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Chapter 01 · The Physician Executive

Dr. Hassnah
Omar Dammas

Physician Executive | Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety & Governance

Advancing Healthcare Through Quality, Leadership & Sustainability

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  1. The clinician

    Consultant internist, nephrologist and kidney transplant physician — Saudi Board certified and Canadian fellowship-trained.

  2. The builder

    Founded a multi-organ transplant service and established two hemodialysis and nephrology services in Jeddah.

  3. The quality leader

    Directs quality, patient safety and compliance, and leads CBAHI accreditation across the Diaverum network.

  4. Looking ahead

    Pursuing an Executive Fellowship in Sustainable Healthcare — and open to collaboration where quality meets sustainability.

Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas seated at a desk in an office, wearing a white coat and stethoscope

Chapter 02 — About

Beyond the White Coat

A physician whose career spans the bedside and the boardroom.

Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas trained in internal medicine, nephrology and kidney transplantation in Saudi Arabia and Canada. She went on to lead and build clinical services — and to bring the discipline of quality, risk and governance to how care is organised.

Leadership philosophy

  1. i.
    Patients first, systems always. Safe care depends on well-designed systems, not individual heroics.
  2. ii.
    Build, then improve. New services deserve the same rigour as established ones — measured, reviewed and refined.
  3. iii.
    Govern for trust. Compliance, risk and data protection exist to earn the confidence of patients and teams.
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After an honours MBBS at King Abdulaziz University and the Saudi Board in Internal Medicine with honours, she earned the Saudi Board in Adult Nephrology and completed two Canadian clinical fellowships at the University of Western Ontario — in adult nephrology and transplant nephrology.

Leading clinical units and founding new services drew her toward the systems behind care — quality, accreditation and governance — and to an Executive MBA at London Business School. Her selected achievements, career milestones and full credentials follow in the chapters below.

Today

  • Consultant Internist, Nephrologist & Kidney Transplant
  • Director, Quality, Patient Safety & Compliance
  • Organisation Data Protection Officer
  • CBAHI Medical Surveyor
Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas in academic cap and gown at her London Business School graduation ceremony
Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas in graduation cap and gown at the graduation venue

London Business School graduation

Executive Education · London Business School

Beyond Medicine. Into Leadership.

Executive MBALondon Business School2022

Dr. Hassnah's Executive MBA from London Business School represents an important evolution in her professional journey—bringing together years of clinical leadership with a broader understanding of strategy, organizational performance, finance, and executive decision-making.

For a physician whose career has spanned clinical practice, service development, and healthcare leadership, the EMBA represents a natural progression: from delivering excellent care to helping shape the systems that make excellent care possible.

The Executive Perspective

The experience complemented her medical expertise with a business and leadership perspective, reinforcing her ability to approach healthcare challenges not only through the lens of clinical excellence, but also through organizational strategy, operational effectiveness, and long-term value.

Clinical excellence remains the foundation of effective healthcare. Yet sustaining that excellence requires more than medical expertise. It calls for strategic thinking, financial awareness, organizational leadership, and the ability to navigate complex decisions.

The Executive MBA strengthened the connection between these disciplines, bringing a broader management perspective to Dr. Hassnah's work in healthcare leadership, quality, governance, and transformation.

Chapter 03 — Leadership & Impact

Four Dimensions of Leadership

Four connected disciplines — each one strengthening the others.

Clinical Excellence

Consultant practice in internal medicine, nephrology and kidney transplantation since 2013, grounded in Saudi Board certification and Canadian fellowship training.

Focus areas

  • Internal medicine
  • Nephrology & hemodialysis
  • Kidney transplantation
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Selected achievements

Impact in Action

Three ways her work has shaped healthcare — building services, leading teams and programmes, and strengthening the systems behind care.

Built

Establishing healthcare services

  1. King Abdullah Medical City · 2016–2017Founded the Multi-Organ Transplant servicesStarted up the services and led the department as its head.
  2. Jeddah · 2017Established Aghrass Hemodialysis CenterSet up the center’s operations and served as its Director.
  3. Jeddah · 2018Launched nephrology & hemodialysis servicesEstablished the service and unit at the Chronic Care Specialist Medical Center.

Led

Driving organisational excellence

  1. Diaverum network · 2025Leading CBAHI accreditationLeads the accreditation project across the Diaverum network.
  2. King Abdullah Medical City · 2013–2017Headed clinical departmentsNephrology, hemodialysis and multi-organ transplant; Deputy of the Medical Director.
  3. Multidisciplinary committees · 2015–2022Led clinical committeesCritical Care, Anemia, and Country Mortality & Morbidity.

Employee of the Year, King Abdullah Medical City, 2015

Transformed

Strengthening healthcare systems

  1. Since 2025Quality, patient safety & complianceDirects the function, uniting improvement, risk and regulatory readiness.
  2. Since 2026Data protectionAs Organisation Data Protection Officer, brings privacy governance into healthcare operations.
  3. King Abdullah Medical CityBusiness continuityCreated and drafted the blueprints for the Business Continuity Plan.
  4. CBAHI · since 2021National standardsMedical surveyor, and member of the Renal Dialysis Centers Standards Core Team.

