Ihsan Ezedeen

Ihsan Ezedeen (Arabic: إحسان عز الدين, romanized: Iḥsān ʻIzz al-Dīn; born 1943) is a Syrian paediatrician who provides affordable care to displaced people in Jaramana and who was the Middle East finalist for the 2017 Nansen Refugee Award.

[1] He graduated from Damascus University specialising in internal paediatric medicine in 1968.

[2] After graduation, Ezedeen opened a medical clinic in Jaramana with a focus on providing affordable care to low income families, providing free services to about 70% of clients, and typically charging the remainder 50 Syrian pounds (USD $0.10) in 2017,[1][3] increasing to 100 in 2022.

[4] His clinic has focussed on providing care to people displaced by the Syrian civil war, and both Iraqi and Lebanese refugees in Syria.

[1] He was the Middle East finalist for the Nansen Refugee Award in 2017.