ANNUAL REPORT 2018 WELCOME TO WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE- ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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Leadership Report 06 Joint Advisory Board 08 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education 10 Medical Education 20 Continuing Professional Development 40 Clinical and Faculty Affairs 68 Research 80 Institute for Population Health 98 Student Recruitment and Outreach 116 Admissions 124 Student Affairs 130 Community Development 142 Statistics 150 Leadership Structure 156 WCM-Q Publications 158

4 5 I offer my most sincere thanks to everyone at WCM-Q for their hard work and commitment that Leadership has made this Report success possible

The past year has been one characterized by many remarkable Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh, Dean. achievements, but perhaps the most pleasing of all was the graduation in May of 13 Qatari citizens, the highest number of nationals WCM-Q has We have also seen some truly encouraging Our aim to be a force for good in the ever had in a single graduating class. Constituting more than a third of success in the realm of research in 2017-18, community was similarly expressed in the the Class of 2018, which numbers 34 in total, these highly accomplished with WCM-Q scientists making important new continued expansion and achievement of young men and women have now joined the ranks of the rapidly growing discoveries across a variety of fields, often Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First, WCM-Q’s new generation of extremely well-educated Qataris who will go on to in collaboration with other elite institutions flagship public health campaign, which in help build and shape the country’s future. This success also speaks in Qatar and the wider world. For example, February launched Khayr Qatarna. This volumes of our efforts to reach out to high schools across Qatar to WCM-Q researchers collaborated with ambitious initiative has installed large-scale identify gifted and ambitious students with a passion for science, nurture fellow scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in greenhouses at selected schools to produce their enthusiasm and set them on the path to realize their potential and New York and Sidra Medicine to analyze the fruit and vegetables in large quantities for become practicing physician-scientists. I offer my most sincere thanks genetic material of more than 1,000 Qataris the local market, with all proceeds from to everyone at WCM-Q for their hard work and commitment that has and identify links between genetic variations sales reinvested to fund further expansion. made this success possible, and to and the leadership and metabolism; this could eventually This imaginative scheme not only teaches of Qatar for their crucial, unstinting support for this most important help physicians personalize care to make young people about healthy eating, but also endeavor. treatments more effective for people in Qatar gives them an understanding of agricultural and the wider region. Additionally, the year science, commerce and marketing, as well In addition to producing new doctors, many of whom will go on to work brought important new discoveries in areas as making a contribution to Qatar’s food in Qatar, the past year has given us the opportunity to expand our such as polycystic ovary syndrome, which security and sustainability agenda. number of affiliated faculty to almost 600. Combined with our robust has a high incidence in the region, diabetes, and rigorous continuing professional development work, these measures cardiovascular disease, metabolomics and I hope that you will enjoy learning about all mean WCM-Q’s capacity to drive excellence in patient care in Qatar has cell signaling, among many others. of these achievements in this Annual Report continued to grow. and I offer my warmest thanks to all those Building on this success in the laboratory, in who have made such inspiring contributions February WCM-Q welcomed representatives to our shared success in 2017-18. of some of the world’s foremost healthcare companies to for the second annual Industry Academia Alliances event, which provides a link between researchers and investors to facilitate the commercialization of scientific discoveries, and in so doing support the diversification of Qatar’s economy. Initiatives such as these underline our intent to not only consolidate and expand upon Qatar’s emergent status as a regional hub for world-class biomedical research, but also to ensure that discoveries made here benefit the local economy and community.

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H.E. Ghalia Bint Mohammed Al-Thani, MD Javaid I. Sheikh, MD Co-Chair, WCMC-Q Joint Advisory Board Dean Member, Board of Governors, Ministry of Public Health Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar Chair, Sidra Clinical Steering Planning Committee Chair, Qatar Foundation for Child & Woman Protection Ms. Jessica Bibliowicz Consultant in Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation Chairman, Board of Overseers Weill Cornell Medicine WCM-Q Joint Jassim Al Suwaidi, MB ChB BAO, LRCP & SI (Honors) Consultant Cardiologist Ahmed M. Hasnah, PhD Hamad Medical Corporation President Hamad Bin Khalifa University Advisory Board Omar M.A. El-Agnaf, PhD Acting Executive Director Abdulla Ali Al-Ansari, MB BCh Qatar Biomedical Research Institute Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic & Research Affairs for Surgical Services Members Hamad General Hospital, HMC The Joint Advisory Board provides advice and assistance to the dean and the governing parties of WCM-Q. Independent Representatives Representatives

Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Sir Graeme Catto, MD (Hons) Co-Chair, WCMC-Q Joint Advisory Board Member, Qatar Council for Healthcare Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Practitioners Trustee, the International Medical Medicine Member, Board of Overseers, Weill Education Trust Cornell Medicine Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University

Mr. Tarek Abdel-Meguid Member, Board of Overseers Weill Cornell Medicine

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10 11 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education A Strong Foundation, Ten Years in the Making

The Foundation Program at WCM-Q is a demanding one-year curriculum that precedes the college’s unique six-year medical education program. This year 22 foundation students underwent training in physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and English in preparation for Cornell’s rigorous pre-medical and medical tracks.

The 2017-2018 academic year marked the Foundation Program’s tenth anniversary, which was commemorated at a special event held at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Student Center. The celebration recognized the Foundation Program’s continued success in acting as a bridge for academically gifted students transitioning from high school to university.

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Career Seminars and Clinical Observership Curricular Innovation Program

Foundation and pre-medical psychiatry. Students accompanied experience gave students insight students also had the opportunity doctors during patient rounds, into the challenges and benefits to participate in a clinical morning conferences, medical of practicing medicine. During observership over four days consultations, and surgeries in the spring semester, students at HMC and Sidra. During the the operating theater. Foundation submitted a reflection paper observership, which took place and pre-medical students gained detailing their experience. In one between the fall and spring exposure to the healthcare system such reflection a student wrote: semesters, each student in Qatar, learned about the daily “It was a great, fruitful experience shadowed a practicing physician routines of medical professionals, that reminded me why I really want in the fields of emergency and gained familiarity with the to pursue a career in medicine,” medicine, pediatrics, general various medical specialties thus underscoring the success and surgery, internal medicine, or offered at HMC and Sidra. This value of the program to students.

Dr. Ibrahim Janahi, division chief of pulmonology and chair of medical education at Sidra Medicine, delivers a career seminar.

Over the course of the fall and Corporation (HMC) and Sidra. This spinal cord injury wards. During spring semesters, students year the program hosted such these service-learning hours, the participated in the Medical Career varied speakers as Dr. Noor Al program promoted an appreciation Seminar Series. This series Khori (pediatric radiology), Dr. Sara for healthcare professions and serves to acquaint foundation Al-Khawaga (biomedical research), highlighted essential medical students with varied medical and Dr. Javaid Sheikh (psychiatry). knowledge, skills, and abilities. career paths through the personal experiences garnered by each Innovations in the service-learning At the end of the academic year, guest speaker. Organized by Dr. curriculum for the Foundation students participated in a Post- Rachid Bendriss, assistant dean Program allowed foundation Foundation Summer Program at for student recruitment, outreach, students to visit the world-class Cornell University’s main campus and foundation programs, the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), in Ithaca, New York. Supervised by Career Seminar Series is a weekly a state-of-the-art rehabilitation Dr. Krystyna Golkowska, professor Sumaya AlMaraghi discusses activity for foundation students center that opened its doors of English, the program allowed her experiences on the Clinical Observership Program. facilitated by guest speakers who in 2017. The class visit to the students to enroll in courses over include WCM-Q professionals, institute was followed by service the summer session and enjoy new alumni, former Foundation learning hours over four weeks cultural experiences in upstate Program students, and community during the spring semester in the New York. partners from Hamad Medical stroke, traumatic brain injury, and

14 15 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education Preparing Physicians for the 21st Century: The Pre-Medical Curriculum Engaging in Experiential Learning

Pre-medical students at Weill Lab in which students work with Cornell Medicine-Qatar learn standardized patients to negotiate both inside and outside the a family disagreement about a classroom. The pre-medical mother’s impending knee surgery. division collaborates with other Through simulated consultation, departments, such as the Division pre-medical students gain deeper of Medical Education, Office insight into the dynamics and of Student Recruitment and moral implications of family Outreach, and Division of Student decision-making for sick relatives. Affairs, to provide a well-rounded, Activities like these teach students holistic approach to college about the complicated nature student development. These rich of the physician-patient-family experiential and service-learning relationship and give them the opportunities equip students tools they need to negotiate similar with skills in problem-solving and clinical encounters in the medical interpersonal communication, as curriculum. well as developing practical “know how” that serves them well when Pre-medical students participated they begin clinical training. in service-learning experiences as well. In the summer of 2017, Students receive strong support During the 2017-2018 academic eight pre-medical students visited from faculty during their two years on the pre-medical program. year, pre-medical students in Mwanza, Tanzania to experience Dr. Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo’s first-hand how doctors serve Foundation of Ethics course patients in developing countries. critical thinking, and cultivate the WCM-Q’s groundbreaking six- the medical curriculum and later participated in a novel simulation Organized by the Division of skills and dispositions needed year integrated medical education clinical training. Pre-medical exercise. In Foundation of Ethics, Student Affairs, the ten-day trip to succeed in today’s medical program offers students a truly students immerse themselves in students explore the moral had students providing free health workplace. Students work closely world-class experience that the humanities, social sciences, dimension of medicine and learn checks in several communities, with faculty, who offer personalized prepares them for future success mathematics, and physical important ethical theories, but meeting local medical students, support on their journey to as residents and physicians. sciences, and explore the the simulation exercise allowed and learning about the disease becoming physicians. Cornell students begin their journey relationships and intersections students to see how theoretical burden and healthcare challenges into medicine with the pre-medical between these varied fields in principles play out in the real world. facing Tanzania. Students also curriculum, an innovative two- medicine. Pre-medical faculty The exercise involved a role-play experienced Tanzanian culture, and year program of study specifically members develop innovative scenario designed by WCM-Q’s appreciated its stunning vistas and tailored to the requirements of learning environments, foster Clinical Skills and Simulation extraordinary natural environment.

16 17 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education Participating in Pre-Medical Faculty the Community

Pre-medical students and and later held the annual student- medicine, film studies, and art Contributions to faculty actively contributed to faculty charity football match, criticism.” The volume builds on student life and college events. which saw the faculty side put five studies that have demonstrated This year the WCM-Q Debate goals past the students. the importance of humanistic Society, coached by Dr. Rodney training in medical education, Continuing Education Sharkey, assistant professor of Besides extra-curricular life, which makes better doctors English, commemorated its ten- pre-medical students and faculty “who are more attuned to both year anniversary with a debate also support WCM-Q’s numerous diagnostic clues and the socio- involving current president Amina community outreach events, economic needs of patients which including Medicine Unlimited, and Research Kunnummal and seven former can impact their therapies and Debate Society presidents. The Qatar Medical Explorers Program, follow up care.” presidents debated the motion, and Precollege Enrichment Program. At Medicine Unlimited, “This house believes that regarding The pre-medical faculty made the impact of visual arts on Nature. The volume, E-Learning an event that gives middle and the opioid crisis in the USA, the unique contributions to continuing medicine, healthcare, and in the and North high-school students first-hand market decides.” Reflecting on education and research in science wellbeing. At the symposium, Africa, examines the history, encounters with science and the event, Dr. Sharkey highlighted and medicine in the MENA region. Drs. Weber and Rifai described development, and current and medicine, pre-medical students the tremendous impact of one of This year Dr. Krystyna Golkowska, how visual art affects healthcare, future use of learning facilitated by and faculty staffed the tables and WCM-Q’s most influential clubs: professor of English, coordinated including the effects of hospital computers, the Internet and mobile orchestrated interactive activities. “The Debate Society has been an the Writing and Communication for décor on patient wellbeing and technologies in 20 MENA countries. The event drew more than 400 integral part of the extra-curricular Biomedical Researchers course, using comic books as a teaching To further the pre-medical young people and their families, life at WCM-Q for a decade, as which introduces Qatari biomedical tool to help medical students division’s scientific output, Dr. who had an opportunity to tour debate is vitally important for a graduates to essential skills in better understand patients. Ghizlane Bendriss, visiting lecturer WCM-Q’s state-of-the-art facilities healthy society to thrive and workplace and scientific writing. Moreover, visual art enhances the in biology, designed a study to and meet students, faculty, prosper.” Dr. Golkowska also designed and ability to assess complex visual explore the role of bacteria in the researchers, and staff. delivered a weeklong research information, which is critical when human gut in the development Pre-medical students operate experience program for Qatar interpreting physical symptoms or of autism spectrum disorder and clubs that support community Pre-medical students showcased Doctor of the Future participants medical images like x-rays or MRI inflammatory bowel disease. The activism and service to others. their writing talents in the fifth at Cornell University’s main scans. The symposium was open pilot study was awarded a grant This year the Reach Out to Asia volume of Qira'at, released during campus in Ithaca. Through this to all healthcare professionals from the Qatar National Research (ROTA) club hosted its annual the 2017-2018 academic year. innovative program, participants in Qatar and was accredited by Fund’s Undergraduate Research Thanksgiving dinner and bingo Qira’at, organized and edited by learned about qualitative and the Qatar Council for Healthcare Experience Program. Through event for subcontractor support the pre-medical writing faculty, quantitative research, explored Practitioners-Accreditation this grant, Dr. Bendriss will involve staff at WCM-Q, and later a accentuates WCM-Q’s leadership laboratories and museums on Department and the Accreditation pre-medical students in collecting National Sports Day event as well. role in the medical humanities and Cornell’s campus, and gained new Council for Continuing Medical and analyzing data, and working It also organized a visit to the narrative medicine in the MENA cross-cultural insights. Education. to raise awareness about the for support region. In his introduction to the volume, Dr. Alan Weber, professor role of healthy lifestyles in gut staff to learn about their borrowing During the 2017-2018 academic Pre-medical faculty contributed of English, emphasized how the composition and emergence of privileges. The ROTA club organized year, pre-medical faculty also cutting-edge educational and essays in Qira’at present, “young diseases. Eventually, she will assess its annual spring charity week to spearheaded novel medical scientific research. As a case in doctors-in-training grappling with the feasibility of running clinical raise money for refugees. Club education initiatives. Dr. Alan point, Dr. Alan Weber, professor a wide range of humanistic topics trials in Qatar, which would be the members attended a screening Weber, professor of English, and of English, co-edited the first ranging from philosophy, literature, first of their kind to take place in of the documentary film Fire at Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, assistant handbook on e-learning in the medical ethics, drama and poetry, Dr. Rodney Sharkey, assistant professor the region. Sea, discussing the refugee crisis of English, coaches the WCM-Q Debate professor of clinical psychiatry, Middle East and North Africa to the history and sociology of with film director Gianfranco Rosi, Society. organized a symposium exploring (MENA) published by Springer

