{"id":19369,"date":"2019-08-26T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=19369"},"modified":"2022-01-31T23:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:50:03","slug":"nadine-hashash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/nadine-hashash\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadine Hashash... Founder of Proximi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/business887354505.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/d986d8a7d8afd98ad986-d8add8b4d8a7d8b4-d8add8b1d985.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00ac\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00ad\u00d8\u00ab \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00b5\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u0086 \u00e2\u0080\u00aaNadine Hashash\u00e2\u0080\u00ac\u00e2\u0080\u008f\" width=\"669\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Name:<\/span> \u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u062d\u0634\u0627\u0634<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Age:<\/span> 37 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u064b\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Nationality:<\/span> \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">\u0645\u062d\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0642\u0627\u0645\u0629:<\/span> \u0644\u0646\u062f\u0646<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Company:<\/span> \u0628\u0631\u0648\u0643\u0633\u064a\u0645\u064a<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Marital status:<\/span> She is married and has three children.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Putting humanity first, she answered the call of patients around the world with a simple step powered by technology. She is Nadine Hashash, a specialist in plastic <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and reconstructive surgery and a Lebanese entrepreneur who excelled at Proximi, whose reputation has reached far beyond Lebanon. She was named one of the most influential women <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in her 40s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine Hashash was born in California, USA, and spent her teenage years in Lebanon. She also studied for a time at the American University in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">before traveling abroad to continue her medical studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine had never dreamed of becoming a surgeon, but she decided to pursue it by chance when she turned 15 and met Dr. Kamel Abu Daher, a surgeon specializing in <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Reconstructive and cosmetic surgery was a family friend\u2019s specialty. Nadine would accompany him when he volunteered to treat children, and from then on, she decided to become a surgeon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine earned her medical degree from University College London in the United Kingdom and joined the graduate-entry medicine program in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine often traveled to work with surgical charities. She worked in the field for 10 years with the National Health Service <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">(NHS) in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Why Proximie Was Founded<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">During one of her trips, Nadine met Talal Ali Ahmed, a telecommunications engineer based in the United States who was volunteering with a charity, where <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Together, they founded Proximie, a company built around using augmented reality to share medical expertise remotely and advance robotic surgery. Its goal was also <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The primary goal was to make it easier for any surgeon to collaborate remotely through visual and scientific consultation, reducing costs\u2014especially travel expenses\u2014as well as saving time and lowering rates of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">repeat surgeries. It also aimed to ensure that patients receive the best possible care the first time, while providing advice and support to local surgeons <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">by bringing in a specialist surgeon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine learned that around two-thirds of the world\u2019s population struggle to access safe surgery, and was determined to make sure the technology enabled surgeons to oversee procedures <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">performed in remote countries and regions, as well as in areas affected by war. This was considered a new advantage that reduced failure rates that could <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">result from some surgeons\u2019 lack of experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The platform\u2019s core mission was to ensure patients received the best possible medical care every time. With their thoughtful approach, Nadine and Talal spent a period <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">on a pilot program before launching \u201cProximie.\u201d It lasted a full year and took place between California and Peru, allowing them to confirm the value modern technology could bring, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">while making a clear difference in patient care and driving transformative change in healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Although she worked in medicine, she placed her full trust in her technology venture, \u201cProximie,\u201d to get the support she needed to pursue her dream, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and bring it to life with the attention to detail she cared so deeply about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u201cProximie\u201d officially launched in 2015. In time, the idea attracted widespread interest and significant media attention, and then began <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u201cProximie\u201d works with a range of devices and can be added to various medical equipment. Now, at 37, Nadine Hachach-Haram <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">has developed the platform to enable doctors around the world to collaborate, as well as to train and develop their skills and share expertise more easily<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0641\u064a\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The \u201cProximie\u201d team has grown to 25 people, with offices in Boston, USA, and London, UK, as well as<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u201cProximie\u201d has been a success: Nadine received the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II in 2018. Forbes Middle East also named her<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> one of the most influential women in the Middle East that same year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">\u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0626\u0644\u0629<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine received tremendous support from her family and husband, who helped her balance her work with the needs of her family of three children. She emphasized that without <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">her family and siblings by her side, she would not have dared to aspire to achieve what she has at such a young age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine Hashash splits her time between Beirut and London. She makes a point of visiting her home country more than 10 times a year to check on her family\u2019s health while keeping an eye on how <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">work is progressing, since most of the employees are based in the Lebanese capital. She also gives lectures at the American University there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">A Message to Arab Women<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Nadine was keen to share several messages with Arab women, foremost among them to believe in themselves and their ability to achieve their ambitions, and to persevere and show strength of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0631\u0627\u062f\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0635\u0628 \u0645\u0647\u0645\u0629<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2014a lecturer at University College London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Guest lecturer at the American University of Beirut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Member of the Royal Society of Medicine since 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the National Health Service since 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Chair of trainee members at the \u201cBFIRST\u201d medical organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Member of the \u201cBAPRAS Innovation\u201d exhibitions and events board since 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">-Co-founder of \u201cProximie\u201d in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- Speaker at international conferences in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- Member of the Plastic Surgery Section at the Royal College of Surgeons of England since 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Lessons Learned:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0631\u0627\u062f\u0629:<\/span> An iron will is one of the most important qualities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/responsibilities-of-the-entrepreneur\/\">Entrepreneur<\/a> someone who consistently pursues their dream, regardless of the challenges they may face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u062a\u0637\u0648\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0643\u0631\u0629:<\/span> Entrepreneurs may rely on their own skills to lay the foundation for a business idea, then refine it using various technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Using technology:<\/span> Technology takes project ideas to a whole new world, built on the technologies that shape it and set it apart\u2014and ultimately drive its success.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0645: \u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u062d\u0634\u0627\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0646: 37 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0633\u064a\u0629: \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u062d\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0642\u0627\u0645\u0629: \u0644\u0646\u062f\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629: \u0628\u0631\u0648\u0643\u0633\u064a\u0645\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u064a\u0629: \u0645\u062a\u0632\u0648\u062c\u0629 \u0648\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0647\u0627 3 \u0623\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0621 . \u0623\u062d\u0628\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644\u060c<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[19400,19398,4988,18137,19399,19397,19396],"class_list":["post-19369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-19400","tag-19398","tag-4988","tag-18137","tag-19399","tag-19397","tag-19396"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}