About Your Expert Course Leader

Dr. Jalees Razavi
President and Chairperson
Middle East Academy of Leadership in Health, Safety and Environment (MEAHSE)

MBBS, DPHC, DIH, FACOEM, FACPM, FRCPC President and Chairperson, Middle East Academy of Leadership in Health, Safety and Environment (MEAHSE)

Dr. Razavi worked as the Head of Medical Specialties, Chief of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine Consultant at Saudi Aramco 1997 until 2005. He then moved to Canada where he continues to practice Occupational Health in a leadership capacity in the Oil and Gas sector. He founded the Gulf Occupational and Environmental Medicine Group (GOEMG), is a founding member of the Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada (OMSOC) and is the founding President and Chairperson of the Middle East Academy of Leadership in Health, Safety and Environment (www.meahse.org).

Dr. Razavi is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM) and Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FACOEM). His primary areas of specialty are wellness, presenteeism, chronic diseases in the workplace, disability, occupational health systems, Fitness For Work evaluations, risk assessment and communication and Business Continuity Planning. He is an advocate of supporting the progression of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety in the Middle East, and considers this his primary volunteer activity.

Linda Miller
Director
Middle East Academy of Leadership in Health, Safety and Environment (MEAHSE)

ME Des. OT, CCPE Director, Middle East Academy of Leadership in Health, Safety and Environment (MEAHSE)

Linda established EWI Works (Ergo Works Inc.) in 1991 to provide ergonomics consulting, design reviews, and user testing at both industrial and office environments. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Medicine (Occupational Therapy) from the University of Alberta and a Masters degree in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary.

Linda is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

She has been involved in large scale projects ranging from industrial/ office assessments to full scale roll out of an ergonomics program and plan. Linda works with organisations to assess their current ergonomic programmes to identify gaps and help support process improvement of the ergonomic applications in new equipment/work area and process design.