{"id":289863,"date":"2021-03-11T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=289863"},"modified":"2021-03-11T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:19:43","slug":"a-lebanese-devotes-herself-to-health-technology-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/a-lebanese-devotes-herself-to-health-technology-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lebanese devotes herself to health technology in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A middle child among nine siblings raised in the small village of Kamed El Louz, Lebanon, Jihan Zoghbi (pictured above<\/em>) didn\u2019t graduate in Medicine as her parents wanted her to. She obtained a degree in Math from the University of Beirut in 1997. But other decisions would lead the Lebanese increasingly closer to the healthcare industry. She currently presides over the Brazilian Healthcare CIOs Association (Abcis<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In the Lebanese capital, Zoghbi met her current husband, a Brazilian who was on holiday in Lebanon, and started planning her move to the country. To that end, the Lebanese had to restart part of her studies. \u201cSince it was very bureaucratic to validate my diploma, I decided to get into college and study Computer Science at the Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Then, I got a master\u2019s and a doctoral degree in Computer Science from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo,\u201d she told ANBA.<\/p>\n

During her undergrad and postgrad studies, she gained experience in Computer Graphics as well as Medical Imaging Processing. And, due to a family issue, she ended up coming back to her parents\u2019 old dream. \u201cI decided to get a master\u2019s and a doctoral degree in Medical Imaging since I lost a brother to cancer when he was super young. So, I focused on medical imaging to study brain tumors,\u201d the scientist revealed.<\/p>\n

While she was studying, Zoghbi started consulting with companies in the industry and, in the last year of her doctorate, she started her own company. \u201cI decided to start Dr. TIS, a startup that works as a platform for medical imaging and telemedicine. We\u2019ve grown a lot over the last two years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

With the startup, the Lebanese wants to increasingly work with artificial intelligence to generate information on the care of patients and diagnosis. The startup currently employs 15 people, and Zoghbi aims at expanding her work accross the whole country.<\/p>\n

In 2011, she was invited to become the events director at Abcis and in 2019 she was elected as the president of the non-profit association. The institution was created to foster the exchange of knowledge and information technology practices in healthcare, an asset that\u2019s became key against the pandemic that the world has experienced for over a year.<\/p>\n

Fighting COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Abcis has stepped up its efforts to bring together information and data from healthcare institutions. \u201cIn 2020, we worked three times more than usual. We started hosting a weekly webinar with directors, managers and other seasoned professionals for sharing experiences. \u201cWe asked for them to share inside information on how they were dealing with COVID-19. They shared all that for free,\u201d she explained on meetings that featured workers from flagship hospitals such as S\u00edrio Liban\u00eas, HCor, and Santa Catarina.<\/p>\n

In 2021, she expects the work will keep on. \u201cTo that end, over the last three months, we\u2019ve restructured the Abcis\u2019s board. I\u2019ve always made sure to include women in the board. We\u2019ve always looked for that diversity,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

She believes a knowledge exchange with other countries, including Lebanon, is possible. \u201cThat would be great, but we still haven\u2019t had the time to stop and think how to bridge that gap. But there certainly is much to share between Brazil and Lebanon, and doing so with my birth country would be amazing,\u201d she finished.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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