GOLD Speakers
Dr. Nour El Hoda Ezzeddine, PharmD, IBCLC
- Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
- Country: Lebanon
Biography:
Dr. Nour El Hoda is a passionate pharmacist and a dedicated lactation consultant with a profound commitment to supporting breastfeeding families. Her journey began in 2014, initially as a community volunteer, where she witnessed the challenges mothers faced in their breastfeeding journeys. Motivated to make a lasting impact, she pursued a transformative path, eventually becoming a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist in 2015, and then an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
Dr. Nour El Hoda's approach to lactation support is rooted in her belief that each breastfeeding experience is unique. Holding a PharmD degree from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, her background in pharmacy, allows her to provide holistic guidance, blending medical expertise with compassionate care.
Holding a PharmD degree from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, her background in pharmacy allows her to provide holistic guidance, blending clinical medical expertise with compassionate care. During her residency, she successfully created a long-lasting impact by implementing her breastfeeding project, part of which was integrating lactation into the central pharmacy’s yearly operational goals, thus offering mothers breastfeeding friendly standards of care.
What sets her apart is her extensive experience across diverse settings, including hospitals, home visitation programs, support to vulnerable communities, in addition to training community breastfeeding specialists. She also offered her technical support to different organizations and helped numerous families overcome challenges and reach their breastfeeding goals.
Dr. Nour El Hoda's approach to lactation support is rooted in her belief that each breastfeeding experience is unique. As a continuous learner herself, she is passionate about spreading breastfeeding knowledge among peers and professionals as well as through her direct work with mothers. Her speaking engagement at this esteemed conference promises a wealth of knowledge and inspiration, sharing invaluable insights into the art and science of applied pharmacology into lactation counselling.