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Class of 2018 Celebrate Graduation

The highlight of the WCM-Q of the vulnerable, and to use the academic year took place on privilege of the education that May 2, 2018 when 34 students of they have received to enhance the Class of 2018 graduated and the health and wellbeing of future were presented with the Cornell generations. University Doctor of Medicine Cornell University president Dr. degree, bringing the total number Martha E. Pollack presided over of WCM-Q graduates to 335. the graduation ceremony along With 13 Qatari citizens, the Class with Dr. Javaid Sheikh, dean of of 2018 contains the greatest WCM-Q, and Dr. Augustine Choi, number of nationals of any dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in graduating class in WCM-Q’s New York, and provost for medical history. These 13 new doctors, who affairs at Cornell University. In represent 38 percent of the class, his address to the graduates, Dr. further increase the number of Choi stressed the importance of homegrown graduates of WCM-Q the life-long learning process that who aspire to realize the vision takes discipline and perseverance, of Qatar’s leadership to create a reminding them that their goal knowledge-based society to lead is to have the greatest and most the human, social and economic positive impact on the health and development of Qatar. wellbeing of others.

Of the 34 new doctors, 10 The keynote speaker at the graduated with academic graduation ceremony was Dr. distinction, two with honors in Mashael Al-Khelaifa, a graduate research, and two with honors of the inaugural WCM-Q Class of in service. Earlier in the week, 2008. Dr. Al-Khelaifa is a testament many of these graduates received to the success of WCM-Q and individual awards for excellence Qatar Foundation, both of which in the foundational sciences and supported her to achieve her clinical courses and clerkships. One dream to become a pediatric such high-achieving graduate was anesthesiologist and return to Fatima Al-Maadid who delivered practice in Qatar at Hamad Medical the graduation speech, imploring Corporation. her classmates to be the voice

The Class of 2018's Dr. Fatima Al-Maadid gave the graduation speech.

22 23 Drs. Khalid Al-Marri and Alaa Al-Naama Medical Education married soon after graduating. Class of 2018 Celebrate Graduation

Dr. Fatima Al-Khori receives her MD Dr. Mohammed Haji receives his MD Drs. Hadya Elshakh, Imen Becetti from Dr. Thurayya Arayssi. from Dr. Thurayya Arayssi. and Shaikha Alqahtani.

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Match Day Success

Another of the highlights in the of 32 students matched in their and pediatric neurology at the college calendar is the annual chosen specialties which included prestigious Massachusetts General Match Day event at which students anesthesiology, neurology, Hospital in Boston. Other notable celebrate matching to a post- family medicine, general surgery, institutions where students graduate training program with obstetrics and gynecology, and matched included Case Western/ their families, friends, WCM-Q pediatrics. University Hospitals Cleveland, faculty and staff. On March NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill 16, 2018, the Class of 2018 Ten students matched at Hamad Cornell Medical Center, and Virginia continued to raise the bar with Medical Corporation in Qatar, Commonwealth University. an outstanding match rate to and 22 in programs in the USA, residency programs in the US including competitive specialty (92 percent) and Qatar. A total matches in internal medicine Match Day is the event at which the students learn where they will be spending the next stage of their careers. Dr. Javaid Sheikh, Dr. Martha Pollack, Dr. Augustine Choi, and Dr. Antonio Gotto with the Class of 2018.

Dr. Augustine Choi, dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, and provost for medical affairs at Cornell University.

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New Curriculum Students and Clinical Training Sites

The Class of 2020, who were hospitals. In parallel, the Primary the first cohort to begin their Health Care Corporation of foundational sciences courses Qatar incorporates a network of in the fall of 2016, successfully 23 primary health care centers. completed Phase I of the new WCM-Q students also benefit from medical curriculum and were opportunities to complete rotations promoted to Phase II to begin their at our affiliate Aspetar, Qatar’s clinical experiences in early May specialized Orthopedic and Sports 2018. Over the 12 months following Medicine Hospital, a state-of-the- that date, these students will be art facility that provides some of applying their clinical knowledge the best medical treatment for and honing their critical thinking, sports-related injuries available patient care and physicianship anywhere in the world. Another skills to care for patients as affiliated training site for our part of a healthcare team in a students is Qatar Foundation’s primary care or hospital setting. Sidra Medicine, an innovative, The students will be on rotations ultramodern facility designed to for specialty specific clerkships provide comprehensive patient- for varying lengths of time: eight focused medical services for weeks for medicine and surgery; women and children in Qatar and six weeks for obstetrics and throughout the region. gynecology, pediatrics, primary care, and psychiatry; four weeks The relationship between for neurology; and three weeks for WCM-Q and HMC continues to anesthesia and critical care. grow stronger and to recognize the additional efforts made As well as training on campus by individuals to support the in the newly refurbished and educational mission of WCM-Q, expanded Clinical Skills and HMC site directors have been Simulation Lab, WCM-Q students appointed for a number of are privileged to train at a number clerkships. The HMC site directors of clinical affiliates, such as Hamad work in collaboration with WCM-Q Medical Corporation, a full-service, clerkship directors to facilitate Joint Commission International- the student activities in the accredited institution that has various clinical settings to ensure in excess of 2,500 beds across that learning objectives for the multiple facilities and several clerkships are met and that each community hospitals, which include student has an optimal clinical general, women’s, children’s, experience. psychiatric and rehabilitation

28 29 Medical Education Innovations in Curricular Learning Enrichment Delivery and Support and Academic Advising

As part of efforts to support by Dr. Douglas Bovell, assistant professional identities and reach students on their journey through dean for foundational sciences the highest level of competency a rigorous medical curriculum, and professor of physiology, Dr. possible. The program also a number of new initiatives have Gerardo Guiter, assistant professor provides students with mentorship been developed. This includes the of pathology and laboratory to support them in making establishment of the Learning medicine, and Dr. Moune Jabre, informed career decisions. Faculty Enrichment Office (LEO) to provide assistant professor of clinical at Weill Cornell Medicine in New academic enrichment to students obstetrics and gynecology. York are also engaged in mentoring across all four years of the WCM-Q students with regard to medical curriculum by facilitating The Longitudinal Academic their choice of career specialty. interaction with their peers and Advising Program is another The implementation of the new the students’ gross anatomy a collaborative initiative thanks to seniors throughout their training. component of the infrastructure curriculum has helped to drive learning experience. the efforts of staff in the Office of The LEO connects students put in place to support each innovation in curricular delivery. Curriculum Support, the Office of with near-peer tutors, teaching and every student to succeed. In An example is the introduction In addition, the introduction of Educational Development, and the specialists or faculty, providing her capacity as the director for of new teaching methodologies new online assessment tools Information Technology Services a platform for the initiation, medical student advising, Dr. Mai by the anatomy faculty, including for the foundational sciences Division. discussion and development Mahmoud, assistant professor of use of the anatomage table, courses has streamlined the of a variety of projects and medicine, leads the program, which a technologically advanced exam administration process and collaborations. The LEO is led supports students to develop their visualization system that enhances enhanced reporting. This has been

30 31 Scholarly Activities and Outreach Initiatives

The newly revamped Clinical Skills Continuing Medical Education In collaboration with the American and Simulation Lab held WCM-Q’s (ACCME) and the Qatar Council for Board of Medical Specialties first Simulation Symposium in Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP). International (ABMS-I), a three- September 2017 with the theme day Item Writing Workshop was “Optimizing Health Professions WCM-Q was awarded a highly held at WCM-Q in November 2017. Education with Simulation- coveted designation as a “VSLO® The focus of the workshop was to Based Learning”. This was an Host Institution”. Visiting Student support medical education faculty accredited activity that attracted Learning Opportunities, sponsored to develop their assessment 87 participants from across the by the Association of American skills in test design and item Medical Education region. The guest speaker was Medical Colleges (AAMC), is an development. The program for the Dr. Janice Palaganas, director electronic application platform workshop was tailored to focus of educational innovation and that facilitates clinical, global on writing test questions and Visiting Professorship development, Center for Medical health, and research elective understanding and interpreting Simulation in Boston, USA. rotations internationally for assessment data. The workshop final year medical students. The was facilitated by senior members Program The Office of Educational VSLO® application service fosters of the ABMS-I including Dr. Development has introduced a collaboration between US and David Swanson, vice-president, monthly Medical Education Journal academic programs and services, As part of continued efforts Professorship Program (VPP). facilities, including those at the international medical schools to Club for faculty members and staff Kathy Holtzman, vice-president, to enhance WCM-Q’s profile The specialties represented affiliated hospitals in Qatar. This facilitate student mobility and from the academic units to come international programs, and Krista as a center of excellence for included internal medicine, opens the door for increasing the engender a global outlook among together and discuss the latest Allbee, director, assessment and producing graduates of the surgery, neurology, obstetrics and number of opportunities for the future physicians. To date, WCM-Q trends in leading medical education international operations. highest caliber, the college hosted gynecology and primary care. WCM-Q students as they apply for has hosted two international journals. This initiative is accredited 12 visiting professors from nine The VPP provides exposure for postgraduate training. medical students for electives in by the Accreditation Council for US institutions in April 2018 visiting professors to the WCM-Q emergency medicine. under the banner of the Visiting curriculum, students, faculty and

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Medical Education Honoring Faculty Research Grant Program and Recognizing

The Medical Education research in medical education. professional development. All Teaching Excellence Research Grant Program was Applicants can submit proposals applications are externally peer- launched in 2017 and is funded focusing on research themes reviewed. Since 2006, WCM-Q has continued were presented in categories for though the Division of Medical that are relevant to WCM-Q, with the time-honored tradition teaching, educational leadership Listed below are the names of Education. The aim of this such as innovations in teaching, of celebrating the teaching and innovation. Visiting faculty the principal investigators and the program is to encourage and assessment, and curriculum faculty who are imparting their from Weill Cornell Medicine in project titles for the five awards support scholarship, with the development across the knowledge and skills to educate New York were also recognized that have been granted to date: ultimate objective of promoting entire continuum of medical future generations of physicians. for their contributions to teaching collaborative efforts and the education, from undergraduate At the 2018 WCM-Q Excellence WCM-Q students. Former directors dissemination of outstanding medical education to continuing in Teaching Awards ceremony of courses and clerkships that held in May, there were a number have been phased out with the old of pre-medical and medical medical curriculum also received education faculty who received recognition awards. The awards 1. Dr. Ameed Raoof, associate 4. Dr. Grigory Ostrovskiy, assistant accolades. For the Division of were as follows: (see overleaf) professor of anatomy in radiology professor of emergency medicine Medical Education, specific awards in medicine Research Study: Introducing an The Excellence in Teaching Awards Array of New Teaching Measures Research Study: Use of Ceremony recognizes the dedication to Enhance Medical Students’ 3-Dimensional Printing and skills of WCM-Q's faculty. Anatomy Comprehension and Technology in Medical Performance Education

2. Dr. Amal Khidir, associate 5. Dr. Sheila Qureshi, senior lecturer, professor of pediatrics chemistry

Research Study: Impact of Research Study: Impact of perceived generational differences Learning Process and Curricular on learning project: A multi-center, Innovation on Medical Students’ multiphase collaborative study Choice of Specialty: A Mixed (Phase I) Methods Study from Qatar

3. Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, and Dr. Mai Mahmoud, assistant professor of medicine

Research Study: Efficacy of a faculty-facilitated support group for medical students in the clerkship year in preventing emotional distress and burnout

Dr. Ameed Raoof

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Award Category Awardee WCM-Q Alumni Return

Excellence in Teaching in the Foundational to their Alma Mater Sciences Curriculum Dr. Ameed Raoof

Co-awarded to Dr. Bakr Nour and In alignment with the Qatar Excellence in Teaching in the Clinical Curriculum Dr. Amine Rakab National Vision 2030 to support the aim to build a modern world- Excellence in Leadership in the Foundational class educational system that Sciences Curriculum Dr. Avelin Malyango provides students with a first- rate education, we are delighted to welcome two more of our Excellence in Leadership in the Clinical Co-awarded to Dr. Amal Khidir and alumni to join the faculty ranks Curriculum Dr. Grigory Ostrovskiy at WCM-Q. Dr. Mohamed Elshazly, assistant professor of medicine Visiting Faculty Excellence in Teaching - Dr. Amir Soumekh and Dr. Salman Al-Jerdi, assistant Foundational Sciences Curriculum professor of neurology, join two other alumni colleagues – Dr. Visiting Faculty Excellence in Teaching - Co-awarded to Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe and Grigory Ostrovskiy, assistant Clinical Curriculum Dr. Joseph Safideh professor of emergency medicine in medicine, and Dr. Sumeja Zahirovic, assistant Course/Clerkship Directors Awardee professor of medicine - who have already returned to their alma mater to enrich the process Brain and Mind Course Director Dr. Naim Haddad of knowledge transfer to the next generation of physicians. As graduates, the alumni on Basis of Disease Course Director Dr. Gerardo Guiter the faculty have a unique perspective of the WCM-Q Medicine, Patients and Society II Course Dr. Stella Major medical program and their Director experience and knowledge can further enhance the educational Introductory Clerkship Director Dr. Mai Mahmoud experience for our learners. Dr. Sumeja Zahirovic is one of several WCM-Q alumni to have recently returned to teach at the college.

