October Missions Bring Healing and Hope to Jordan & Syria
October Missions Bring Healing and Hope to Jordan & Syria This October, under the leadership of Dr. Hend Azhari, SAMS...
SAMS Continues to Expand Lifesaving Care Across Syria This September
SAMS Continues to Expand Lifesaving Care Across Syria This September Washington, D.C. – September 19, 2025 – This month, 45...
SAMS to Deploy Medical Volunteers Across Syria This Summer, Delivering Lifesaving Care to Vulnerable Communities
SAMS to Deploy Medical Volunteers Across Syria This Summer, Delivering Lifesaving Care to Vulnerable Communities Washington, D.C. – June 24,...
Syrian American Medical Society Deploys May Medical Mission to Syria
Syrian American Medical Society Deploys May Medical Mission to Syria Led by Incoming SAMS’ President Dr. Aref Rifai, U.S. Volunteers...
Syrian American Doctors Lead Medical Missions in Jordan and Newly Liberated Syria
This week, more than 120 American healthcare professionals with the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) are deploying to Jordan and newly...
SAMS Completes Life-Saving Ramadan Medical Mission in Syria, Delivering Critical Care and Training to Hundreds
Syrian American doctors performed life-saving procedures and training during Ramadan amid healthcare crisis March 20, 2025 – During this month...
SAMS Volunteers Observe Ramadan in Syria While Serving Refugees in Critical Need
March 4th, 2025 - As millions around the world observe Ramadan, a time of reflection, selflessness, and giving, 16 volunteer doctors from the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) are on a crucial medical mission to newly liberated Syria. These dedicated healthcare professionals are providing life-saving procedures and urgent medical care to communities suffering from severe healthcare shortages. While fasting during the day, they break their fast alongside the patients and families they are there to serve, demonstrating incredible sacrifice and commitment to those in need.
Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Reaffirms Commitment to Syria’s Health Crisis Amid Continued Power Transition
Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Reaffirms Commitment to Syria’s Health Crisis Amid Continued Power Transition Volunteer Doctors Introduce Health Assessment Report, Outlining Urgent Medical Solutions for Syria
As a New Day Arrives, the Syrian American Medical Society Begins to Serve a Unified Syria
As a New Day Arrives, the Syrian American Medical Society Begins to Serve a Unified Syria Washington, D.C. (December 9, 2024) — As the Government of Syria suddenly collapses after a 50-year reign of the Assad family, the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) organization, staff and its hundreds of members, reiterates their unwavering commitment to the provision of dignified, high-quality healthcare for all people of Syria. SAMS has supported vulnerable Syrians through the most challenging periods of the war, offering free medical care, education and protection services while working to hold perpetrators of atrocities accountable.
SAMS’ Idlib Hospital Attacked Today Amid Escalation of Violence in Syria
WASHINGTON, Dec, 2, 2024 — At 3 PM local time today, an airstrike targeted SAMS’ Idlib Maternity and Idlib National hospitals near its entrance, causing structural damage, but no injuries to staff and patients who had been working in the facility’s basement for protection purposes under an emergency-only status for days since the November 27 escalation of violence in northwest Syria. Some civilians near the blast were injured.
SAMS Calls for the Protection of Civilians and Hospitals in Escalation of Syrian Conflict
WASHINGTON, Dec, 1, 2024 — The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) is alarmed over the December 1 airstrike near the emergency...
Escalating Violence in Northern Syria Forces Evacuation of SAMS’ International Medical Volunteers
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) fully or partially suspended services in seven of its health facilities today in northwest...