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Safa Herfat

Holding a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, Safa is an Assistant Professor in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of California. He works in the program of reconstructive surgery in Amman in Jordan and he is the technical coordinator of the 3D prosthetics project.

"I am in charge of the technological component of the project. With the Irbid FabLab, I test different scanning and modelling software programs in order to optimize the materials used to manufacture the prosthesis. I configure and calibrate the printers, and also test the various biocompatible materials."

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Pierre Moreau

Physiotherapist

Pierre studied physiotherapy and has a Master of rehabilitation engineering. He has worked for MSF since 2015. After a first mission in Ukraine and a second in Haiti, he joined the 3D-printed prosthetics project in November 2016. He arrived in Amman in February 2017.

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Hatim Masadeh

Orthoprosthesist

Hatim has experience in the traditional manufacturing of prostheses, and was particularly interested by the 3D-print prosthesis project which gave him the opportunity to discover an innovative new manufacturing process.