The Teaching Faculty Appreciation program in the fall of 2004. The The student speaker at the Evening, which took place in number of local physicians who appreciation event was medical September 2017, was staged hold affiliated appointments student Merna Hussein who spoke specifically to honor the local with WCM-Q now stands at 597, on behalf of her student colleagues physicians who hold affiliated many of whom work at Hamad to thank the affiliated teaching faculty appointments with WCM-Q Medical Corporation, while others faculty for their “gift of time, and who teach our students. are from the Primary Health expertise and encouragement,” as Affiliated faculty have been Care Corporation, Aspetar, Sidra well as pledging to carry on their participating in teaching WCM-Q Medicine, the Feto Maternal Medical legacy to teach future generations. students since the inaugural class Center or the Ministry of Public of 2008 enrolled in the medical Health.

36 37 Medical Education Faculty Achievements Student Achievements

The medical faculty continue • Dr. Mohamed Elshazly, assistant • Dr. Thurayya Arayssi, associate to distinguish themselves by professor of medicine, was made professor of medicine, and senior engaging in a number of academic a fellow of the American College of associate dean for medical pursuits including conducting Cardiology. education and continuing research, publishing in high professional development, served impact peer-reviewed journals, on the Jury Panel for the L’Oréal- reviewing manuscripts, and sitting • Dr. Amal Khidir, associate UNESCO For Women in Science on editorial boards and scientific professor of pediatrics, was Awards. committees. appointed as a co-leader to the Research and Scholarship Task Notable faculty achievements over Force for the Council on Medical • Dr. Laith Abu-Raddad, professor the past year include: Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP). of healthcare policy and research, This is the leading organization was appointed deputy editor of the • Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, professor in North America for pediatric Journal of the International AIDS of healthcare policy and research, medical student education. Society in December 2017. and senior associate dean for population health, capacity • Dr. Ameed Raoof, associate building and student affairs, professor of anatomy in radiology, is among the first medical was appointed as a member of the professionals to be certified by editorial board of the International Dr. Leopold Streletz with Adham Mushtak at the annual the American Board of Lifestyle Society for Plastination Journal. meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Medicine (ABLM)/the American He was also reappointed to the College of Lifestyle Medicine editorial board of the International (ACLM) and the International Board Journal of Anatomical Variations. Our students also continue to student, Aya Tabbalat from the body for academic emergency of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Mamtani excel outside the classroom and Class of 2020 had her research physicians. Rana worked on has a passion for improving health a notable example is Class of on the fertility of women in the the research with Dr. Grigory on a global scale and through 2019 student Syeda Razia Haider, Arabian Peninsula published in Ostrovskiy, assistant professor of his leadership of the Institute for whose letter to the author on the a leading scientific journal. After emergency medicine, and Dr. Ziyad Public Health, he has brought topic of ‘transitions in training’ completing her first year, Aya Mahfoud, associate professor of many health issues and the was selected from a competitive conducted her research over healthcare policy and research. associated burden of disease to international submission pool to be the summer at Weill Cornell The research project focused the fore. published in Academic Medicine, a Medicine in New York under the on the varying susceptibility to high impact peer-reviewed journal mentorship of Dr. Nigel Pereira, heat-related illness of different of the American Association of who graduated from WCM-Q in population groups in California. • Dr. Naim Haddad, professor of Medical Colleges. 2010 with academic distinction. clinical neurology, received the Aya was the first author on the Fatima Al-Maadid and Sahar A. B. Baker Teacher Recognition Another Class of 2019 student, paper titled ‘Arabian Peninsula Mahadik from the Class of 2018 Award from the American Academy Adham Mushtak, was invited ethnicity is associated with lower were instrumental in recruiting of Neurology at the 70th Annual by the American Academy of ovarian reserve and ovarian 21 WCM-Q medical students to Meeting in Los Angeles, California. Neurology (AAN) to present his response in women undergoing participate with students from work at the annual AAN meeting. fresh ICSI Cycles’. This paper was other health sciences institutions in The research focused on ‘Cerebral published in the Journal of Assisted the Patient Safety Academy held in blood flow and auto-regulation in Reproduction and Genetics which October 2017 in Qatar. Faculty from acute TIA patients from a general is the official publication of the the Academy for Emerging Leaders hospital in Qatar’. Adham worked American Society of Reproductive in Patient Safety in the US led this on this project with the principal Medicine. inter-professional education (IPE) investigator Dr. Leopold Streletz, initiative, which was organized by clinical associate professor of Rana Abualsaud from the Class of the World Innovation Summit for neurology. The research focused 2019 presented her research on Health (WISH) in collaboration with on assessing the likelihood of a heart-related illness at the Western WCM-Q, which was responsible Dr. Amal Khidir was appointed as a co- patient suffering a stroke, and how Regional Meeting of the Society for accrediting this activity for leader to the Research and Scholarship Task Force for the Council of Medical severe that stroke is likely to be. for Academic Emergency Medicine participating faculty members. Education in Pediatrics As a first-year medical curriculum (SAEM), a leading professional

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40 41 Continuing Professional Development List of activities WCM-Q Grand Round series

The Division of Continuing and internationally of Supporting Intersection of Law and Medicine series: Professional Development (CPD) the Accreditation Council for accredited by the CPD Our Healthcare • Legal and Ethical Issues in End-of continually strives to meet its Continuing Medical Education Division in 2017/2018 Life Care mission of providing high quality (ACCME). In doing so, the division Community • The Role of Data and Safety professional development continues to work in pursuit of its Through Accreditation Monitoring Boards in Human opportunities for physicians and strategic objective, “To enhance Subjects Research other healthcare professionals the knowledge and practice of • The Intersection of Islam and Biomedical Ethics: A Guide for based on identified needs the Qatari and regional physician The accreditation of Weill Cornell Clinical Healthcare Practitioners and the latest scientific and workforce through graduate and Medicine-Qatar internationally Sciences medical developments that will continuing medical education.” by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Educators Across the Healthcare increase competence, enhance Spectrum series: to provide continuing medical performance in practice and The division is led by Dr. Thurayya • Digital Education and Strategies for lead to improved health care Arayssi, associate professor of education for physicians has Implementing the Flipped Classroom for patients. The division values medicine and senior associate ensured that physicians are able to maintain their international collaborations with both internal dean of medical education Lives in Medicine series: licensure by attaining AMA PRA and external stakeholders to and continuing professional • The Visual Arts and Patient Care Category 1 Credits™ (American oversee the development and development, who is supported • Music Therapy and Healing implementation of a variety of by Deema Al-Sheikhly, director Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award) through continuing medical education and Laudy Mattar, manager of the Medical Education Journal Club (CME)/continuing professional division. The remainder of the team participation in WCM-Q accredited development activities, ensuring includes the CPD coordinators activities. Furthermore WCM-Q, via the CPD division, was re- Optimizing Health Professions their alignment with the standards Ameena Abdul Rahim and Safia Research Education with Simulation-Based and requirements of the Qatar Rabia and the administrative accredited as a CME/CPD provider Education Learning Council for Healthcare assistant Dinnah Betonio. by the Qatar Council of Healthcare for Clinicians Practitioners (QCHP) at local level Practitioners-Accreditation Psychiatry for the Non-Psychiatrist Department (QCHP-AD) for a cycle of five years until 2021. Several Perioperative Bleeding Management: WCM-Q activities have been Patient Blood Management accredited by the abovementioned systems and fall under three areas The Power of Change Agents: Teaching of concentration: (see opposite Caregivers Effective Communication page) Skills to Overcome the Multiple Barriers to Patient Safety

Clinical Containment Strategies for Medical Emerging Infectious Diseases Education Institute for Population Health: • Certificate in Clinical Nutrition • Occupational Health is Everyone’s Business symposium • Cultural Competence in Healthcare workshop • Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training • Student Wellness: Perspectives, Challenges and Innovations CPD Team (from left to right): Ameena Abdul Rahim, Deema Achieving Promotion through the Al-Sheikhly, Thurayya Arayssi, Clinical Expertise and Innovation Area MD, Laudy Mattar, Dinnah of Excellence Betonio and Safia Rabia.

42 43 Continuing Professional Development Mission Accomplishments Target Audience

The Division of CPD aims to To ensure our CME/CPD program WCM-Q’s target audience is broad promote educational endeavors, meets the quality of standards in nature as we consider our needs % Attendees by Profession which extend beyond the represented in our mission along with those of our clinical undergraduate program and align statement, data is collected care partners and their mission to with the mission of Weill Cornell regarding: improve quality of care throughout Physicians 25% Medicine-Qatar. To this end, the the region. Therefore, the target mission is to: audience includes faculty, staff Nurses 39% and alumni of WCM-Q, and • Provide high-quality physicians and other healthcare Pharmacists 6% professional development professionals in the State of Qatar opportunities for physicians and the region. From July 2017 to Dentists 3% Expected and other healthcare Content June 2018, up to 3,500 physicians, professionals based on Outcomes other healthcare practitioners and AHP 14% identified needs educators participated in activities that were accredited through Students 4% • Offer physicians and other QCHP and ACCME. Twenty-five healthcare professionals the percent of the participants of Others 9% opportunity to attain credits Target Audience these activities were physicians, toward medical licensing while the remaining 75 percent requirements locally and were other healthcare practitioners internationally (Figure 1). This is in alignment with % Attendees by Institutions • Develop and disseminate best our mission. evidence-based practice and health education research

• Create opportunities for physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop a community Private 70% of practice to interact with one another personally and Governmental 14% professionally Academic 16%

Figure 1: Breakdown of attendees at WCM-Q CME/CPD accredited activities by profession.

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Medical Knowledge Outcomes 50.7% to 90.6%

The expected result is that the learner will be able to do one or more of the following: • Demonstrate their ability to apply the knowledge they have gained Diagnostic • Make a commitment to change Treatment 43.1% to 82.1% their practice as a result of the educational intervention(s) • Change their practice as a result of the educational intervention(s), as applicable

Immediate change in both learner knowledge, competence Extent Professionalism & and performance is assessed. Competence Patient Care 60.0% Percentages listed to the right to 92.6% are from participants indicating is Enhanced it was “somewhat likely” and “to a significant extent likely” that the activity would enhance their competence in a specific area (Figure 2). The data displays the range of percentages from activities across the past Dr. Waseem Kotoub delivered System-Based year. Additionally, changes in a lecture entitled 'Music Practice 44.6% to Therapy and Healing' in the performance are measured 86.0% Lives in Medicine series. via a follow-up survey sent to WCM-Q’s activities are varied an inter-professional audience. participants up to nine months in context. The monthly multi- Examples include the Educators after an activity. The analysis disciplinary WCM-Q Grand Rounds, Across the Healthcare Spectrum indicates a positive change in a regularly scheduled series (RSS), series (Digital Education and learners’ performance. aims to enhance physicians’ and Strategies for Implementing other healthcare professionals’ the Flipped Classroom), the skills and knowledge of the latest Intersection of Law and Medicine medical developments, technology, series, the Lives in Medicine series Educational Strategies 49.2% to and good practices. The remaining and the Certificate in Clinical 88.6% live activities may be discipline Nutrition program. By providing specific, such as the Perioperative different activity types, WCM-Q Bleeding Management: Patient fulfills its mission to offer a variety Blood Management activity, of educational activities. for example, or are geared for

Figure 2: Percentage of participants who perceived that the activities enhanced their competence in specific areas.

