Tag archives: Mouhanad Hammami

From Syria to Santa Barbara: Coffee with our Director of County Health
By Jeff Giordano   |   May 13, 2025

At the recent Budget Workshops, County Health presented their 2025-2026 budget that included $119M in spending and 539 full-time employees. Given the scale, I thought I would sit with Director, Dr. Mouhanad Hammami to learn a bit more about what they do.  Dr. Hammami’s urbane charm and dapper style – he really is the best […]

The Chesley Initiative
By Michael Bowker   |   April 16, 2024

Packed Event Spreads Hope for Long COVID Victims: Will County Take National Role? When it first made its appearance in America’s hospitals late in the year 2020, Long COVID was considered a mysterious and perhaps ‘artificially created’ illness. It had a multitude of names and even more seemingly almost unrelated symptoms. It was often devastating […]