Elham Al Hamdan MD (President and Medical Director)
Elham is President and Medical Director at the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute. Elham received her MD in 1993 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2001. She was a founding partner of Zama Wellness, specializing in corporate health and is the Founder and Director of Wellness Consulting International. Elham is also the National Action Network Coordinator for the Bone and Joint Decade in Kuwait, and is leading the countrywide effort to mobilize doctor and patient support for the Decade’s goals. Her special interest areas are spine surgery and chronic pain management.


Michel D. Landry PT, PhD (Vice President of Research and Education)
Michel is Vice President of Research and Education at the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute. He is a lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto (Canada), and a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit (ACREU) and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI). Prior to receiving his doctoral degree, Michel held clinical and senior management positions within the private rehabilitation sector in Canada, and within international humanitarian aid and development agencies in Central America and Eastern Europe. His health services and policy research explores the public/private mix of funding and delivery of rehabilitation services, and investigates the implication of policy shifts on access, cost, and quality. He consults on a variety of international health projects, and lectures widely on the changing structure of rehabilitation services. Michel is currently the President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.


Armen Lusikyan (Vice President of Operations and Finance)
Armen is Vice President of Clinical Operations for Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute. He holds a B.A. in Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto and a further degree in psychotherapy (with a human resource focus) from the Gestalt Institute of Toronto. He has a strong entrepreneurial background: Armen started and ran two very successful businesses, one in home renovations and the other in the food industry in Canada. Armen is experienced in hiring and training staff that can perform well, and in setting-up the financial and administrative processes that make day-to-day operations run smoothly. Armen is one of the founders of IWC Group and is a core project developer.