46 47 Continuing Professional Development Program CME/CPD activities are developed All CME/CPD presentations must be in the context of desirable based on evidence that is accepted Improvements physician/healthcare practitioner within the profession of medicine, attributes that focus on elements be scientifically sound and free of of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), commercial bias. Our accredited the Accreditation Council for CME/CPD activities were found to Ongoing improvements are Graduate Medical Education be free of commercial bias (96.1%), necessary to ensure quality (ACGME), the American Board of scientifically sound, evidence- CME/CPD activities are offered Medical Specialties (ABMS) and/ based, objective and balanced to meet the needs of the healthcare community. The main or the Inter-Professional Education (98.9%). accomplishments include: Collaborative competencies (Figure 3). Planning • Expansion of the membership of the Stakeholder Advisory Board to include representatives How well WCM-Q Designed Activities from the private sector as around Core Competencies well as student and patient representation. • Expansion of the membership 100% of the WCM-Q Grand Rounds planning committee to include 90% members from other institutions and to have representation from 80% nursing, pharmacy and allied 70% health practitioners.

60% Infrastructure

50% • Acquisition of a single CME/ CPD software system to 40% streamline processes, improve

% of Activities % of credit tracking, eliminate data 30% redundancies and increase efficiency. 20% • Expansion of the CPD team by 10% hiring two CPD coordinators.

0% Methods/Resources/Teachers • Amendments of the policies, forms and procedures to ensure WCM-Q is aligned with the standards and requirements of Professionalism both the QCHP and the ACCME. Utilize Informatics Medical Knowledge Teams & Teamwork Patient-centerd Care Quality Improvement Roles/Responsibilities • Development of new guidelines System-based Practice Interdisciplinary Teams Evidence-based Practice to support WCM-Q faculty and

Patient care and Procedural administrators. • Implementation of a CPD boot Interprofessional Communication Value/Ethics for Interprofessional camp to enhance the knowledge Interpersonal & Communication Skills and competence of CPD Practice-based Learning & Improvement coordinators and CME activity administrators in the area of Figure 3: Showing the variety of core competencies around CME and CPD. which activities are designed. • Implementation of an Audience Response System for a pre-/ post-assessment to engage participants.

48 49 Continuing Professional Development Expanding Our Activities CPD Staff and and Offering More to CME Oversight Our Target Audience Committee

In the 2017/2018 academic year WCM-Q is leading the way in Members the CPD division accredited 55 offering a diversity of learning activities and welcomed up to opportunities and providing 3,500 participants, including practitioners with opportunities to practitioners from hospitals, network and promote collaboration The CPD division staff, along CME Committee Members educational institutions, private in multidisciplinary teams. with the members of the CME Thurayya Arayssi, MD clinics, government, and industry Oversight Committee, play a Associate Professor of Medicine (Figure 4). critical role in ensuring that the WCM-Q mission and vision are met and that accredited activities are Paul Dijkstra, MD developed in alignment with both Assistant Professor of Medicine Credits Awarded Number of Activities the QCHP and ACCME standards Aspetar and requirements. Sumeja Zahirovic, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine 2017 - 2018 CPD Staff WCM-Q

Deema Al-Sheikhly, MRes, Liam Fernyhough, MD MEHP – Director of CPD Assistant Professor of Medicine WCM-Q 2016 - 2017 Laudy Mattar, MMI – Manager of CPD Mohamed ElShazly, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Ameena Abdul Rahim – CPD WCM-Q Coordinator 2015 - 2016 Safia Rabia – CPD Coordinator Deema Al-Sheikhly, MEHP Director, CPD WCM-Q Dinnah Betonio – CPD Administrative Assistant Sandra Sapia, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology 2014 - 2015 and Laboratory Medicine, WCM-Q

Barbara Blackie, MD 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Associate Professor of Pediatrics Sidra Medicine Figure 4: Showing the number of accredited activities offered and the number of credits awarded from 2014 to 2018. Ming-Jung Ho Professor of Medicine WCM-Q

50 51 Continuing Professional Development Clinical Sciences

WCM-Q Grand Rounds The series welcomed up to 1,500 physicians, nurses, dentists, The WCM-Q Grand Rounds, a pharmacists and allied healthcare regularly scheduled series, plays practitioners from both the public an integral role in providing and private sector (Figure 5). It ran formal opportunities for the on a monthly basis, delivering 18 professional development of the lectures overall in the 2017-2018 WCM-Q community and local academic year (Figure 6, page 54). healthcare practitioners on current Each activity was accredited issues related to healthcare. locally by the Qatar Council This activity was developed by for Healthcare Practitioners- an interdisciplinary committee Accreditation Department of experts in various areas of (QCHP-AD) and internationally healthcare and research. The by the Accreditation Council for committee consisted of members Continuing Medical Education drawn from multiple divisions (ACCME). The presenters included within WCM-Q as well as from our WCM-Q faculty and alumni, WCM affiliates, thereby enabling us to faculty and renowned local and identify and meet the practice gap international experts on diverse of our diverse target audience. topics relevant to the practice of the healthcare community of Qatar.

Students 3%

Others 5%

Physicians 22%

Nurses 46%

Dentists 4%

Pharmacists 7%

AHP 13%

Figure 5: Breakdown of attendees at the WCM-Q Grand Rounds Series (2017-2018) expressed as a percentage of each discipline. Dr. Mathew Fink delivered a Grand Rounds lecture about the treatment of strokes.

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Dr. Martin Steinhoff Mr. Peter Bohan Dr. Khalid Hussain Rounds 2017-2018 Translational Treatment of Atopic Occupational Health and Wellbeing Diabetes in Children: Causes, Dermatitis in Healthcare Classification & Management

WCM-Q Grand Rounds is a lecture series with the aim of providing physicians and other healthcare practitioners updates on current issues related to healthcare. The series offers an array of multidisciplinary topics. Participants benefit from the opportunity to discuss topics that can help in the improvement of Dr. Rana Biary Dr. Mark Pecker Dr. Giuseppe Lauria patient care. Management of the Agitated Treatment of Hypertension after Big Pain, Small Fibers: Patient Sprint & the New Guidelines Personalizing Medicine in Painful Neuropathies

Dr. Samuel Stafrace Dr. Mohammed AlSaey Dr. Thozhukat Sathyapalan Dr. Ali Sultan Dr. Dora Stadler Dr. Jeremie Tabrizi What Really Leads to Patient Management of Oral Trauma The Role of Endocrine Disruptors Antimicrobial Resistance and Medical Professionalism in Personalized Medicine in Women’s Satisfaction? in Sports in Health and Disease Stewardship: Trends & Future the Age of Social Media Cancer A Deep Dive Focused on the GCC

Dr. Tania Jaber Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina Dr. Mathew Fink Dr. Thomas Krummel Dr. Omar Mahmood Dr. Deborah White Radioactive Iodine in Thyroid Patient Care and Islamic Ethics Mobile Stroke Treatment Units: It’s No Longer Blood and Guts, Frontal Lobe Functioning In The Leading Local & Health System Cancer: Past, Present and Future Units: Present & Future Present & Future Pediatrics It’s Bits and Bytes Adolescent Brain: Transformation: Forming Teams Directions Risk-taking, Adventures & From The Bedside, C-suite & The Decision-making Community

Figure 6: The presenters and topics of the 18 Grand Rounds delivered at WCM-Q during the 2017-2018 academic year.

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Psychiatry for the session designed to impart a Non-Psychiatrist different set of practical skills. Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, assistant Medical A large percentage of patients professor of clinical psychiatry visiting non-psychiatric practices explained the significance of suffer from psychiatric conditions attending to patients’ mental health Education alone or have complicating needs in non-psychiatric settings medical, surgical and neurological in order to maximize patient wellbeing and prevent unfavorable illness. The appropriate diagnosis Digital Education and of enriched learning activities medical education in the digital health outcomes. Dr. Ziad Kronfol, and management of these Strategies for Implementing such as collaborative discussions, context, characteristics of professor of psychiatry explained patients is critical for a good the Flipped Classroom practical exercises and simulated millennial learners, adult learning how to recognize the extent and overall patient outcome and to learning sessions. theory, definitions of the flipped decrease the risk of chronicity and complexities of the association The power of the ‘flipped classroom, audience response complications. Hence, a review between comorbidity of medical classroom’ teaching model for More than 60 educators working systems and practical advice and update of the latest advice and psychiatric conditions, maximizing learning outcomes in the health professions field on how to create effective and for healthcare professionals and recommended strategies among medical students and attended the conference, which compelling video and audio working in non-psychiatric for managing patients with healthcare practitioners was was delivered by Dr. Traci Wolbrink recordings for learners. The practices who encounter patients comorbidities. Dr. Hassen Al-Amin, discussed by two visiting experts and Dr. Dennis Daniel, both of event was accredited locally by with psychiatric conditions was associate professor of psychiatry at a two-day workshop. The Boston Children’s Hospital and the Qatar Council for Healthcare designed to impart practical outlined methods for assessing flipped classroom model reverses Harvard Medical School, and was Practitioners-Accreditation knowledge about the presentations substance abuse in the non- traditional teaching approaches facilitated by faculty, staff and Department (QCHP-AD) for of psychiatric disorders and their psychiatric session. by using interactive learning tools, students of WCM-Q. Dr. Robert a maximum of 7.5 hours and impact on the overall health particularly digital resources Crone, vice dean for clinical & internationally by the Accreditation of the patients. Approaches to The activity, which was accredited like online videos, to empower faculty affairs at WCM-Q, and Dr. Council for Continuing Medical diagnosis and management were locally by QCHP-AD for a maximum learners to acquire foundational Wolbrink co-directed the activity. Education (ACCME) for a maximum discussed especially in the area of 3.0 hours and internationally by knowledge in their own time rather of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 of depression, anxiety, substance the ACCME for a maximum of 3.0 than in the classroom. Thereby The attendees took part in 12 Credit(s)™. abuse and somatic illness AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) was allowing instructors to utilize that interactive learning sessions disorders. well-attended by 39 physicians, knowledge as a basis for a variety over the two days, covering nurses, dentists, pharmacists and topics such as the evolution of The activity was directed and allied health professionals. delivered by three WCM-Q psychiatry professors, with each

From left: Sarah Khan, Dr. Amal Khidir, Nora Al-Fakhri, Dr. Sumeja Zahirovic, Safa Mahgoub, Dr. Dennis Daniels, Dr. Robert Crone, Dr. Traci Wolbrink, Dr. Liam From left: Dr. Ziad Kronfol, Fernyhough, Deema Al- Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, and Dr. Sheikhly, Imen Becetti, and Hassen Al-Amin. Eman Mosleh.

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ii. The Intersection of Islam and Biomedical Ethics: Intersection of Law A Guide for Healthcare Practitioners and Medicine Series There is much interest in the area of Islam and biomedical ethics as the codified laws around it The series, conceived by i. Legal and Ethical Issues in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine are limited in Qatar and the GCC Dr. Mohammed Ghaly speaks Dr. Sunanda Holmes, the then in New York, Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, countries as a whole. Healthcare about the intersection of End-of-Life Care Islam and biomedical ethics. deputy chief administrative officer professor of Islam and biomedical institutions are trying to grapple with any potential gaps between & associate university counsel/ More than 200 physicians, nurses ethics at the Center for Islamic the Islamic directives/fatwas and assistant professor of healthcare and other healthcare professionals Legislation and Ethics at Hamad secular bioethics that they may policy and research at WCM-Q, convened at WCM-Q to hear Bin Khalifa University, Andrea have come across as practitioners comprises interactive seminars expert speakers from around the Tithecott, partner at corporate from other jurisdictions around aimed at providing physicians with globe explain and explore key law firm Al Tamimi & Co., Dr. the world. The challenge also greater awareness of law and legal themes in end-of-life care. Themes Stefan Rohrig, senior consultant exists whether to treat patients issues which impact on medical included maximizing quality anesthesia & SICU-HGH at Hamad differently from the “normal” or practitioners in the State of Qatar. of life for patients in their final General Hospital, Ms. Hiba Salem, standard practice depending on In the 2017/18 academic year three days, palliative care in the global psychologist from SANAD Home the religion of the patient and/or activities accredited locally by the context, strategies for ensuring Hospice Organization of , the healthcare provider. Therefore, QCHP-AD and internationally by effective communication among Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, professor healthcare practitioners need the ACCME were delivered. healthcare professionals, patients and Endowed International first-hand knowledge of how to and their families, and the legal Institute for Islamic Thought assess their religious beliefs and and ethical issues inherent in Chair in Islamic Studies at George convictions impacting their clinical providing palliative care in a multi- Mason University and Dr. Hiba and research decision-making and national, -cultural, and -religious Abdulaziz Eltahir, consultant, how they should be addressed. community, among others. supportive & palliative care at the National Center for Cancer Care & This two-day program was The speakers included Dr. Randi Research. co-directed by Dr. Holmes and Diamond, assistant professor of Dr. Randi Diamond Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, professor participates in a panel of Islam and biomedical ethics discussion at the Intersection of Law and Medicine series. research at the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics. More than 150 physicians and other healthcare practitioners heard expert speakers from around the globe discuss the variety of bioethical positions within the Islamic tradition and how Islamic and bioethical perspectives may be applied in the context of clinical practice.

From left : Dr. Jeremy Sugarman, Dr. Daniela Radu, Dr. Sunanda Holmes, Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, Dr. Walid Qoronfleh.

