MEET OUR TEAM

Ihab K. Dimian

RPh., BSc. Pharm, MBA
Founder and CEO
OSCE Program Director

Ihab is a an executive leader, who holds 25+ years of experience, working for the top 10 multinational pharmaceutical companies. He led teams & operations across the world, ranging from US & Canada, and extending to Europe and the Middle East regions. In 2015, he founded Edge Plus Inc. – a Canadian licensed institute specialized in the licensing and immigration of HCPs (Pharmacist, MDs & Nurses) and achieved one of the highest satisfaction and success rates in the market. Ihab is a registered pharmacist in both provinces of Ontario & British Columbia in Canada and holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). 

Ihab has trained more than 850 students to date and helped them achieve their goals successfully. His passion for training and tutoring coupled with his advanced communication skills enabled him to simplify complicated subjects and allow his candidates to achieve successful results, smartly!

He is performance oriented and is an inspiring leader with proven entrepreneurial and advanced tutoring & interpersonal skills, which continuously help him achieve successful results with his candidates Ihab is a seasoned soccer and chess player.

Jennie Chang
MPharm, BMSc.

MCQ & Evaluating Program Director

Jennie is a bilingual professional pharmacist with years of experience in providing quality patient-focused care and comprehensive pharmaceutical services. Jennie is graduated from University of Nottingham and hold a Masters degree in  Pharmacy. Having worked in Canadian pharmacies and also done her placements in UK, she masters the licensing process and is capable of guiding the International Pharmacy Graduates to pass with confidence

Her Strong communication and business development skills as well as endless passion for tutoring enabled her to pursue her everlasting dream of coaching students. She enjoys simplifying complex concepts and delivering information in a concise manner.

Swaroop Kollipara – RPh. , BSc. Pharm

MCQ & EE Program Director

Graduated from Sri ramachandra medical college, Chennai, India with a PharmD degree.  He is currently a licensed pharmacist registered with Ontario college of pharmacists. Swaroop has experience in retail pharmacy as well as sterile compounding which includes chemotherapy and TPN. He has completed certification programs like injection training , methadone dispensing, diabetes certification.

Being an international graduate he has experienced the hardships of becoming a pharmacist and is very eager to help and build careers of people who are in same path. Apart from his excellent communication and teaching skills he also has some experience in guiding students in their visa process too. He is highly interested to help new candidates to acquire their license with confidence

Hala Bastawros

TESL Ontario certified, IELTS trainer, and MA TESOL IELTS/TOEFL/MELAB – Course Director

A proficient language instructor with over than ten years of extensive professional experience in researching, designing, planning, teaching, e-portfolio, webinar delivery, and facilitating training programs to a diverse population.

Currently, a LINC teacher for Workplace English class for Internationally trained professionals. Hala has trained 200+ candidates with their language test preparation and achieved > 95% success rate.

Dr. Bassem Toeama – MD, Ph.D.

LMCC and ECFMG Licensing Exams Program Director

 Bassem graduated in medicine and has worked in clinical medicine over the past 20 years. He is LMCC and ECFMG certified and      holds an academic mindset with an eminent publication track record and world-class credentials in Internal Med., Experimental,     Therapeutics & Experimental Medicine.

He is an alumnus of Cairo University, Egypt, University of Oxford, UK, and McGill University, Canada. He is a Ph.D. candidate in  Health Technology Assessment at the University of Toronto, Canada and his areas of research include Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Epidemiology, Pharmacovigilance, Translational Medicine, and Health Technology Assessment.

Bassem is a registered Canadian instructor and curriculum developer with experience in designing, teaching, and facilitating diverse medical training programs. His comprehensive tutoring skills have helped candidates understand their curricula, apply their acquired knowledge to the Canadian healthcare system based clinical case scenarios, and ace their licensing exams.

Hussain Alfadhli – BScN – RN

Edge Plus Nursing Program Director  

Hussain is a Nursing Program Director at Edge Plus, a Registered Nurse (RN) who is Recognized as a member in good standing with College of Nurses of Ontario with strong academic background and hands-on field experience gained through multiple clinical practice and education. Demonstrated knowledge and skills in providing care for individuals with varying and complex needs in hospitals, public health, and community-based agencies. Passionate about caring for people and enjoy learning new things and working in a challenging environment. Loyal, collaborative nurse with a steadfast commitment to quality care and preventive care advocacy. His goal is to equip and provide international educated nurses (IENs) with the necessary skills and recourses to be qualified and successfully  pass NCLEX-RN and REx-PN exam and pursue registration and integration into the nursing profession in the Canadian healthcare system.

Caryl Tamara

BSc., PharmD
MCQ & Evaluating Program Director

Caryl graduated from the University of the Immaculate Conception in Davao City, Philippines with a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Pharmacy degree. She is currently a licensed Pharmacist registered with the Alberta College of Pharmacists.  She is practicing as a Pharmacy Manager in Alberta, Canada. She has completed certification in injection, with experience in methadone dispensing and buprenorphrine injection administration.
Caryl faced challenges as a Canadian immigrant and she is passionate in helping her fellow immigrants achieve their goals in pursuing a career in pharmacy in Canada.

  Emad R. Missak

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC). Member of Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC).                                                      

An experienced regulated Canadian immigration consultant specialized in the federal and provincial immigration programs, family reunification, temporary visit and study visa, startup visa, entrepreneurs, refugee cases for UNHCR applicants and from within Canada.

WAEL SAMIR ZAKHARY

HIGH SCHOOL TUTOR/PROFESSIONAL TRAINER

Trilingual (English/French/Arabic) high school tutor passionate about helping students excel academically. Well-organized, focused and diligent about exploring concepts with diverse strategies to maximize understanding.

Result and performance oriented tutor, successful at raising student grades across all subjects and with special unique skills in boosting his students’ scores in Biology & Chemistry subjects, hence preparing them for Medical, Dentistry & Pharmacy Schools admission, with confidence.  Dr. Wael is adaptable, resourceful, and hardworking professional with excellent time management and communication skills. He helped students achieve 90+ on the (IB), (AP) & preparation courses for university admission exams and increased student’s grades average by 50%. Capable of private tutoring and of handling large groups of students. Having a pharmaceutical background is considered a pillar in his ability to ensure the deep knowledge & understanding for the scientific explanation of the concepts he teaches.