Dr. Racha Abou Chahine is a healthcare quality and transformation leader dedicated to advancing person-centered care, patient safety, and organizational excellence across healthcare systems in the Middle East. With more than 16 years of experience, she brings expertise in clinical governance, accreditation, healthcare transformation, and the development of high-reliability systems that improve outcomes and experiences for patients, families, and care teams.
Dr. Abou Chahine currently serves as Group Director of Quality and Risk Management at Fakeeh Health in the United Arab Emirates, where she leads enterprise-wide initiatives focused on quality improvement, risk management, accreditation readiness, and the advancement of safe, reliable healthcare practices. Through her leadership, she supports organizations in aligning strategy, culture, and operational practices to achieve sustainable excellence.
A passionate advocate for person-centered care, Dr. Abou Chahine has played a key role in advancing Planetree implementation by integrating patient and family engagement, workforce culture transformation, and governance frameworks into healthcare delivery. She has supported healthcare organizations across the UAE and GCC through consulting, education, and leadership development initiatives focused on shared governance, professional practice models, health literacy, and compassionate care.
Dr. Abou Chahine is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and a respected international speaker on healthcare quality, patient safety, and organizational transformation. She is committed to helping healthcare systems move beyond compliance toward cultures where patients and families are valued as essential partners and where excellence is reflected in every aspect of care.
As a member of the Planetree Global Certification Network, Dr. Abou Chahine brings her expertise in quality, governance, and person-centered transformation to support organizations in creating safer, more compassionate, and more human healthcare experiences.