58 59 Continuing Professional Development Lives in Medicine ii. Music Therapy and music on the brain, and described Healing the application of music therapy Seminar Series interventions in clinical practice. Healthcare providers often lack an understanding of the theory, Expert speakers at the activity Following the successful launch of applications in patient care, and Around 50 healthcare practitioners role and application of music included Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, the Lives in Medicine Series last presented a sample case study attended the symposium where therapy in the treatment of assistant professor of clinical year, the division developed and demonstrating the effectiveness they spent a part of it applying medical conditions. Therefore, psychiatry, who discussed music ran two activities: of art therapy in practice. Dr. Aicha what they learnt and utilizing up to 40 attendees took part in therapy in clinical practice. It also Hind Rifai, assistant professor some of the art therapy tools to an interactive workshop to learn featured Dr. Waseem Kotoub, of clinical psychiatry, WCM-Q, better understand how to utilize how music therapy can be an a professional concert pianist, i. The Visual Arts and explained the use of art therapy it in practice. The hands-on part effective treatment intervention to composer and medical doctor Medicine along with medications to address of the workshop was facilitated help clients deal with trauma and who has used music therapy the symptoms of apathy and by the presenters as well as their chronic illness, and how playing with autistic children to aid the The impact of the visual arts on social withdrawal in patients colleagues, Dr. Krystyna Golkowska music or musical instruments can development of communication medicine, healthcare and patient with schizophrenia as well as the and Sarah Roach. provide psychological relief and skills. He also established what wellbeing, including art therapy benefits of using art therapy in an inner resource for people to is believed to be the first music interventions, was explored at the treatment of patients with positively confront their ongoing therapy center in the MENA region. the one-day symposium, which Alzheimer’s disease. Her colleague illness. The activity featured Dr. Kotoub gave a joint presentation took place at WCM-Q. Sara Powell Dr. Alan Weber, visiting professor lectures by expert speakers who about the history of music therapy and Andrew Wright, two licensed of English, discussed the history of gave a brief history of music alongside Dr. Alan Weber, WCM-Q’s art therapy specialists, gave a art therapy and its use in medical therapy, discussed the effect of visiting professor of English. joint presentation summarizing education. the theory of art therapy and its

From left: Deema Al-Sheikhly, Sarah Powell, Sarah Roach, Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, Dr. Alan Weber and Andrew Wright.

Center: Dr. Waseem Kotoub, Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai, and Dr. Alan Weber, with the participants of the activity.

60 61 Continuing Professional Development WCM-Q Course Engagement and Directors who developed Collaboration with Accredited CME/CPD Stakeholders

Activities 2017-2018 We recognize the importance Stakeholder Advisory Board Members of engaging our stakeholders in program and activity development Thurayya Arayssi, MD Sharda Udassi, MD Huda Abdulrahim Ziad Kronfol, MD to ensure high-quality Associate Professor of Medicine Assoc. Prof. Clinical Pediatrics Hassen Al-Amin, MD Stella Major, MD programming that meets the WCM-Q Sidra Medicine needs of healthcare practitioners Thurayya Arayssi, MD Rayaz Malik, MD in Qatar and the region. Therefore, Paul Dijkstra, MD Mary Parrott, RRT Assistant Professor of Medicine CPD Coordinator our Stakeholder Advisory Board Stephen Atkin, MD Ravinder Mamtani, MD Aspetar College of North Atlantic-Q is made up of representatives Rachid Bendriss, PhD Amine Rakab, MD from diverse stakeholder groups Alex Bialasiewicz, MD Rabindranath Sivam, BDS Sohaila Cheema, MD Ameed Raoof, MD in Qatar with vast knowledge and Head, Dept Ophthalmology Senior Consultant Orthodontist understanding of the continuing Al-Ahli Hospital Future Dental Center Robert Crone, MD Aicha Hind Rifai, MD professional development needs of Thomas Doyle Shahrad Taheri, MD the healthcare practitioners in their Stephen Atkin, MD Irene O’Brien, RN organization. The purpose is to: Professor of Medicine Dean Maha Elnashar, MA Alicia Tartalo, PhD WCM-Q College of North Atlantic-Q Ming-Jung Ho, MD Mohamud Verjee, MD • Provide insight into stakeholders’ educational Mohamad Al-Abiad, MD Ross Graham, MD Sunanda Holmes, JD Alan Weber, PhD needs. Head of Medical Supervision Chief Medical Physician Qatar Red Crescent US Base • Discuss the existing WCM-Q program as it relates to Deema Al-Sheikhly, MEHP Ahmad Al-Hammadi, MD Director, CPD Assistant Professor of Clinical accessibility and relevance to WCM-Q Pediatrics stakeholders. Sidra Medicine Ming-Jung Ho, MD • Promote opportunities for Professor of Medicine Noora Al-Mutawa, MD collaborative activities. WCM-Q Senior Consultant, Family Medicine PHCC • Identify educational gaps in the Deborah White, RN marketplace best addressed by Dean Ahmed Awaisu, PhD WCM-Q. University of Calgary-Qatar Assoc. Prof. Pharmacy Practice Laudy Mattar, MMI Manager, CPD Heather Bovell WCM-Q Patient Representative

Hadi Abu Rasheed, MD Nasser Binmarzook Supervisor of Health Education Student Representative Qatar Cancer Society WCM-Q

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Development Perioperative Bleeding leading physicians and healthcare Management: Patient Blood professionals in their fields, Additionally, partnering with Management which included anesthesiology, our stakeholders resulted in intensive care, internal medicine, The activity was a collaboration the development of a variety of surgery, transfusion medicine between WCM-Q, Hamad Medical activities that were based on the and blood banking attended. Corporation (HMC) and Danube identified practice gaps and needs Instrumental in the coordination of University Krems, Austria, and of the healthcare community in the collaborative event were the addressed topics included blood Qatar. Some of these activities Division of Continuing Professional management in trauma and critical included: Development, care patients, as well as in patients Dr. Marcus Lancé, senior The Power of Change Agents: undergoing cardiac, liver or consultant in the department of Teaching Caregivers Effective orthopedic surgery. Effective blood anesthesiology, ICU & perioperative Communication Skills to management is a crucial element management at HMC, Dr. Robert Overcome the Multiple Barriers to of perioperative care, which covers Crone, vice dean for clinical & the three phases of surgery: Patient Safety Top: Dr. David Mayer, vice faculty affairs, professor of clinical president of quality and safety for preoperative, intraoperative and pediatrics and professor of clinical The crucial role of effective MedStar Health along with other postoperative. As such, medical anesthesiology at WCM-Q, and presenters and participants. communication and teamwork practitioners are working to Prof. Marco Marcus, chairman of in ensuring patient safety was develop new and enhanced the Department of Anesthesiology, discussed at an immersion blood management processes to ICU and Perioperative Medicine program coordinated jointly by maximize healthcare outcomes. at HMC and adjunct professor of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, More than 40 of the world’s clinical anesthesiology at WCM-Q. Hamad Bin Khalifa University and the World Innovation Summit for Health. A team of experts from the US-based Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety was brought to Doha to deliver their world-renowned patient safety program. The program was attended by healthcare leaders, educators, and medical students wishing to broaden their knowledge of patient safety and risk reduction.

Dr. Marcus Lanc., (left) senior consultant in the department of anesthesiology, ICU & perioperative management at HMC along with local and international delegates of the activity (above).

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The Basics of Immunization Presentations and Publications

This event was the first of an Strategies for building a CPD ongoing series of continuing program in an undergraduate professional development medical school: successes and opportunities that the University challenges. Al-Sheikhly, D, Stadler, of Calgary in Qatar, in partnership D, Mattar, L, and Arayssi, T. with WCM-Q, has launched at the Ottawa-ICME, March 11-14, 2018; invitation of the Primary Health Abu Dhabi, UAE. Care Corporation. Identifying continuing professional Topics presented and discussed development practice gaps of at the symposium included primary care physicians in the the importance of vaccines in State of Qatar: A perceived needs preventing illness and disease assessment. Mattar, L; Al-Sheikhly; from spreading, how vaccines Abloulsoud, S, Gordon, J, Campbell, activate an immune response, C, and Arayssi, T. AMEE 2017; how vaccines are developed and Helsinki, Finland. rigorously tested for safety, and the safe storage and handling of Book Chapter: Arayssi T, Rakab A, vaccines. Al-Sheikhly D. (2018) Managing an Internationally Accredited Program. The Residency Coordinator’s Handbook (pp 211-217), Fourth Edition. United States of America: HCPro.

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68 69 Clinical And Faculty Affairs

The Office of Clinical and Faculty is the repository for academic Affairs supports and manages staff data, and facilitates and the recruitment, appointment monitors the credentialing of our Appointments and promotion process for all clinical resident faculty. WCM-Q academic staff, including resident faculty, research All faculty members at WCM-Q and Promotions associates and postdoctoral and its clinical affiliates share a associates, and faculty at our commitment to the continued affiliated institutions. The office pursuit of excellence in teaching, Faculty at Affiliated To Assistant Professor: is also responsible for overseeing research, patient care, the Hospitals and Other the annual performance review advancement of the art and Institutions Osama Hisham Mohammad Nidam Sinan (HMC), process, maintaining academic science of medicine, and to Assistant professor of clinical medicine staff records, and supporting the developing the next generation of Newly appointed and promoted implementation of policies and leaders in healthcare for Qatar and faculty Husham Mohamed Ahmed Abdelrahman (HMC), Assistant professor of clinical surgery procedures. In addition, the office the region. Faculty at affiliated institutions play a valued role in supporting Tayseer Suleiman Fareed AlSaad (HMC), the college’s mission in Qatar by Assistant professor of clinical pediatrics FULL-TIME FACULTY APPOINTED overseeing the clinical education of Yahia Zakaria Bashier Imam (HMC), Medical Education Faculty 44 WCM-Q students and contributing Assistant professor of clinical neurology Pre-medical Education Faculty 16 to our research programs. During the academic year 2017-2018, 104 Ahmad Subhy Humady Alsheikhly (HMC), Research Faculty 17 colleagues from Hamad Medical Assistant professor of emergency medicine Total 77 Corporation (HMC), the Primary in clinical medicine Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Aspetar, Sidra Medicine, and Qatar Muftah Abdulnasser Othman Abdallah (HMC), VOLUNTARY FACULTY APPOINTED Foundation received academic Assistant professor of clinical medicine appointments at Weill Cornell Hamad Medical Corporation 390 Hassan Osman Abdelgalil Abu Zaid (HMC), Medical College (WCMC), three of Assistant professor of clinical medicine Aspetar 14 them at the rank of professor. In Primary Health Care Corporation 23 addition, 12 faculty members from Moataz Mahmoud Mohamed Bashah (HMC), affiliated institutions achieved Assistant professor of clinical surgery Sidra Medicine 152 promotion to a higher faculty rank: Other Institutions 8 Ahmad Salih Abdulhadi (HMC), Assistant professor of emergency medicine Total 587 in clinical medicine

Dr. Amine Rakab is one of 44 Ahmad Sami Al-Obaidi (HMC), full-time medical education Assistant professor of clinical orthopedic surgery faculty at WCM-Q. To Associate Professor:

Sittana Shamseld Elshafie (Aspetar), Associate professor of clinical pathology and laboratory medicine

To Professor:

Jassim Al Suwaidi, (HMC), Professor of clinical medicine

Dr. Robert Crone, vice dean of clinical and faculty affairs, center, with some of WCM-Q's afiliated faculty members.

