MPH, brings a wealth of medical and international public health experience to WiRED International. Currently, she is Project Coordinator for WiRED International’s Community Health Information (CHI) program, developing the texts for the tutorials and study materials offered in WiRED’s new training program for grassroots communities.
Dr. Othman received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Baghdad, Iraq in 2000, and her Masters of Public Health from The George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 2009, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She was the Senior National Medical Officer of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Baghdad, Iraq, from July 2003 to January 2006. There, she directed the field operation of Medical Evacuation & Health Rehabilitation Program for Iraq (MEHRPI) with a budget of $5,000,000 and evacuated over 500 patients. She also coordinated with the United Nations agencies, Iraqi Ministry of Health, Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies & Multi- National Force (MNF) and initiated a project for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of artificial limbs in coordination between the Iraqi Ministry of Health and German health centers and donors. She facilitated and participated in a workshop to hand over the medical evacuation project to the Ministry of Health and trained over 35 staff.
From 2004-2006, she was Project Manager of the Palestine Children Relief Fund (PCRF) in Baghdad, where she coordinated with the International Committee for the Red Cross, the MNF, International hospitals, and health facilities. She conducted medical evacuation of patients in Iraq to multiple countries, such as the United States, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Germany, India, Turkey, and Ukraine; and she served as liaison between the Iraqi MOH, ambulance services, and the government to facilitate patients’ evacuation abroad.
In her capacity as Advisor for the Iraqi Ministry of Health from 2005-2006, Dr. Othman assessed and established cancer prevention and rehabilitation programs for health facilities, surgeons, physicians, nurses, lab technicians, and administrative staff and coordinated international evacuations of patients who needed specialized treatments. She also managed medical assessment, placement and transfer of patients domestically, and established a global network to facilitate patient evacuations with hospitals, clinics, the embassies of various countries, and several transnational relief organizations.
In addition to being selected as a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Othman was honored in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2005 for her dedication and commitment to providing medical services under extremely difficult circumstances when she was selected for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Award 2004. She was also selected for training to conduct the Global Migration Health Assessment by IOM Migration Health Assessment Department in Nairobi, Kenya in 2005.
Editing by Allison Kozicharow, layout by Brian Colombe.
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