Anna Mellor
Anna Mellor is the CEO and Founder of Nightingale Health Service’s LLC. Born in England she trained as a nurse at Birmingham University. She has 3 children (aged 25, 22 & 10) and a grandson (Hugo), and has been living in Dubai since 2004. Anna founded Nightingale Health Service’s in 2016. Nightingales is licensed by Dubai Healthcare Authority (DHA) and is a Private Home care Provider with Nurses, Midwife’s and Health care assistants.
Carol Shephard
Carol Shephard is the Commercial Operations Director, who comes to Nightingale with a wealth of healthcare and commercial experience primarily in the United Kingdom. As an experienced Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife with over 30 years of experience, Carol brings a depth of Nursing and Midwifery expertise to the Nightingale family. Coupled with that is a career in the pharmaceutical industry, working as a Key Account Manager which has provided an excellent commercial set of skills.
Dr.Ahmed Idrisai
Dr. Ahmed is a DHA Licensed Doctor with more than 4 years of experience in clinical medicine and he has worked in Dept. of Surgery , Dept. of Obstetric and Gynecology and Dept. of Pediatric. Dr. Ahmed recently moved to Dubai and worked as a Consultant GP. Prior to moving to the UAE, Dr. Ahmed was working as Senior Emergency Doctor in National Ribat University Hospital, Sudan. In his free time he loves to cook and read. He hails from Khartoum of Sudan. He’s an Arabic speaking Doctor.
Wilma Puntanar Diana
Wilma comes with a wealth of experience from her home country and in UAE. She’s a Board certified Physiotherapist in Dubai (DHA) and Philippines (Philippine Regulation Commission). She has rendered her service for more than a decade and helped lots of patients in their recovery to a happy everyday life. Wilma worked as a Chief Physiotherapist and Senior Physiotherapist in reputed Hospitals in Dubai.
Joanne Newborn
Joanne Newborn is Nightingale’s new Training Manager.As a qualified Intermediate Life Support Paramedic with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa and as a Licensed Paramedic with the Dubai Corporation of Ambulance Services, she has a wealth of experience in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. Joanne is a licensed HSI Instructor whose focus is to empower others with knowledge on First Aid, CPR and Basic Life Support.
I am very excited to be a part of the Nightingale Team where I get to do what I love and share my knowledge with those who want to learn. I like to turn training courses into comfortable experiences where you can learn and grow. You never know when an emergency situation is going to arise, but if you have learned what to do, be it at home or at work, you will know exactly what to do and can literally save a life!