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WCM-Q Appointments and Promotions Dr. Mohamed Elshazly joined the several teaching awards. He Division of Medical Education in pursued his interest in medical December 2017 as an assistant education and participated in professor of medicine. Dr. Elshazly structuring problem-based is the third of our alumni joining learning modules for the Cleveland WCM-Q as a faculty member. Clinic Lerner College of Medicine After completing his MD. in Qatar in addition to teaching part of the Dr. Raphaël Courjaret was development of Xenopus oocytes. in 2010, Dr. Elshazly moved to cardiovascular disease module. His appointed assistant professor Since 2013, as a research associate the US to conduct residency research involvement started early of research in physiology and in physiology and biophysics, training in internal medicine at in medical school and continued biophysics in July 2017. Dr. Courjaret his research has focused on Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed during residency and fellowship. He received his PhD in neuroscience intracellular calcium signaling in by a Cardiovascular Medicine has worked on multiple projects from the University of Angers, Xenopus oocytes and mammalian Fellowship at the Cleveland in the area of dyslipidemia and France, where he studied the cells. He is particularly interested Clinic. He also pursued a Cardiac has done some work using intracellular regulation of nicotinic in understanding how cells can Electrophysiology Fellowship at the intravascular ultrasound imaging receptors in neurons. Subsequently, deliver precisely intracellular Ca2+ Cleveland Clinic. He is American of coronary plaques, exploring the he conducted postdoctoral ions to specific targets using Board certified in internal medicine role of cardiopulmonary stress research training in France in the electrophysiology and various (2013) and in cardiovascular testing in atrial fibrillation. laboratory of Dr. Bernard Poulain imaging techniques such as live diseases (2016) and is a member (CNRS UPR2356, Strasbourg, confocal and TIRF. of the American College of Dr. Elshazly is interested in pursuing France) and with Professor Joachim an academic career in cardiology Dr. Courjaret has also participated Cardiology, the American Heart Deitmer in the Laboratory of that combines excellence in in teaching our medical students Association, the Heart Rhythm Zoology (Kaiserlsautern, Germany). education, research, and patient as a facilitator for journal club for Society, and the American Medical care. In addition to supporting our Dr. Courjaret joined Dr. Khaled Brain and Mind (BAM) and in small- Association. medical education program, he Machaca’s lab at WCM-Q in 2010 group discussions for Essential Dr. Elshazly was appointed as a will be actively involved in clinical as a postdoctoral associate in Principles of Medicine (EPOM). clinical instructor in medicine at practice at our affiliated hospitals. physiology and biophysics to the Cleveland Clinic during his work on the intracellular signaling cardiology training and received processes involved in the

Dr. Sandra Sapia joined the career, she has made important Dr. Mohammad Yousef joined pharmacology, dentistry, veterinary Division of Medical Education contributions to research and WCM-Q in December 2017 as science, exercise science and as assistant professor of teaching, including teaching a visiting associate professor kinesiology. He has also developed pathology and laboratory medical students, residents, of physics in the Pre-medical two upper-level undergraduate medicine in September 2017. pathologists in training, and Program biomedical physics courses and Dr. Sapia joins WCM-Q from practicing pathologists. She has built a very successful online Örebro University Hospital in published 23 articles, three book Dr. Yousef holds a PhD in molecular conceptual physics course. Sweden where she served as chapters, and several abstracts. biophysics from Florida State an assistant professor and Dr. Sapia is a founding member University and comes to us Dr. Yousef’s areas of research consultant pathologist. Dr. Sapia and past president of the River from Southern Illinois University are molecular and structural holds an MD from the College of Plate Flow Cytometry Society Edwards, an institution he joined biophysics. More specifically, he Medicine of the Universidad de and a member of the Argentinian, in 2011 and where he was an elucidates and analyzes the 3D Buenos Aires and is trained in Swedish, and Spanish societies of associate professor of physics. structure of proteins and protein/ histopathology, cytopathology, and pathology. DNA. In his research, he uses x-ray He is an experienced educator, hematopathology. Throughout her crystallography, molecular biology, having taught introductory biochemistry, and computational physics courses tailored to the methods. His main scholarship needs of pre-professional health goal is to build an externally science programs in a variety of funded, rigorous research program subject areas, such as medicine, involving students.

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Dr. Salman Al Jerdi joined WCM-Q University of Vermont, he held Dr. Kuei-Chiu Chen was promoted York University, New York. Prior to involved in mentoring students, in January 2018 as an assistant an appointment as instructor of to visiting associate professor of coming to WCM-Q, she served as interns, and junior faculty. She professor of neurology. He is one neurology and attended several biology in September 2017. Dr. Chen director of the Investigative Biology serves or served on several more of our alumni to join our faculty development courses on joined WCM-Q in 2012 as senior Laboratory at Cornell University. key institutional committees Medical Education Division. In medical student education, which lecturer in biology in the Pre- In that role, she developed and supporting student admissions, addition to supporting our medical helped him develop his skills in medical Education Division to teach implemented modern laboratory faculty recruitment, and curriculum education program, he will be clinical teaching. the Introductory Biology course topics focusing on scientific development and has contributed actively involved in clinical practice for our pre-medical I students. She investigations and communication to developing academic literacy at our affiliated hospitals. His research interests include is noted for her creative teaching in science, lectured, trained and and research culture in Qatar primary stroke prevention and methods. Through focusing on skill supervised lab instructors, and through numerous workshops, Dr. Al Jerdi received his MD from stroke rehabilitation as well building for research competency, directed the day-to-day operation invited talks, and presentations. WCM-Q in 2012 followed by as exploring novel methods of she directs the cross-semester of the lab courses for more than residency training in neurology at increasing patient involvement student project that culminates in 600 students. Additionally, she Dr. Golkowska’s research interests the University of Vermont Medical in medical care and clinical student poster presentations and a served as an academic advisor for include language acquisition, Center and a fellowship in vascular research through the utilization research ethics role-playing drama. many biology students. sociolinguistics, composition neurology at the University of mobile technology. Additionally, studies, and cognitive literary of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. he is interested in studying the In addition to developing the Dr. Krystyna Golkowska was studies. In recent years, she has Training at these institutions has impact of cultural differences on a curriculum, Dr. Chen has played promoted to visiting professor of been writing and presenting exposed Dr. Al Jerdi to different patient’s understanding of illness, a key role in engaging our pre- English in March 2018 in recognition primarily on topics related cultures of care and clinical approach to medical decision- medical students in research of her dedication as a teacher to pedagogy, gender, English practice and provided him with making, and attitudes towards and has been successful in and mentor and her important literature, and intercultural the opportunity to train under clinical research. He has published attracting external funds to contributions to research and competence. Dr. Golkowska leaders in the field of neurology. five articles in peer-reviewed support the students’ research. scholarship. Through her own has published 60 articles, book He is also very interested in journals and has two more Her research interests focus on classroom practice and designing, chapters, and books, and has been medical education; while at the manuscripts in preparation the study of population genetics, coordinating and implementing invited to present her research phylogeography, and the evolution high quality programs, she has numerous times. of vertebrates using molecular enthusiastically contributed to the markers. She has publications on mission of WCM-Q of educating Dr. Golkowska holds a PhD in Dr. Noha Yousri was appointed T2D and Obesity. She has co- teaching research and is an author future physicians and leaders in English Literature (1978) from adjunct assistant professor of authored 15 original research of and reviewer for case study medicine. Jagiellonian University (Poland). genetic medicine in March 2018. articles, 13 of them since joining teaching publications. She started her academic career Dr. Yousri joined WCM-Q in 2012 WCM-Q, and presented her work In addition to overseeing the in Poland and spent almost 20 as a postdoctoral associate in at several conferences. In addition, Dr. Chen holds a Master of Science implementation of existing years at Cornell University in Ithaca physiology and biophysics in Dr. she has been active as a research in Marine Biology from the National curricula and the development of before joining WCM-Q in 2007. Karsten Suhre’s Lab and was mentor to our medical students Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan; a new courses for the Pre-medical appointed a research associate and has mentored a PhD student Master of Arts in Zoology from the Program and creating professional in genetic medicine in Dr. Steven from the Anti-Doping Lab. University of Texas, Austin, Texas; development opportunities for Hunt’s Lab in March 2017. and a PhD in Biology from New educators, Dr. Golkoswa is heavily Dr. Yousri holds a PhD in Computer Dr. Yousri is experienced in and System Engineering from bioinformatics, data analysis, and Alexandria University, , phenotype association studies. where she also holds a faculty Last year, she was awarded a grant appointment as associate from Qatar National Research professor (on sabbatical leave). Fund (QNRF) under the Path to Personalized Medicine Cycle 2 to lead a project on epigenetics of

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Dr. Alan S. Weber was promoted medicine, Dr. Weber maintains clinical setting. Dr. Naim I. Haddad was promoted In addition to his busy practice, to visiting professor of English innovative research programs in to professor of clinical neurology Dr. Haddad is heavily involved in Dr. Rafii Tabrizi joined WCM-Q in in March 2018 in recognition of the areas of education, literature, in June 2018. This promotion is teaching and is the recipient of 2008 as an assistant professor in his important contributions to e-learning, philosophy, medical in recognition of his sustained numerous teaching awards. our Research Division to establish education and research. humanities, and ethics. His international reputation as a a laboratory focused on two main research has included numerous clinician and as an educator, His research interests focus Dr. Weber has made many areas of research: stem cell biology base-line and first-of-its-kind particularly in the area of on neurophysiology and important contributions to and cancer biology, concentrating on studies published in leading neurophysiology and epilepsy. epilepsy. He has been involved WCM-Q’s educational programs, international journals. In total, he the role of the microenvironment. In in studies exploring the use of including developing numerous has published nearly 120 articles, January 2013, he was promoted to Dr. Haddad joined WCM-Q in magnetoencephalography (MEG) courses for our Pre-medical book chapters, and books, 102 of associate professor. September 2011 as an associate for fetal and neonatal recordings Program, areas of the curriculum them since joining WCM-Q. professor of neurology in our and recently authored (with Since joining WCM-Q, Dr. Rafii Tabrizi for our Biomedical Research Medical Education Division and WCM-Q students) the most has been successful in obtaining Training Program for Nationals, Dr. Weber holds a PhD in English currently serves as unit leader for comprehensive reference on 12 grants from QNRF as Lead PI or and ACCME-accredited CME/ (1996) from Binghamton University, the Brain and Behavior course. He epilepsy in Qatar. Co-Lead PI, has established strong CPD workshops on the medical New York. He started his academic is also a consultant in neurology at collaborations with international and humanities. In 2017, he co- career at The Pennsylvania State Hamad Medical Corporation. Dr. Haddad is a member of a number developed the first cross- University. In 1999, he joined Cornell national researchers, and has been of key national organizations. He disciplinary Art and Medicine University where he held several able to compete internationally in Among his most recent holds an MD from Saint Joseph course in the region, which academic positions before joining terms of publications (more than 100 notable contributions are the University, Faculty of Medicine in culminated in a major national art WCM-Q in 2006. papers) and contributions in his field. establishment of the first Beirut, Lebanon and trained in exhibition of student collaborative specialized epilepsy clinic and the neurology at SUNY Health Science Dr. Rafii Tabrizi holds a master's art works. He shared in the 2017 Dr. Jeremie Arash Rafii Tabrizi Center at Brooklyn and in Epilepsy- degree in molecular toxicology first epilepsy-monitoring unit in U.S. National Council of English was promoted to professor of (2002), an MD (2005) from Qatar. His clinic serves the most EEG at Albert Einstein College of Teacher's Outstanding Book genetic medicine and professor the Université Paris V René refractory cases of epilepsy, Medicine and New York Hospital- Award, the highest of its kind. of genetic medicine in obstetrics whereas in the past patients in Cornell University. He is American and gynecology on the pathway Descartes, France and a PhD in molecular oncology (2007) such cases had to be referred Board certified in psychiatry As a recognized authority on titled Recognizing Academic to hospitals outside Qatar for and neurology and clinical education in the GCC region, Dr. Achievement and Scholarship from the Université Paris XI, treatment. neurophysiology. Weber’s interviews have appeared (Investigation) in May 2018. This France. In addition to his faculty in BBC News / Public Radio promotion is in recognition of his appointments at WCMC, he serves International, The New Republic, sustained international reputation as a consultant in obstetrics and gynecology at HMC and, since 2011, Dr Nayef Mazloum, Assistant Global Finance Magazine, B’here, as one of the top researchers in Dean for Student Research Al Fanar Media, The Peninsula, and the field of stem cell biology and he has been an adjunct pr ofessor The Gulf Times. Trained in literature cancer biology in addition to his in obstetrics and gynecology at Dr. Mazloum joined WCM-Q as an and the history of science and very important contributions in the McGill University, Montreal, Canada. assistant professor of microbiology and immunology in 2011 and has been serving as director of student Dr. Amal Robay, Director of and bone diseases in families in research since 2016. Research Compliance Qatar, genetics of male infertility, lung diseases (asthma, chronic Dr. Mazloum holds a PhD in Dr. Robay joined WCM-Q in obstructive pulmonary disease, biochemistry and molecular biology 2012 as a research associate in cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis), from New York Medical College and genetic medicine. In 2013, she was effect of shisha smoking, and use undertook postdoctoral training promoted to assistant professor of of endothelial microparticles as at Weill Cornell in New York, where research in genetic medicine and a biomarker for diagnosis and he also started his academic director of clinical research in the prognosis in early sepsis. career serving as an instructor in laboratory of Dr. Ronald Crystal, microbiology and immunology. His chairman of the Department of Dr. Robay holds a PhD in research focus involves molecular Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell pharmacology and physiology mechanisms of DNA repair Medicine in New York. Under Dr. from the National Institute of pathways and maintenance of Crystal’s mentorship, she managed Health and Medical Research genomic integrity, critical factors in clinical research programs in the (INSERM), Nantes University, preventing fields of genetics and personalized France, and is a certified clinical medicine. The program includes research professional (CCRP) from projects in various fields, such as the Society of Clinical Research diabetes, genetics of Mendelian Associates (SOCRA). diseases in Qatar, skeletal dysplasia

