Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 4, 2017
• Invested on: December 12, 2017

Doctors Khaled Almilaji and Jay Dahman, together with paramedic Mark Cameron, founded the Canadian International Medical Relief Organization to provide critical medical supplies and training in war-torn Syria. Putting themselves at great risk, they have administered polio vaccines to more than 1.4 million children. In addition to monitoring and reporting on infectious diseases in the region, they continue to train front-line health care providers in battlefield medicine.