Consultant Ophthalmologist
Faculty of Medicine – Kuwait University
Kuwait
Dr. Bouhaimed served in many national and international academic,
professional, UN, and non-governmental organizations:
¨ President of ‘Women in Ophthalmology’ (WIO) Society for the Middle East and Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO).
¨ Member of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme Council for the Environment – Kuwait.
¨ Member (2011-2019) and vice-chair (2015-2016) of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC)-UNESCO.
¨ Chairperson of the ethics committee at (MEACO).
¨ Member of the advisory board of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO).
¨ Member in the American Academy of Ophthalmology “Ophthalmic News and Education Network”.
¨ Vice- chair of Bioethics Network on Women’s Issues in the Arab Region (BiNWIAR) – UNESCO.
¨ Chairperson of the health and environment committee at the Kuwait Society for Human Rights.
¨ Member in the Kuwait Red Crescent and the first female physician to actively participate in the humanitarian and relief field efforts in areas of conflict in 2012.
¨ Member in the “Living Unrelated Organ Donation Committee” in the Ministry of Health in Kuwait.
¨ Member in the Institutional Review Board at the Health Sciences center and Ministry of Health in Kuwait.
¨ Founder of “Medical Education and Leadership Club” at the Health Sciences Center (HSC) in Kuwait University.
¨ Founder of the national HSC chapter of the Institute of Health (IHI)- Harvard University in Kuwait