Chapter 04 — Journey

The Professional Journey

From medical school to the executive table. Select a milestone to read more.

  1. 2003MBBS with HonoursKing Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

    Graduated in medicine with an Honours degree.

  2. 2008Saudi Board in Internal Medicine, with HonoursKing Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah

    Specialty training in internal medicine, completed with an Honours degree (SCFHS).

  3. 2012Saudi Board in Adult NephrologyKing Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah

    Subspecialty certification in adult nephrology.

  4. 2012 — 2013Canadian Clinical FellowshipsUniversity of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • Canadian Clinical Fellowship in Adult Nephrology (2012)
    • Canadian Clinical Fellowship in Transplant Nephrology (2013)
  5. 2013 — 2016Head of Nephrology & Hemodialysis UnitsKing Abdullah Medical City, Makkah

    Consultant Internist, Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant, leading the nephrology and hemodialysis units.

    • Deputy of the Medical Director (2015)
    • Leader of the Critical Care Committee (2015)
    • Member of the Ethics Committee (2015–2016)
    • Employee of the Year (2015)
  6. 2015 — 2017Visiting Consultant NephrologistAlbir Hemodialysis Center

    Visiting consultant role alongside her principal appointment.

  7. 2016 — 2017Head of the Multi-Organ Transplant DepartmentKing Abdullah Medical City, Makkah

    Founded and started up the Multi-Organ Transplant services, and led the department.

  8. 2017Director, Aghrass Hemodialysis CenterAghrass Medical Center, Jeddah

    Established and started up the operations of the hemodialysis center, serving as its Director and consultant.

  9. 2017 — PresentConsultant Internist, Nephrologist & Kidney TransplantDiaverum Advanced for Medical Services
    • Leader of the Anemia Committee, Prince Abdulmajeed Hemodialysis Center (2017–2022)
    • Leader of the Country Mortality and Morbidity Committee (2017–2020)
  10. 2018 — 2019Head of Nephrology & Hemodialysis UnitChronic Care Specialist Medical Center, Jeddah

    Established and started up the nephrology services and hemodialysis unit; member of the Mortality and Morbidity Committee (2018).

  11. 2018Physician Leadership ProgrammeAmerican Association for Physician Leadership

    Six courses in communication, finance and negotiation, financial decision making, health law, change management and conflict resolution.

  12. 2019Quality science credentialsIASSC · CBAHI

    Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belts, and the CBAHI Surveyors Preparatory Course.

  13. 2021 — PresentCBAHI Medical SurveyorSaudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions

    Surveys healthcare institutions against national accreditation standards; member of the Renal Dialysis Centers Standards Core Team.

  14. 2022Executive MBALondon Business School · Dubai campus

    Executive Master of Business Administration. Read the story

  15. 2025Director, Quality, Patient Safety & ComplianceDiaverum Advanced for Medical Services
    • Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Compliance (June 2025)
    • CBAHI Accreditation Project Lead — Diaverum network (June 2025)
    • CPHRM (ASHRM) and CPXP (The Beryl Institute)
  16. 2026Data Protection Officer · PMP · GRCO · CPHQGovernance, risk & compliance
    • Organisation Data Protection Officer (June 2026)
    • Project Management Professional — PMP (PMI)
    • Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer — GRCO (The Association of Governance, Risk and Compliance)
    • Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality — CPHQ (NAHQ)
  17. 2027 expectedExecutive Fellowship in Sustainable HealthcareNational University of Singapore

    In progress.

Credentials & Recognition

LBS EMBAPMPGRCOCPHRMCPXPCPHQCPPSLSSBBCBAHI MD Surveyor
Clinical Qualifications 5
  • MBBS, Honours DegreeKing Abdulaziz University · 2003
  • Saudi Board in Internal Medicine, Honours DegreeKKNGH Jeddah · SCFHS · 2008
  • Saudi Board in Adult NephrologyKKNGH Jeddah · 2012
  • Canadian Clinical Fellowship in Adult NephrologyUniversity of Western Ontario · 2012
  • Canadian Clinical Fellowship in Transplant NephrologyUniversity of Western Ontario · 2013
Executive Education 4
  • Executive Master of Business AdministrationLondon Business School, Dubai campus · 2022
  • Executive Fellowship in Sustainable HealthcareNational University of Singapore · in progress, expected 2027
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)PMI · 2026
  • Physician leadership courses (six)American Association for Physician Leadership · 2018
Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety 7
  • Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP)The Beryl Institute · 2025
  • Lean Six Sigma Black BeltIASSC · 2019
  • Lean Six Sigma Green BeltIASSC · 2019
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)NAHQ · 2026
  • Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • CBAHI Surveyors Preparatory CourseCBAHI · 2019
  • CBAHI Medical SurveyorSince February 2021
Governance, Risk & Compliance 4
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (GRCO)The Association of Governance, Risk and Compliance (AGRC) · 2026
  • Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM)ASHRM · 2025
  • Organisation Data Protection OfficerSince June 2026
  • Essentials of Health LawAmerican Association for Physician Leadership · 2018
Professional Memberships 6
  • Renal Dialysis Centers Standards Core Team (CBAHI)
  • Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT)
  • Saudi Society of Nephrology and Transplantation
  • The Transplantation Society
  • American Society of Transplantation
  • American Association for Physician Leadership

Chapter 05 — Knowledge

Knowledge & the Future

Teaching, research, speaking — and the next frontier of healthcare quality.

Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas teaching, holding a presentation clicker and gesturing to the audience

Education & academic contributions

Sharing what she has learned

She contributes to national standards as a member of the CBAHI Renal Dialysis Centers Standards Core Team, and has published work spanning nephrology, haematology, neurology and public health.

Selected publications (5)
  1. 2017

    Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of General Saudi Population toward Influenza Vaccine

    Basubrain ES, Basubrain MS, Elessawi LR, Bafarat OA, Baflah RA, Srouji RM, Basubrain OS, Dammas HO. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research, 5(1).

    DOI 10.18535/jmscr/v5i1.64
  2. 2016

    Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of General Population Towards CVD in Saudi Arabia

    Basubrain MS, Basubrain ES, Elessawi LR, Bafarat OA, Baflah RA, Srouji RM, Basubrain OS, Dammas HO. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research, 4(12).

    DOI 10.18535/jmscr/v4i12.127
  3. 2016

    Kikuchi Disease Mimicking Tuberculosis: Case Report

    Basubrain OS, Matar E, Alahmadi E, Dammas HO. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research, 4(11).

    DOI 10.18535/jmscr/v4i11.91
  4. 2014

    Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in 2014 — Current Knowledge and Outcomes with Plasma Exchange

    Farah M, Hildebrand AM, Huang S, Dammas H, Clark WF. Oncology & Hematology Review, 2014;10(2):82–9.

  5. 2009

    Epilepsy in patients 60 years and above

    Mousali YM, Obeid TH, Al-Gahtani HA, Al-Janadi MA, Attar AA, Dammas HO. Neurosciences (Riyadh), 2009;14(1):53–5.

    Find on PubMed
Dr. Hassnah Omar Dammas at a lectern with a microphone, gesturing as she speaks

Speaking & thought leadership

Conversations Worth Having

Where the clinic meets the boardroom, there is much to discuss. Dr. Hassnah welcomes invitations to speak, teach and join panels on the questions that define her work.

Proposed discussion topics

  1. Accreditation as a leadership toolPreparing services and teams for CBAHI standards.
  2. Patient safety & healthcare riskTurning risk management into everyday practice.
  3. Governance, compliance & data protectionEarning trust as healthcare becomes data-driven.
  4. Building kidney care servicesLessons from founding dialysis and transplant services.
  5. Sustainable healthcareWhere quality improvement meets environmental responsibility.

These are areas of expertise and proposed topics, not a record of past engagements. Confirmed talks will be listed here once they take place.

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A New Chapter · Sustainable Healthcare

Caring for Patients. Caring for the Planet.

Advancing healthcare that is clinically excellent, environmentally responsible, and sustainable for generations to come.

For Dr. Hassnah, the pursuit of better healthcare is expanding beyond the traditional boundaries of clinical quality and patient safety.

Sustainable healthcare offers a broader perspective on what responsible care should mean—not only improving outcomes for patients today, but also protecting the resources, environment, and healthcare systems on which future generations will depend.

Drawing on her clinical background, executive education, and experience in healthcare governance, she sees sustainability as a natural extension of quality and safety: an opportunity to deliver excellent care while reducing avoidable environmental impact, improving resource stewardship, and strengthening long-term healthcare resilience.

Her developing focus in this field reflects a commitment to helping healthcare evolve toward a future in which clinical excellence and environmental responsibility advance together.

  1. Quality, Safety & Sustainability

    Excellence Without Compromise

    Environmental responsibility and clinical excellence should reinforce one another. Sustainable healthcare challenges us to improve the way care is delivered while preserving—and wherever possible strengthening—quality, patient safety, and the overall patient experience.

  2. Resource Stewardship

    Making Every Resource Count

    Healthcare depends on significant resources, including water, energy, materials, and medical supplies. Responsible stewardship means recognizing their value, reducing avoidable waste, and pursuing smarter approaches that preserve resources without compromising clinical care.

    This is particularly relevant to resource-intensive specialties such as nephrology and dialysis.

  3. The Future of Healthcare

    Building Healthcare That Endures

    The next generation of healthcare systems must be clinically effective, operationally resilient, and environmentally responsible.

    Sustainable transformation requires long-term thinking, innovation, accountable leadership, and a willingness to reconsider established practices in pursuit of better outcomes for patients and the planet.

Education in the field

Executive Fellowship in Sustainable Healthcare · National University of Singapore In progress · expected 2027

Chapter 06 — Connect

Connect & Collaborate

For professional enquiries, collaboration on healthcare quality and sustainability, or speaking invitations.

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