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    Tirana Hassan

    Chief executive officer, Doctors Without Borders USA

    Chief Executive Officer, Doctors Without Borders

    Background

    Tirana Hassan is the chief executive officer of Doctors Without Borders in the US.

    Her start date as CEO was set for January 5, 2026. Before that, she served as executive director of Human Rights Watch from 2022 to 2025.

    About Doctors Without Borders

    Doctors Without Borders: Doctors Without Borders is the US section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization. MSF treats people where the need is greatest.

    Key facts

    Start date as CEO (per announcement)
    January 5, 2026source
    Previous role
    Executive director of Human Rights Watch, 2022 to 2025source
    First worked with MSF
    Somalia, 2007, as a humanitarian affairs officersource
    Predecessor
    Avril Benoît, MSF USA CEO since 2019source

    Sources

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