Sharif Abdelhamid is the Director of Patient Experience and Language Services at Denver Health and Hospital Authority. In his role, he is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and managing projects, programs, education and change initiatives in support of the Human Experience at Denver Health.
Previously, Sharif was a member of Denver Health’s Strategic Support Services team, where he started as a Lean Facilitator in 2014 and brought over 15 years of teaching, facilitation, and coaching experience. As a Senior Lean Facilitator, he provided Lean Management Coaching across the organization to clinical and non-clinical areas: including: the Emergency Department, Acute and Critical Care Units, and Denver Public Health. He also facilitated large-scale improvement activities via Lean events and taught in the Denver Health Lean Academy.
Sharif graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Elementary, Education and Psychology and began his career teaching in K-12 schools in Puerto Rico and Denver. From 2008-2014, Sharif worked as the Associate Director of Service Learning in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University, where he coordinated local, regional, and international civic engagement opportunities for Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, and Health Services Administration students.
In May 2011, Sharif earned his M.A. degree in Community Development and Leadership, along with an academic certificate in Program Management from Regis University.
In his free time, Sharif enjoys spending time with his family and animals and traveling the world. As a Board member and long-time volunteer with Special Olympics Colorado (SOCO), he coaches a tennis team, co-teaches a communications course in the Athlete Leadership Program, and sits on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.