Fatma Alzahraa A. Elkhamisy. MBBS, MSc, PhD, MHPE
Ambassador from Egypt
Fatma Alzahraa A. Elkhamisy is an assistant professor of Pathology and the Director of the International Students Unit at the Faculty of Medicine at Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. She is an Associate AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) Fellow, UK, and a FAIMER Fellow at the International FAIMER Institute, Philadelphia, USA, class 2023. In addition, she is a member of the Association for Medical Science Educators (ASME), UK, and the Egyptian Society of Medical Education, Egypt. She has a master’s degree in Health Professions Education from a joint program at the School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Dr. Elkhamisy has been working in the Teaching Field for fourteen years. She is interested in developing
medical education for undergraduate students, improving the quality of the learning environment, and
fostering student-centered, interactive, and motivating learning. She has implemented many innovative
instructional and formative assessment interactive methods in medical education.
Besides her work as an assistant professor of pathology, She occupied other educational roles, including an Exam Committee member, Internal Exam Moderation Committee member, Head and Assistant head of the International Medical Students’ office, and an academic coordinator for the Basic Medical Sciences Phase.
Dr. Elkhamisy believes in the value that each medical educator can bring to the international, regional, and national medical education community. To achieve that, she proactively disseminated successful medical education experiences to all medical educators through organizing international medical education and pathology conferences at her work institutions, in collaboration with prestigious medical education and pathology institutions.
She has many internationally published articles on medical education and participated in international
medical education conferences as a presenter and trainer, such as the AMEE, APMEC, IME, TUFH, and IMEC conferences. She also reviews medical education manuscripts and abstracts in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Elkhamisy has been selected by the Pathologist Magazine, UK, as one of the most inspiring pathology
educators in The Power List 2022, Voyage of Discovery Category (Category of Mentoring and Education).
Yawar H Khan, DDS, PhD
Ambassador from Pakistan
Prof. Dr Yawar Hayat Khan is a dentist by profession. His career is unique in a sense that he has been involved successfully in academics and management together for the last almost 18 years. He has more than 18 years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and post graduate level. After doing his dental research masters from Queen Mary University of London he went on to do his master’s in health Professions Education from University of Maastricht, Netherlands and continued his PhD in Medical Education at University of Ambrosiana, Italy. Dr Khan has presented in various conferences and hold key positions both at the national level and internationally. He is currently working as Prof& HOD (Dental Materials), Asst Dean Medical Education and Administrator (Dental Hospital) at Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is also the Director for Centre of Excellence in Leadership, Innovation and Quality (CLIQ) at Ras Ul Khaima College of Dental Sciences (RAKCODS), UAE and one of the pioneers in launching the first ever master’s program in Dental Education Master of Science in Leadership & Dental Education (MSLDE) at RAKCODS. He is also a member of the Asia Pacific Biomedical Sciences Educators Association. Last but not the least he is a visiting Prof of Medical Education at the Academy of Leadership Sciences Switzerland (ALSS) and representing them as their Director for South Asia & UAE. His special interests include Leadership & Management, Curriculum Development, Patient Safety in Health Care and Organizational Leadership.
Sateesh Arja, MBBS, MHPE, MSPH, PFHEA, FAMEE, FIAMSE, FAcadMEd.
Ambassador from the Caribbean
Dr. Sateesh Arja graduated from Guntur Medical College, India, in the year 2002. His passion for medical education motivated him to join Master’s in Health Professions Education. He finished the Masters in Health Professions Education by FAIMER, Center for Medical Education in the Context, and Keele University, UK. He graduated with a Master of Sciences in Public Health. He has been working in the Faculty of Medicine for seventeen years.
Dr. Arja is a faculty and administrative member at Avalon University School of Medicine since 2007 and has served the university in various capacities. He is currently working as a professor of clinical skills and medical education and serving as the chair of the medical education unit and the quality assurance committee. He holds a key educational leadership role at Avalon University School of Medicine as the dean of school of medicine. As the dean, he is leading the development of the educational program. By driving the quality assurance committee (QAC)and self-study committee, he plays a significant role in the university’s strategic planning, quality assurance, and quality control activities. He is involved in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, evaluation, and development. He also oversees the selection of students and research activities.
