Ranya Habash

Chief Medical Officer, Everbridge; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL, USA

Habash was named to Castle Connolly’s elite America’s Top Doctors list for 2015, and was named Young Ophthalmologist of the Year in 2008 by the Florida Society for Ophthalmology, then served as its President-elect. She is also deeply involved in the information technology aspect of medicine, as Chief Medical Officer of Everbridge and Co-Founder of HipaaBridge. She was listed by Becker’s Hospital Review as a Top Healthcare Entrepreneur to Know for 2016.

A nominator said: “Aside from being faculty at Bascom Palmer, Habash is the Chief Medical Officer for a global software company, striving to put better tech into medicine. She is also working to implement tele-retina and second opinion consults for patients who need better access to the experts at Bascom Palmer.”

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