Israa Hamad is a DOH Licensed Occupational Therapist at Kids Heart Medical Center in Abu Dhabi. She is a compassionate, highly motivated and eager Occupational therapy graduate with field work experience in neuro-rehab, physical disabilities and pediatrics. She has strong leadership and communication skills and have a keen interest in building a career in both neurorehabilitation and pediatric.
Israa Hamad passionate about giving the push for patients to get better, and would love to work in a collaborative, patient-centric setting.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy, University of Jordan, 2020.
Workshops and Courses:
- Upper extremities functional assessment for children with CP.
- Health and Safety, Movement and Exercise.
- Brain plasticity lecture.
- General Movement Assessment Certified.
- Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Course.
Israa Hamad’s Clinical Expertise:
- Autism
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental delay
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injuries
- Hemangioma
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Physical injuries including Fractures and Tendon Cuts
- Sensory processing problems
- Apraxia
- Angel-man syndrome
- Down syndrome
Professional Experience:
- Royal Medical Services: February 2019 – March 2019/ May 2019 – July 2019
- An occupational therapy trainee dealt with multiple cases including nerves and tendons cut injuries, upper and lower extremities amputation, splinting for several types of injury, stroke, TBI, neurodegenerative diseases and Spinal cord injuries.
- Al-Basheer Hospital: March 2019 – May 2019 / October 2019- December 2019
- An occupational therapy trainee with patients’ case-load, she had the opportunity to has different cases of her patients including stroke patient with balance and weakness problems, a case suffers from hemangioma in her forearm who has weakness and deformities, blind patient with stroke, brachial plexus and others.
- Sunny Children Center: July 2020 – July2021
- An occupational therapist who worked with several cases and syndromes including down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, sensory processing disorder and learning disabilities.
- Al Mouasat Hospital- KSA/Dammam: December 2021 – March 2022
- A licensed occupational therapy in KSA who worked mainly with orthopedic and neurological conditions. She has gained a humble knowledge in using modalities and tyro motion and a good experience in documentation.
- Sunflowers Child Development Center: July 2022 – July 2023
- An Occupational therapist who worked with Autism Spectrum Disorder, cognitive impairments and learning disabilities, in addition to documentation and reports writing consistently.
Volunteering:
- Office work at King Al-Hussein Cancer Foundation.
- Leader for a group of children with different disabilities at the King’s Academy with Sana Foundation for children with special needs in a fun day.
- Volunteering as an occupational therapist at Royal medical services.
Licensure:
- DOH License, Department of Health Abu Dhabi: Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist.
Languages:
- English.
- Arabic (Mother language)