As an author, he has published over eighty research articles in peer-reviewed journals. He was involved in co-authoring eight textbooks. He is the peer reviewer for medical education journals, including Medical Sciences Educator (Springer publications), USA, and Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development (SAGE publications), USA. He is also on the panel of expert reviewers for AMEE MEdEdPublish and the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE). He is also an editorial board member of the Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism (JAMP).
Diann S. Eley, MSc, PhD
Ambassador from Australia
Professor Diann (Di) Eley is the Director of MD Student Research in the Office of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland (UQ). Di Chairs of the Faculty’s Internal Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and is Deputy Chair of the UQ HREC Committee. Di is responsible for the development and implementation of the Clinician Scientist Track, including the MD-PhD program, that encourages student interest and experience in research alongside their medical degree.
Di’s research career began with an MSc in reproductive physiology at the University of Florida. She subsequently worked as a bench scientist in bio-medical laboratories in Kenya and the UK. In 2000 she began an academic career after receiving a PhD in health psychology at the University of Bristol and moved to Australia and the School of Medicine at UQ in late 2003.
Di has over 130 peer-reviewed publications and led over 20 externally funded research projects in medical education. Her specific area of research interest deals with personality and behaviour around student well-being and career choice.
Di serves on the Committee of Management of ANZAHPE (Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professions Educators and on the research committee of AMEE. She is also a member of the Research Committee of the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ).
There is great interest in expanding the communication and collaboration amongst medical science educators across Australasia. Di is well placed to promote the values and vison of IAMSE in teaching and learning and educational research in this part of the world.
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Jia Zhimin, MD, PhD
Ambassador from China
Dr. Jia received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees of clinical medicine, and Ph.D all from Southern Medical University (SMU). He has been engaging in medical education for more than 30 years, and played important roles in some university administrative departments and the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SMU. He got the Sasakawa Fellowship and studied medical education at Tokyo University, Japan in 2007. He was a pioneer FAIMER Institute fellow from China in 2010. And then, other overseas study experiences including Singapore National University, Johns Hopkins School of medicine, even more enriched his international medical education endeavors. Besides his main role of in charging of human resources, teacher certification and faculty development in Shenzhen Hospital of SMU, as the founder director of SMU-FAIMER Regional Institute, which aims to develop education methods, leadership skills, scholarship and professional networks in Southeast Asia Region, he has carried out series sessions concerning most aspects of medical education. He is currently the first Ambassador of IAMSE in China, and a member of the IAMSE Educational Scholarship Committee. Dr. Jia is very pleased to bring more international elements to IAMSE, and to introduce more IAMSE activities to China which may hold the largest scale of medical education in the world and is now making great efforts to improve health professions education and further promote the healthcare nationwide.
Joseph Grannum, MD
Ambassador from Estonia
Dr. Joseph (Joe) Grannum is a Medical Doctor and a PhD candidate.
He was trained in the USSR/Ukraine and later worked in Jamaica as a clinician and medical educator. He has held various academic and administrative leadership positions and assisted with the establishing of a College of Medicine, Oral Health and Veterinary Sciences and a new university campus.
Currently Joe is completing his PhD at the University of Tartu, Estonia and assist at the Tartu Healthcare College, Estonia.
Joe is an advocate for learner-centered education and has chaired various committees related to student academic affairs, curricula development and academic audit. He is currently active in Technology-enhanced Learning with research focus on improving spatial understanding in anatomy using dynamic digital 3D visualizations. This includes design-based research of a digital 3D tool being tested for instructional design. His work is within the cognitive theory framework with the use of mobile, head mounted display and 3D capable displays.
His teaching portfolio includes anatomy, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, physiology of pain and pain management. He also supervises and is an opponent for graduate students. Joe’s research publications and conferences papers include the use of social media in teaching and the design and testing of dynamic 3D visualizations tools in anatomy education. He has authored laboratory manuals and a monograph on edible vinegar standards.
Other memberships include the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS), the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) and International Conference for the Advancement of Learning Technologies (ICALT). Joe also serves on committees as a reviewer within these organizations for Health Science Education Technology.
He has participated in funded projects from US Agency for International Development (USAID), Canadian International Development Fund (CIDA), Erasmus + and Dora Plus both European Union funded and NordPlus funded by the Nordic Countries Development Fund.
In the wider community Joe is active as a STEM ambassador promoting Science Education in schools to promote the learning of science subjects. This is to improve the recruitment of future health professional students. He serves on food standards committees with regulatory bodies.