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SAMS strongly condemns yesterday’s attack on the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine’s largest pediatrics facility, killing a doctor and injuring seven children among other casualties. The blast caused major damage at the hospital where 600 children were being treated at the time of the hit. “It was a scary...

On July 1, residents living in and around the last fully-functional hospital in Gaza were ordered to evacuate, causing concern that the the largest hospital in Gaza, the European Gaza Hospital, would soon become inoperable. On July 2, The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement that...

World Refugee Day reminds us of an escalating and unprecedented global displacement crisis. The United Nations reports a staggering 120 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes as of May 2023, a new world record produced by the last decade plus of conflict.  Syria remains the world’s...

Fallen Hero Under the Spotlight: Dr. Majd Kamalmaz The following is a tribute to Dr. Majd Kamalmaz by SAMS Member Dr Khalid Hamza written on behalf of the Psychosocial Committee. Last week, the US Government informed the family of former SAMS Member Dr. Kamalmaz that it had credible information he...

SAMS Concerned Over Rafah Escalation in Gaza; Fears for the Safety of Its Medical Volunteers Unable to Evacuate The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) expresses its grave concerns for the safety of civilians in the populous Rafah area of southern Gaza, currently facing a military incursion and a displacement of...

Malnutrition Hounds Children in Gaza: SAMS Calls for Unfettered Humanitarian Access Dr. Samer Attar, a longstanding SAMS volunteer from Chicago who just completed his third medical mission in Gaza, said malnutrition was a growing crisis there.  “Every day we saw death from malnutrition, dehydration, and traumatic blast injuries,” he said...

Terms of Reference   Title:   Program Manager (Iraqi Nationals Only) Organization: Syrian American Medical Society Foundation (SAMS) Duty Station: Erbil or Dohuk, with travel to other areas of KRI/Iraq as needed Report to Head of Mission Duration: 6 months, with possibility of extension contingent on new funding   BACKGROUND...

On International Women’s Day, we’d like to join everyone in honoring and celebrating women around the world. We’ve been committed to empowering women, raising awareness, and combatting gender based violence (GBV)  and discrimination in any form. Through our scholarship programs, partnerships with local and international universities, and awareness campaigns to...

Over the course of the last decade there have been huge strides in cancer care, with improvements in early detection and diagnosis, treatment, and recovery rate. Despite these improvements and all the progress globally , underserved communities especially those in zones prone to conflict such as Syria struggle to see...