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Activities and Events

The Office of Clinical and Faculty Orientation Faculty Affairs has been actively engaged in efforts to enhance In October 2017, WCM-Q hosted the value of being a WCM-Q its annual faculty orientation faculty member by providing for affiliated faculty. The event educational and informational attracted more than 20 physicians programs that are relevant to our with recent WCMC faculty clinician educators. The office appointments. The goal of this organized several activities during orientation is to help new faculty this academic year to enhance feel more connected with the engagement with its clinical college and promote faculty affiliates, other local educational success. The program introduced institutions, and the wider Cornell new faculty to the many resources community in both Qatar and the the college provides. Attendees US. These included: had the opportunity to meet key senior leaders as well as other Alicia Tartalo, director for clinical Dr. Javaid Sheikh was a co-founder newly appointed colleagues and and faculty affairs, discusses the of the joint lectureship series. opportunities available for affiliated explore teaching and research faculty members. opportunities. Weill Cornell Medicine by Dr. Daniel Knowles, chair of director of the Heart Hospital, NYC Qatar Dean’s pathology and laboratory medicine who has an appointment as professor of medicine at WCMC, Lectureship: Sharing in at WCMC-NY. The visit included Faculty Promotion WCM-NY and WCM-Q an academic lecture, occurring and is associate dean for Academic Excellence Workshops Faculty Affairs Annual during WCM-Q Grand Rounds, as research at HMC for WCM-Q, well as face-to-face meetings with delivered the second Weill Cornell Meeting The two inaugural lectures of Weill In November 2017, 26 faculty NYC-Qatar Dean’s Lectureship: Cornell Medicine NYC Qatar Dean’s faculty and trainees, laboratory members attended the workshop Sharing in Academic Excellence. The annual meeting in New Lectureship: Sharing in Academic tours and business meals. The “Achieving Promotion through the The series included a one-hour York took place in March 2018. Excellence program, established goal of the initiative was to provide Clinical Expertise and Innovation presentation on ‘Prevention of In addition to meeting with in April 2017 by Dr. Javaid Sheikh, face-to-face introduction between Area of Excellence”. This is a live Sudden Death in the Young’ at the several department chairs and dean of WCM-Q, and and Dr. Qatar-based faculty academic face-to-face interactive workshop weekly Cardiology Conference, administrations to discuss the Augustine Choi, dean of WCMC, leaders and their NY-based designed to prepare clinical discussion of cases at the operations and procedures, took place in this academic year. colleagues, to strengthen rapport faculty for promotion as clinician promotions, and strategies between respective departments weekly Fellow’s Conference, and educators. The seminar discussed to improve appointment and In October 2017, Dr. Rusung and to develop plans for future individual meetings with members of the clinical, academic and the promotion criteria and how promotions processes, Dr. Tan, chair of pathology at collaboration. This lecture administration faculty. The aim of to identify opportunities to fulfill Robert Crone, associate dean Sidra Medicine, who holds an series is a worthwhile addition the criteria. It also explained the lectureship is to strengthen the for clinical and faculty affairs, appointment as professor of to the academic and outreach and provided examples of how Weill Cornell – HMC relationship and Dr. Alicia Tártalo, director of pathology and laboratory medicine portfolio of WCM-Q and has to prepare a strong evidence- at all levels (i.e. teaching/ clinical and faculty affairs, hosted at Weill Cornell Medical College already resulted in the formation based dossier. The workshop was training, clinical, research, and the traditional closing luncheon, (WCMC), participated in a two- of stronger links between the accredited by the Qatar Council for which was attended by Dr. Jane E. administration). The visit was day visit to the Department of Departments of Pathology and Health Practitioners and carried Salmon, WCM associate dean for facilitated by the superb hosting of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Laboratory Medicine at Sidra 2.75 Continuing Medical Education faculty affairs, Dr. Mark Albano, Dean Augustine Choi and Dr. Bruce at WCMC-New York as part of Medicine and WCMC-NY. credits. WCM assistant dean for faculty an inaugural lectureship series Lerman, division chief, cardiology. affairs, and 43 WCM New York sponsored by Dr Javaid Sheikh, In December 2017, Dr. William colleagues. dean of WCM-Q, and hosted McKenna, CEO and medical

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The mission of the Biomedical core labs and rigorous training mechanisms underlying disease to Research Program (BMRP) at programs that have recruited and translational and clinical research WCM-Q is to pursue cutting-edge trained local and international findings aimed at improving health Administration biomedical research focused on scientists. As in previous years, and healthcare throughout the the health needs of Qatar, and to the division has made a strong region. augment Qatar’s technical and commitment to providing high- in support of human capacity to conduct and quality, comprehensive training Scholarly activity continues sustain biomedical research in programs to Qatari nationals to reach and pass important support of a knowledge-based and long-term residents, an milestones, with more than scholarship economy. In addition, in line investment in local talent that 900 papers published to date with the goals set out in Qatar will cement Qatar’s position since 2010, garnering over National Vision 2030, the past year as a regional research hub in 22,000 citations and leading to was characterized by a special years to come. In the here and an institutional h-index of 60. • BMRP: Much of the great Thanks to this approach, the focus on efforts to facilitate the now, the BMRP also enjoyed Importantly, the field-weighted success of WCM-Q’s research BMRP now comprises 25 active commercialization of research significant success this year, with citation index for WCM-Q is the effort to date is predicated laboratories investigating findings, with several early the program continuing to make highest among several regional upon a firm commitment areas that range from basic milestones achieved in this regard. significant discoveries in areas of peers, showing the high caliber of to enhancing the research molecular and cellular pathways research that are important for publications and the international infrastructure in Qatar, to translational and clinical The BMRP at WCM-Q has Qatar and the region, including impact they are making. WCM-Q creating an environment in projects. While allowing a great established itself as one of the diabetes, metabolic syndrome, research efforts continue to which talented scientists deal of freedom to researchers premier biomedical research and cardiovascular disorders, in attract high levels of support from have direct access to the to conceive and pursue novel programs in Qatar and the region, addition to continuously improving competitively-funded extramural world-class physical and research pathways, the BMRP staffed by exceptionally talented, our scientific knowledge with programs through Qatar National administrative resources they has simultaneously continued to internationally recognized faculty. basic findings. These studies span Research Fund and others. require. Research projects and have a strong focus on health The program has state-of-the-art basic molecular understanding of individual labs can draw upon issues with the most relevance the capabilities of nine central to Qatar. core laboratories that provide state-of-the-art equipment • FY18 is closing with more than and specialist expertise and 170 employees, including 22 platforms, including deep non-faculty (postdoctoral phenotyping of clinical cohorts. and research associates). The These include: genomics; majority are hired locally and imaging; basic; proteomics; trained in WCM-Q labs. bioinformatics & metabolomics; • Research currently has 51 miRNA; biostatistics; clinical active volunteers and visiting research support; and a researchers. Since 2008, a total vivarium. As such, the research of 306 volunteers and visiting cores constitute a skills researchers have been trained, cluster that serves as a hub gaining practical and hands- around which new studies can on experience in an actual quickly and simply be initiated, research lab environment. conducted and completed.

WCM-Q's Biomedical Research Program focuses on the health needs of Qatar and aims to bolster scientific human capacity.

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There is significant interest medicine in Qatar, thereby helping within Qatar Foundation and at to improve patient outcomes and national level to translate research healthcare generally in the country. findings over the past decade into commercially viable local companies Concurrently and to support that contribute to the knowledge- commercialization knowhow based economy. The Research nationally, WCM-Q hosted the 2nd Division fully supports this goal and Industry-Academia conference is pleased to report the first startup this year. The conference hosted company to have emerged from international experts from biotech, WCM-Q. The goal of the company pharma and academia who debated - called Valdia for ‘value added to approaches that would be beneficial diagnostics’ – is to provide clinically to Qatar to commercialize its actionable reports based on deep- research findings in the biomedical omics phenotyping of individuals to space based on models established support the practice of personalized in other countries.

Given that modern scientific Metabolon platform at platform in Qatar to service research thrives on positive Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (ADLQ) national and regional scientists collaboration, WCM-Q has always working on metabolomic studies. This is a multi-party collaborative been enthusiastic about engaging Samples can now be analyzed effort between WCM-Q, ADLQ, with external institutions and locally without needing to be Qatar Biomedical Research organizations where beneficial to sent overseas. This not only Institute, Hamad Medical all parties. To this end, WCM-Q allows researchers to conduct Corporation and Metabolon, a has entered into a variety of more research, more quickly, but global leader in phenotyping collaborative arrangements in the has also established Qatar as a technology for advancing past decade. One recent regional hub extending as far as biomarker discovery, diagnostic example includes: South East Asia for cutting-edge testing and precision medicine. metabolomic analyses. The collaboration enabled Metabolon to establish a metabolic

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Publications

As in previous years, research Scientists create blood in the moving food the stomach will feel Keeping a steady beat WCM-Q researcher: Beware nerve International recognition for by WCM-Q scientists gained laboratory fuller, helping the patient feel less damage misdiagnosis risk in WCM-Q and HMC cardiovascular publication in a wide range of hungry, eat less and lose weight. A professor at WCM-Q had his diabetes patients research leading international journals. Since Researchers at WCM-Q made work into heart palpitations 2010, WCM-Q researchers have a breakthrough which could However, after a comprehensive published by one of the world’s A leading researcher at WCM-Q Researchers at WCM-Q and published in excess of 900 papers, lead to personalized blood and review of all published papers most respected and prestigious published a paper highlighting Hamad Medical Corporation leading to more than 22,000 heart tissue being created in a on the subject, the WCM-Q medical journals. the risk of misdiagnosing diabetic received a top international award citations in the same period. laboratory. and HMC researchers found no neuropathy, a common diabetes- for their work on cardiovascular Dr. Charbel Abi Khalil, assistant Important findings made in WCM- evidence that stomach botox related complication. metabolism. Pr. Rafii’s Ansary stem cell professor of medicine and Q’s labs in 2017 covered a broad injections in obese patients leads laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine genetic medicine at WCM-Q, and Dr. Rayaz Malik, professor of Dr. Charbel Abi Khalil, assistant variety of research areas and to effective long-term weight loss. in New York, in collaboration with consultant cardiologist at the medicine, explained that diabetic professor of genetic medicine at topics, including polycystic ovary Furthermore, botox injections Dr. Arash Rafii Tabrizi’s lab in Doha, Heart Hospital – Hamad Medical neuropathy - nerve damage WCM-Q, Dr. Nidal Assad, chairman syndrome, the impact of sleep to the stomach can also cause postulated that endothelial cells – Corporation, wrote a paper entitled - presents with very similar of HMC’s Heart Hospital, and on childhood obesity, diabetic harmful side-effects, such as pain the cells that line the walls of blood ‘Investigating palpitations, the symptoms to other diseases of Dr. Jassim Al Suwaidi, senior neuropathy, analysis of the Qatari and swelling in the area of the vessels – are responsible for organ role of Holter monitoring and loop the nervous system, particularly consultant cardiologist at HMC and genome, and heart disease, among injection, nausea and indigestion. development. recorders.’ The work was published chronic inflammatory demyelinating the head of research at the heart many others. The paper, entitled The Role of Endoscopic Intra-Gastric Botulinum by the British Medical Journal. neuropathy, known as CIDP. hospital, were presented with the To test the theory, Dr. Tabrizi and WCM-Q research offers hope Toxin-A for Obesity Treatment, was Paul Dudley White International his team isolated endothelial cells Heart palpitations make an Telling the two apart is crucially for women with polycystic ovary published in Obesity Surgery, one Award at the 2017 annual meeting and forced the expression of individual feel that their heart is important because diabetic syndrome of the world’s foremost obesity of the American Heart Association transcription factors using DNA racing, missing a beat, or has an neuropathy cannot be reversed journals. for two joint cardio-metabolic Research by Dr. Stephen Atkin, vectors. irregular rhythm, and although but CIDP can often be treated research projects. professor of medicine at WCM-Q, Dr. Shahrad Taheri, professor of they usually have a benign cause, extremely effectively, preventing Dr. Tabrizi, who is associate found a strong correlation between medicine and assistant dean for like stress, they can be indicative the progression of debilitating The first project assessed red professor of genetic medicine PCOS and pre-diabetes, which clinical investigations at WCM-Q, of a more serious, underlying symptoms like sensory loss, pain cell distribution width, a unique in obstetrics and gynecology at is characterized by raised blood and lead consultant physician in heart condition. Holter monitoring and weakness with impaired cardiovascular biomarker WCM-Q, said that the next step sugar levels and makes the onset obesity at the National Obesity involves having a battery- movement. measured in the blood of patients would be to translate the research of type-2 diabetes likely. This close Treatment Centre at HMC, operated monitor attached to a with type 2 diabetes. They reported to a human model, to test whether The findings were reported in a association strengthens the belief contributed to the study. He patient’s clothing which monitors that a higher width – red blood the findings can be translated to review paper entitled ‘CIDP and that healthy lifestyle habits such said: “Most of the clinical trials electrocardiogram (ECG) readings cells usually measure between tackle different human diseases other inflammatory neuropathies as eating a balanced diet and we reviewed showed that while through electrodes attached to six and 8 micrometers across – the skin. The Holter monitor can in diabetes – diagnosis and is associated with an increased taking regular exercise reduce The research was only possible some obese patients who had be worn for as little as 24 hours management’, published in the chance of mortality. The second an individual’s risk of developing thanks to support from Qatar endoscopic intra-gastric BTX-A or up to two weeks to gain a fuller renowned journal Nature Reviews research project focused on the PCOS, as such behaviors also National Research Fund with grants treatment reported early satiety picture. Loop recorders operate in Neurology. prognosis of patients with diabetes minimize the risk of developing NPRP8-1898-3-392 and NPRP and delayed gastric emptying, that a similar manner, but are implanted and severe heart failure. pre-diabetes. 6-1131-3-268. did not translate into significant or Dr. Malik also published beneath the skin, detecting the sustained total body weight loss.” groundbreaking research into the To conduct the research, Dr. Atkin heart’s electrical activity over time in The research projects - DNA Botox injections in stomach genetic basis of another type of was given access to Qatar Biobank order to diagnose an irregular pulse. Methylation and Gene Expression in ineffective against obesity, say neuropathy: familial neuropathic and so was able to view the Qataris with Type 2 Diabetes, and WCM-Q and HMC researchers chronic itch, which was shown biometric data of 750 anonymous Dr. Abi Khalil wrote about the best Modeling Vascular Complications to be associated with COL6A5, Qatari women between the ages of Using botox injections to the approach for doctors faced with a of Type 2 Diabetes using In a gene, which encodes a protein 18 and 40. stomach to treat obesity does not patient who suffers from palpitations, Vitro Derived Endothelial- from which the connective tissue lead to long-term weight loss, a detailing the steps they should Cardiomyocytes – were made collagen is made. The study, The study, entitled ‘The prevalence study by researchers at WCM-Q take in order to make the most possible by the Qatar National ‘COL6A5 variants in familial and metabolic characteristics and HMC found. accurate diagnosis and prognosis. Research Fund through NPRP of polycystic ovary syndrome in neuropathic chronic itch’ was grants 7-701-3-192 and 9-169-3- the Qatari population’ has been The theory behind botox injections The paper was supported by Qatar published in Brain: a Journal of 024 respectively. published by the peer-reviewed to the stomach is that by National Research Fund through Neurology, published by Oxford open access journal PLOS ONE. paralyzing the muscles involved in the grant NPRP 9-169-3-024. University Press.

