Ahmad Mamdoh Tarakji

Dr. Ahmad Tarakji is the President of the Syrian American Medical Society. SAMS has more than 1800 medical professionals who operate in 140 medical facilities in Syria, Middle East and Europe. In 2016, SAMS treated more than 3 million Syrians. He is a cardio-thoracic surgeon in California, and a commissioner at the Lancet Journal. At SAMS, Dr. Tarakji lead the partnerships with UN agencies and NGOs to expand the Whole of Syria (WoS) humanitarian response plan. SAMS oversaw the humanitarian response plans for many humanitarian crisis in Syria including the starvation in Madaya,chemical attacks in Khan Sheikhoun and Idleb, and the besiegment of Aleppo, Homs and suburban Damascus.