Iman Elazazy

About Iman Elazazy

SUMMARY AND SKILLS:• Qualified trained medical interpreter. • Completion of the Online Interpreter training: Medical Edition (48-hour certificate - May 2019) from Liberty Language Services.• Competent trained non-courtroom legal interpreter.• Completion of Language of Justice: Interpreting for Legal Services training (19 CEUs for Maryland Judiciary Court – July 2020).• Competent trained community interpreter. • Completion of Fairfax County Public Schools interpreter training and Orientation (5 hours-Oct 22/2019).• Completion of volunteer interpreter training and orientation in Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS)- Multicultural Center.(93-hour- May 4/2018). • Providing In-person interpretation, VRI, and OPI.• Providing interpretation services to inpatient and outpatient clients.• Providing consecutive in-person interpretation during the 12h day/night assignments in the PCCU, PPCU, PACU, CVSD, and APU.• Providing consecutive in-person interpretation during the diabetes education sessions in the Children hospital.• Providing consecutive in-person interpretation during rehab after surgeries (speech, occupational, and physical therapy).• Providing consecutive in-person interpretation for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in (NVFS). • Working as a trauma-informed interpreter with victims of torture, mental health patients, survivors of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and trauma survivors in (NVFS). • Participating in the pre-session with the providers to clarify any sensitive or critical information regarding the client.• Conveying messages’ content, spirit, and tone entirely and accurately.• Breaking down the cultural barriers between the clients and the providers.• Committing to professional boundaries and maintaining a professional demeanor during all stages of the interpretation process.• Working according to non-bias principles.• Adhering to HIPAA law and maintaining the information confidentiality of the clients.• Providing consecutive interpretation (in-person and OPI) for Arabic asylum seekers, refugees, and trauma survivors in the Northern Virginia Family Service.• Native fluency and proficiency in the Arabic Language. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.• More than twenty years of experience as a tv producer at Alexandria TV, Egypt. • Strong determination to finish the assignments with high quality.• Well organized. • US Citizen.

Experience

1. Medical Interpreter

   Culturalink

   Dec 2019 — Present · GA, US

   Responsibilities:• Providing on-site consecutive medical interpretation services to CulturaLink clients.• Providing on-site consecutive interpretation to the Arabic clients during their appointments with the psychologist.• Sticking to the conduit rule of the interpreter and converting the messages and their spirit without adding, omitting, or changing any part of them.• Working according to non-bias principles. • Adhering to the legal HIPAA Regulations.• Maintaining the confidentiality of the clients.• Maintaining a professional demeanor during all stages of the interpretation process.

Education

• Alexandria University-Egypt

  BS (certified evaluation by the AACRAO Office in Washington, D.C)., Special Chemistry

  1983 — 1987

• Alexandria University-Egypt

  Master's degree (certified evaluation by the AACRAO Office in Washington, D.C)., Communication and Media Studies

  1989 — 1990