Recognizing and Supporting Women in Health IT in the Middle East

Hana is a Registered Nurse who started her career in Informatics in practice and by Education. She is committed to Nursing as profession and aiming to add value by utilizing critical thinking skills to build knowledge in nursing informatics. Hana started her career in ambulatory health service as nursing advocate for HIM/HIS committee. She acted as the Chair of Nursing informatics Practice Committee SEHA-2018 which Initiated first Nursing informatics introductory course accredited from department of health in Abu Dhabi.

Noha Khater, is a Cairo University Professor and the only female retinal eye surgeon in Egypt and has acquired several degrees and PhDs from the United Kingdom, United States and Egypt. After building her expertise and passion for Ophthalmology over a span of 13 years in her private practice, she co-founded ALMOUNEER, a network of specialized and fully digital diabetic eye care centers, in 2014. Noha’s innovative healthcare concept combines technology and specialized healthcare to serve more than 39 million diabetic patients in the region, one third of whom could lose their sight due to effects of diabetes on the eye. Henceforth, Almouneer has positioned itself as the sole provider of high tech diabetic eye care in the MENA region treating forty thousand patients from all over the region in four years. Due to the immense social impact of her business she was chosen as a finalist for the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2018 and she is an Endeavor Entrepreneur. Noha is a huge patient advocate and has participated in many national and international medical conferences and media events to raise awareness for diabetes and is the chairman and co-founder of Control NGO, which works towards this cause.