The Leadership Team

Dr. Atef Al Rimawi, CEO of Istishari Arab Hospital, holds a PhD degree in Healthcare Management /Quality in Healthcare from Jordan University, Amman and has more than 25 years of experience as an executive in hospital administration, risk management and healthcare quality.  Dr. Al Rimawi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the hospital in March 2019, has extensive experience in managing hospital services and leading quality healthcare programs.  He had previously held senior positions as Director of Human Resources, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Hospital Quality.  He co-founded and served as a specialist in the Joint Commission Accreditation (JCIA) Program at National Level and has successfully led the JCIA four times at two of the biggest Palestinian hospitals.  He is also a part-time Assistant Professor at Al Quds University teaching graduate students from all healthcare professions faculties.

Dr. Al Rimawi provides general oversight of all hospital activities in which he runs the day-to-day operations. He leads, administers, and manages all hospital services. He implements the hospital mission, develops strategic goals and programs and demonstrates commitment to continue the expansion and quality of services. His leadership is all geared towards the growth of the hospital, which in turn conveys a positive image of Istishari Arab Hospital.

Dr. Al Rimawi works on the development of hospital quality of work and information systems that provide connected patient-centric care and support providers, hospitals and other hospital services’ systems to achieve appropriate, efficient and effective outcomes.

Dr. Khalil Karim is a Pulmonologist, Bronchoscopist, Sleep Medicine Specialist and Internist.

Works currently as Pulmonologist and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Istishari Arab Hospital, and Pulmonologist at Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem.

Dr. Karim graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Tlemcen University in Algeria. He finished his specialization of Internal Medicine in Hebron Hospital, and completed his subspecialty of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.

He earned the Palestinian board of internal medicine, Palestinian board of pulmonology and got the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine.

Mr. Mohammad Zahran currently holds the position as Chief  Nursing Officer at Istishari Arab Hospital. He holds a BA degree in Nursing and an MA degree in Policies and Health Management, Quality, and Patient Safety.

Previously, Mr. Zahran held several positions in the health sector such as: Head Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, Head of Cardiac Catheterization Unit at Arab Care Hospital - Ramallah, Head Nurse of Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Supervisor at Saint Joseph Hospital - Jerusalem.

Mr. Zahran seeks to provide highly efficient nursing care according to the highest standards of health care quality and patient safety by attracting highly qualified nurses and enhance the existing staff at the hospital in order to achieve the desired outcome for patients.

Mr. Qais Daraghmeh is currently the Acting Chief Operation Officer at Istishari Arab Hospital, and holds a Bachelor Degree in Banking and Finance from the Arab American University - Jenin.
Prior to joining Istishari Arab Hospital, he held several important positions at the Arab Specialized Hospital - Nablus, such as Chief Accountant, General Procurement Officer and Alternate Administrative Manager.
Mr. Daraghmeh joined the founding of the Istishari Arab Hospital Project, where he held the position of the project's Chief Accountant. He also had a significant role in studying all tenders related to the completion of the project and supervising their implementation.
Upon inauguration, he held the position of Chief accountant at the hospital. Afterward, appointed to Chief Operation Officer, where he played a major role in the development and implementation of new departments, such as the Department of Oncology, Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Pediatric Department and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Mr. Daraghmeh has been assigned to supervise the finishing of Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital building - Jenin; due to his accumulated experience.
Mr. Daraghmeh seeks to achieve long-term strategic goals and objectives, ensure standardization of operations, provide best medical and health services, and identify opportunities to develop and implement new projects.

Mrs. Sanaa Al-Shrafi serves as Chief Human Resources Officer for Arab Medical Complex with extensive knowledge of business development and Human Resources. She has more than 10 years of proven experience in team building, human resources, organization diversity, training, and consultancy. She holds a Master's degree in Business Administration, and currently a PhD candidate in Strategic Management.
Al-Shrafi engages a diverse of more than 1000 employees; she is responsible for developing and guiding the hospitals' talent management philosophy, leading the hospitals' general human resources strategy, organizational design, cultural development, employees’ relations, as well as articulating the organization`s strategy for recruiting, enhancing, fulfilling and retaining the best talent.

Mr. Ibrahim Al-Mahareeq holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Mutah University - Jordan. Currently holds the position of Chief Information Officer at Istishari Arab Hospital. Previously held several positions in the health and government sector, where he held the position of Systems Officer at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, Application Developer and Databases Manager in the Palestinian Council for Development and Reconstruction – PECDAR and Database Manager at the Capital Market Authority in Ramallah.

Mr. Al-Mahareeq seeks to develop and manage the infrastructure of servers, data storage, networks, security, analyze and develop systems in accordance with quality policies, and raise the level of medical quality services at all stages, whether diagnostic or therapeutic or the mechanism of work inside the hospital and others.