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Our Medical Directors

Guiding WorldCare's Mission of Delivering Medical Excellence Worldwide.

Our Management

Hassan S. Sharif, MD, FRCR, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer

Hassan S. Sharif

MD, FRCR

Chief Medical Officer & Chief Executive Officer

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Edwin M. Wiggers, President and Chief Operating Officer

Edwin M. Wiggers

President and Chief Operating Officer

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Corinne Chapman, Chief of Staff

Corinne Chapman

Chief of Staff

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Kiera McNelis Shaw, Director of Finance

Kiera McNelis Shaw

Director of Finance

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WorldCare’s Board of Directors

James Thrall, MD, Chairman of the Board

James Thrall, MD

Chairman of the Board

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Hassan S. Sharif, MD

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer

Boston, MA

His Excellency
Mr. Ahmed Saeed Al Badi

Chairman, Belbadi Enterprises LLC

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sheikh Mohamed A. El-Khereiji

Chairman, International Center for Contracting & Trading

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Edwin M Wiggers

President and Chief Operating Officer

Boston, MA

Peter Morris

Co-Founder & Chairman, PRM Realty Group

Chicago, IL

Jay B. Pieper

Director, Franciscan Children’s Hospital Principal, Altria Global Health Advisory Group

Wayland, MA

Don Trudeau

President

Benistar Admin Services, Inc.

To reach your local WorldCare contact for regional inquiries or partnership opportunities, see our Global Contacts directory

Daniel Baboi, MD, PhD

WorldCare Medical Director

Bucharest, Romania

Specialist, Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine

Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine UMF “Carol Davila” Bucharest

Zrinka Pagon Belina MD, PhD

WorldCare Medical Director

Zagreb, Croatia
Pediatrics

Abdelmoniem Fawzy MD, MSc, PGDHM

WorldCare Medical Director

Cairo, Egypt

Specialist, Orthopedics and Spine Surgery

Specialist, Healthcare and Hospital Management

Affiliations: General Manager of Cure Hospital –Cairo; Vice President of Quality Care Company for Healthcare and Hospital Management

Danka Grellneth, M.D.

WorldCare Medical Director

Bratslava, Slovakia

Primary Care Physician

Specialist, Occupational medicine

Joel Kahn, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Philadelphia, PA
Boston, MA
Internal Medicine

Joyce Kawerk, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Beirut, Lebanon

Specialist, Family Medicine

Affiliations: Notre Dame Maritime Hospital (Jbeil)

Spyridon Kyritsis, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Athens, Greece

Consultant of Trauma & Orthopaedics

Knee & Lower Limbs Specialist

Affiliations: Orthopaedic Center of Chalandri, Mitera Hospital, Iatriko Kentro Psychikou Hospital, Lefkos Stavros Hospital, KAT Hospital of Athens

Anna Savcheva, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Sofia, Bulgaria

Specialist, Internal Medicine

Manager of Vita Clinic

Panel Physician for USA, Canada, Austrailia. and New Zealand

Liana Sharvadze, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Kyiv, Ukraine

Specialist, Internal Medicine

Expert, Forensic Medicine

 

Affiliations: Medical Consultant at MetLife

Andrzej Wojnowski, MD

WorldCare Medical Director

Warsaw, Poland

Cardiac Surgery Consultant

Specialist, Cardiac Surgery and General Surgery

Hassan S. Sharif, MD, FRCR, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer

Hassan S. Sharif

MD, FRCR

Chief Medical Officer & Chief Executive Officer

As one of the original founders of the organization 28 years ago, Dr. Sharif brings an unrivalled passion for saving lives to WorldCare. His deep medical expertise and worldwide connections with physicians and medical research visionaries continue to transform the way WorldCare uniquely approaches the art of providing meaningful expert medical second opinions for members around the globe by virtue of technology and institutional medical team collaboration.

His focus is to expand access to WorldCare MSO services throughout the U.S. and internationally. Under his guidance WorldCare has been an innovator in developing additional MSO services to help members with chronic conditions such as mental health, disability, pain management and prescription drug usage.

Edwin M. Wiggers, President and Chief Operating Officer

Edwin M. Wiggers

President and Chief Operating Officer

With a career originating in the B2B and B2C financial and technology industries and spanning from agile startups to large global brands across 50+ countries and six continents, Ed jumped at the opportunity to help take WorldCare to the next level while advancing its purpose of saving lives.

An experienced global executive and entrepreneur obsessed with building great businesses by building great teams, Ed is happiest when he is in over his head but completely surrounded by great people, especially when they have a great business puzzle to solve.

Corinne Chapman, Chief of Staff

Corinne Chapman

Chief of Staff

Corinne Chapman is a strategy-focused, detail-oriented Legal and HR executive with over ten years of experience at WorldCare.  She partners with the leadership team to establish strategic objectives, manage key initiatives and oversee operations across the organization. She is instrumental in the facilitation of WorldCare’s global healthcare initiatives and perspective.

Corinne also enjoys yoga, travelling around the world or across New England and spending quality time with friends and family.

Kiera McNelis Shaw, Director of Finance

Kiera McNelis Shaw

Director of Finance

Kiera joined the WorldCare team in 2011, and has employed a life-long obsession with puzzles and a background in accounting and statistics to create dynamic, cross-functional, data-driven analyses. Her keen attention to detail works to provide accurate and actionable financial reporting to internal stakeholders and our valued customers.

In her personal time, Kiera enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends.

James Thrall, MD, Chairman of the Board

James Thrall, MD

Chairman of the Board

Chairman Emeritus at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Distinguished Taveras Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Dr. James Thrall received his M.D. from the University of Michigan and trained in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He taught at the University of Michigan and served as the Chairman of Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital before taking the helm as Chairman of the Radiology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Thrall led groundbreaking digital transformation efforts at MGH and worked with Dr. Hassan Sharif to develop the first iteration of WorldCare and global medical second opinions powered through the electronic sharing of radiology and pathology reports between healthcare specialists. In addition to being a founding member of the company, he has been Chairman of the Board since 1996.

Dr. Thrall has held many leadership and board positions within leading North American and global radiology associations. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received Gold Medals from the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Radiological Society of North America, and the Association of University Radiologists. Internationally, Dr. Thrall is an Honorary Member of the French Society of Radiology and the European Society of Radiology and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. Additionally, he has authored over 350 scientific publications.