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Dr. Rana Abdel Malak is an internationally experienced healthcare executive, consultant, and accreditation professional with more than 30 years of experience spanning healthcare strategy, operations, quality, accreditation, patient experience, nursing leadership, and health system transformation. She is the Founder & CEO of MEDHEALTH PRO, a healthcare consulting, training, research, and advisory firm serving organizations across the MENA and broader international markets.
In parallel with her executive leadership of MEDHEALTH PRO, Dr. Abdel Malak serves independently as a Consultant and Surveyor for Global Health Accreditation (GHA), USA. In this capacity, she is engaged by GHA to undertake consulting and survey assignments with healthcare facilities and wellness centers, serving as a subject matter expert and assessing organizations against GHA standards. Her GHA portfolio also includes Infection Control standards review and client resource development, Telehealth standard development and development of resources for GHA clients and surveyors, and CMTP- Nursing Accreditation.
She is also currently appointed as a WHO Lebanon National Consultant for Strengthening Primary Health Care Systems through People-Centered Care (PCC) Approaches, providing technical expertise, capacity building, and implementation support focused on people-centered care, health literacy, provider–service user engagement, and self-management support.
Most recently, Dr. Abdel Malak has also contributed as a Healthcare Strategy Consultant to a world class leading AI Lab campaign, bringing her healthcare executive and strategic perspective to the intersection of healthcare transformation, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence.
Her accreditation expertise is further reinforced by her long-standing role as an ANCC Appraiser, where she reviews accreditation applicants and evaluates adherence to accreditation standards.
She was selected as the first international appraiser outside the USA for both ANCC provider and approver programs, with assignments involving organizations across Europe, Turkey, the Arabian Gulf, Australia, East Asia, and the United States.
Dr. Abdel Malak combines the independent perspective of an international surveyor with the practical experience of a former healthcare executive and system-level consultant. Her expertise encompasses healthcare accreditation and readiness, medical travel, patient- and personcentered care, patient experience, infection prevention and control, clinical and operational quality, telehealth, healthcare strategy, and organizational transformation.
She holds a Ph.D. in Nursing Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler, an MSc from the American University of Beirut, and a BSc in Nursing, and holds international credentials including Certified Global Nurse Consultant (CGNC), Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP), Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certified (NEA-BC), and Fellow of the American Academy of Project Management (FAAPM).