Dr Omar Hiraki and Dr Ola Fahham, both of whom are SBMS members and have successfully navigated getting their first job in the UK have provided the first in our Arabic language blog series for 2023. In this blog, they provide first hand, practical advice that will help those who
Welcome to our next Seminar in our Series to support Syrian healthcare workers in the UK We plan a panel of SBMS committee and other members who have recent experience of GMC registration and examinations (IELTs/OETS and PLAB 1 & 2) as well as membership (MRCP, MRCS and others.) Our
Next Seminar will be run by Dr Abdallah Mawas, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Chair of SBMS. It will focus on Communication, Professionalism and Teamwork Please registrar on Zoom here: Topic: Seminar: Communication, Professionalism & Teamwork Time: Oct 23, 2022 07:00 PM London Meeting ID: 842 5631 2969 Passcode: 497037 More information
On 3rd April 2022, SBMS co-organised a webinar in Arabic for the general public on their health during Ramadan. It was broadcast live on facebook with more than 200 attendees. Please see here for the recording. We thank our chair and speakers Dr Mohamed Najjar, Dr Mohamed AlHadj-Ali (also
SBMS Education Working Group are pleased to invite you to our next in the seminar series for Syrian doctors who are new to the UK. The next session will be on Sunday 18th September 2022 between 1900-2000. Register below. Do also review our previous webinars and resources for Syrian doctors
SBMS statement on the cholera outbreak across Syria. The Syrian British Medical Society (SBMS) notes with alarm the cholera outbreak which is now widespread across Syria; cases were first noted in northeast Syria but have now also been reported in northwest Syria in all areas of geopolitical control. Cases of
Please see SBMS committee's statement on the 11th anniversary of the Syrian uprisings: SBMS Committee Statement on 11th Anniversary of the Syrian uprising الترجمة العربية بالأسفل March 2022 marks eleven years since uprisings in Syria were violently suppressed leading to a protracted conflict which has led to widespread destruction,
Former SBMS chair Dr Yaser Sabouni provides life-changing surgeries to Syrian refugees in Lebanon in collaboration with MAPS (Multi-Aid Programs) in March 2022 SBMS are pleased to announce the completion of a surgical mission named ‘Mission of Hope’ with MAPS (Multi-Aid Programs) with whom Dr Yaser Sabouni (SBMS’s former chair,)
Snowfalls in Syria and surrounding countries are having a dire impact on already vulnerable refugees in Lebanon and IDPs (Internally Displaced People) who remain in Syria. Many still live in tented settlements without proper heating. More information here and in other press. لا يزال أهلنا في المخيمات يعانون البرد القارس
We continue to update our resources for Syrian doctors, dentists and pharmacists and keep this live document of relevant links. We have uploaded presentations and documents for our Seminar Series aimed at Syrian doctors in the UK and are planning our next seminar for dentists in the UK. Please visit