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WCM-Q study: At least one in four WCM-Q study provides insights The impact of sleep on childhood WCM-Q researchers probing role WCM-Q and Sidra Medicine The paper, titled ‘Whole-exome Qataris will have diabetes by 2050 into disease obesity of bacteria in autism research boosts understanding sequencing identifies common of personalized medicine among and rare variant metabolic QTLs in Researchers at WCM-Q predicted WCM-Q researchers used Researchers at WCM-Q found Researchers at WCM-Q are Qataris a Middle Eastern population’ has that type 2 diabetes prevalence in comprehensive molecular that lack of sleep is likely to be a investigating the role of bacteria in two joint first authors: Dr. Noha Qatar will soar from 17 percent in measurement techniques to better contributing factor in childhood the human gut in the development Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar Yousri, adjunct assistant professor 2012 to at least 24 percent by 2050. understand how our cells respond obesity in Qatar. of autism spectrum disorder and researchers, working alongside of genetic medicine at WCM-Q, to disease. inflammatory bowel disease. peers from Sidra Medicine and and Dr. Khalid Fakhro, director of Qatar is already one of the The relationship between obesity Weill Cornell Medicine in New human genetics at Sidra Medicine countries most affected by type 2 Dr. Karsten Suhre, professor and insufficient sleep has been In the first ever study of its type to York, have made important and assistant professor of genetic diabetes worldwide and, according of physiology and biophysics demonstrated before, but the be conducted in Qatar, researchers new discoveries about genetic medicine at WCM-Q. to findings published inDiabetes and director of the WCM-Q majority of studies have relied on are collaborating with the Child variations that affect human Research and Clinical Practice, this Bioinformatics Core, led a team subjective estimates of sleep, and Development Center to attempt to metabolism, which could eventually Other key contributors to the study epidemic is set to worsen in the of researchers from institutions only one indicator of obesity. establish whether microorganisms help make diagnoses and were Dr. Karsten Suhre, professor next three decades, driven by the across the globe who studied how living in the gut – collectively treatments more effective. of physiology and biophysics & By contrast, the team from ageing of the population and high individual differences in lifestyles known as ‘gut microbiota’ – could director of the Bioinformatics Core WCM-Q used five indicators of levels of obesity. and health leave an imprint on a be linked to autism spectrum The researchers analyzed at WCM-Q, and Dr. Ronald Crystal, obesity to ensure the condition person’s epigenome – a series disorder (ASD) and inflammatory the genetic material and the professor and chairman of the The WCM-Q study, ‘Forecasting the was accurately defined. They also of chemical modifications to a bowel diseases such as Crohn’s metabolisms of 1,000 Qatari Department of Genetic Medicine at Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus issued each subject with a wrist person’s genome that have the disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac subjects to identify links between Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. in Qatar to 2050: A Novel Modeling ability to switch genes ‘on’ or ‘off’. actigraphy device which records disease and irritable bowel genetic variations and metabolism. Approach’, was conducted with movement and allows researchers syndrome. While similar research has The study was supported by the funding from the Qatar National They researched how disorders to accurately and objectively previously been carried out in Biomedical Research Program at Research Fund through the National like diabetes, cancer and estimate sleep parameters. WCM-Q’s Dr. Ghizlane Bendriss, European populations, this is the WCM-Q, with funding from Qatar Priorities Research Program. cardiovascular disease, in visiting lecturer in biology, is first time that such a large study Foundation. It was also supported The study was conducted on 335 conjunction with exposure to leading the study. Dr. Noha Yousri, of this kind has focused on an Arab by Qatar National Research Fund The study used mathematical elementary schoolchildren in Qatar environmental factors like smoking adjunct assistant professor of population. grants 09-740-3-192, and 09-741-3- modeling techniques to forecast aged between seven and 12 and and lack of exercise, affect the genetic medicine, and Dr. Dalia 793 and in part by 7-272-1-041. diabetes burden in the Qatari biochemical make-up of small found that the average time at Zakaria, biological sciences The study, which was published population up to 2050. One of the molecules and proteins as they which the children went to sleep teaching specialist, are responsible in the leading scientific journal main findings of the study is that circulate within the human body. during the week was 9.22pm, and for the bio-statistical and Nature Communications, sheds most cases of diabetes are due the average time at which they microbiological analyses of the light on the role of genetic to obesity. The fraction of Qataris Their study was entitled ‘Deep woke was 6.26am. project, respectively. differences between people and who are obese stands currently molecular phenotypes link complex their ability to metabolize certain Of the sample, 42.1 per cent were at 41 percent, but was projected disorders and physiological insult WCM-Q second-year pre-medical molecules from food. Some of classified as either overweight by the study to increase to 51 to CpG methylation’ and is the students have gained research these genetic differences may or obese according to the percent by 2050. The study also first study that analyzes such experience by taking part in explain why people have different definitions from the World Health forecasts that, by 2050, 66 percent a broad spectrum of molecular the project. Students Mohamed risks of developing metabolic Organization. Of those children, of diabetes cases will be caused by measurements, including Salameh and Zain Burney visited disorders, such as diabetes and weekday sleep duration was obesity. metabolomics, lipidomics, the Children’s Development Center cardiovascular disease. proteomics and glycomics to significantly shorter at 7 hours 36 to meet with children with autism Professor Laith Abu-Raddad, measure all possible kinds of small minutes, as opposed to 7 hours and their parents while recruiting The research established a high- professor of healthcare policy and molecules that can be found in 54 minutes for those who were a volunteers for the research study. quality data resource that will aid research at WCM-Q, was principal blood, urine and saliva. healthy weight. diagnosis of inherited diseases in investigator of the study. Susanne The research is part of a project, Qatari and other Arab populations, Dr. Shahrad Taheri, director of the Awad, senior mathematical The study was published in the ‘Role of human gut microbiota in as well as helping physicians clinical research core and assistant epidemiologist in the Infectious prestigious international journal autism spectrum disorder and identify targets for personalized dean for clinical investigations said Disease Epidemiology Group at Human Molecular Genetics and inflammatory bowel disease’, which treatments tailored to the that the body of evidence pointed WCM-Q, was first author. The can be accessed at the following is sponsored by the Undergraduate individual genetic and metabolic to a lack of sleep having an effect research was made possible URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ Research Experience Program profiles of patients. thanks to support from Qatar ddy006. on a person’s weight. (UREP) of the Qatar National National Research Fund through Research Fund (QNRF) under grant grant NPRP 7-627-3-167. number UREP 21-059-1-011.

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Training, outreach and engagement: Building the foundation for future success

• The Biomedical Research Training • Newly launched in 2018, the • The Research Division also Program for Nationals continued to Student Research Mentorship provides support for students to successfully train young, talented Program (SRMP) offers pre- publish and present the results Qatari graduates for the eighth medical students an opportunity of their research in professional year. As of June 30, 33 interns have to become involved in research journals and meetings through the completed the program, of which at WCM-Q. The program Presentation Award. Over the last more than 85 percent continue offers students a stipend and 18 months, students who received working in biomedical research at consumables expenses to fund the Presentation Award presented WCM-Q or other local institutions, a yearlong research project. In at conferences in Greece, the or have pursued graduate studies. addition to giving pre-medical United States, and Sweden. Interns in this program are trained students an opportunity to in wet lab and clinical research. The conduct research, the SRMP • Members of the Student interns have also taken modules aims to provide students with Research Association have also which cover the various areas experience in writing research been working hard to ensure that of biomedical research and its grants and securing their own their fellow students are able administration. Eight HMC dentists research opportunities. This year, to utilize the special research opportunities at WCM-Q by hosting The Year joined the interns in 2018 for a the SRMP is supporting a total selection of modules to gain a of 14 students working on five journal clubs and organizing better understanding of research. different projects. competitions for presenting research journals that the students In Events • Research Internship for National • WCM-Q continues to provide have reviewed. High School Students and Research opportunities for WCM-Q students • The 8th annual WCM-Q Research Internships for National College to become involved in research • The Undergraduate Research Retreat took place on February Students: These two programs before they graduate. To this end, Experience Program (UREP) is 17, 2018 and highlighted over 100 provide current high school and 39 students in the first year of an extramural Qatar National posters by students, research college students with opportunities the medical curriculum received Research Fund (QNRF) sponsored specialists, postdoctoral fellows to gain hands-on experience in funding through the Medical program designed to give and research associates. In a research environment, with Students Research Award (MSRA). undergraduate students hands-on addition, faculty from WCM-Q and the ultimate goal of increasing The students spent their summer research experience. WCM-Q has collaborating local stakeholders research capacity to help fulfill working at a variety of elite-level been awarded 112 UREP grants presented their research. The the goals of Qatar National Vision institutions, including Weill Cornell since the UREP program was first retreat was attended by around 2030. In addition to building human Medicine, Massachusetts General launched. During the past year 250 people. research capacity, these programs Hospital, New York University, the UREP program has enabled • To date, WCM-Q has hosted more provide a unique opportunity for Imperial College London, the WCM-Q to provide hands-on than 200 departmental seminars, future scientists to work with University of Tokyo, Columbia research training to 24 students 10 international conferences and WCM-Q’s faculty and experience University, and the Hospital for across four UREP projects. multiple local conferences and the life of a biomedical researcher Special Surgery in New York. workshops focusing on diverse at WCM-Q. During the summer of areas. The special research 2017, nine interns completed the seminar delivered 10 high school program and three presentations in FY ’17-’18 completed the college program. (see Table 1, next page).

The annual Research Retreat is a highlight of WCM-Q's academic calendar.

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Table 1: Special Research Seminars

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC 14th Gulf Heart Association Dr. Machaca and Dr. Abi Khalil Conference - Cornell Cardio both gave thanks to conference Dr. Xufeng Wu Applications of live-cell Super Metabolic Symposium, January chairman HE Dr. Hajar Ahmed Hajar Staff Scientist, Deputy Director of Light Microscopy January 31, 2017 Resolution Imaging in Cell 11-13, 2018 Al Binali, who awarded a certificate and Digital Imaging Facility, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Biology of appreciation to WCM-Q during Maryland WCM-Q participated in an the symposium. WCM-Q is international heart conference, Dr. Robert R. Ruffolo appreciative of the organizers of hosting a symposium about Retired President, Research & Development, Wyeth this illustrious conference from February 13, 2017 cardiology and diabetes. The 14th Pharmaceuticals and Senior Vice President, Wyeth the Gulf Heart Association, Hamad Gulf Heart Association Conference Corporation. Medical Corporation, the European and 11th Gulf Vascular Society Society of Cardiology and the Dr. Colin W. Taylor Symposium were held with WCM-Q American College of Cardiology, Professor in Cellular Pharmacology & Wellcome Trust Signaling to and from IP3 supporting the event as a platinum who together helped make the April 9, 2017 Senior Investigator, Department of Pharmacology, Receptors sponsor and providing speakers event such a success. University of Cambridge, UK and moderators.

Dr. Navid Madani Thirty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS: Dr. Charbel Abi Khalil, assistant Research Associate in Microbiology & Immunobiology, What the Pandemic has professor of genetic medicine and May 25, 2017 and Department of Global Health & Social Medicine Taught us about Biology and assistant professor of medicine at Affiliate at Harvard Medical School Humanity WCM-Q, delivered a lecture entitled ‘Epigenetic basis of cardiovascular Professor Michel Marre complications of diabetes’. Dr. Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Renal Hemodynamics in Abi Khalil explained how diabetes January 10, 2018 Diseases University of Denis Diderot-Paris 7 Paris, Diabetes triggers epigenetic changes France on the DNA and predisposes people to certain cardiovascular Dr. Markus Paulmichl Pharmacogenomics - complications. March 4, 2018 Austrian Institute of Technology & Founder of Implementation into Clinical PharmGenetix Routine Dr. Khaled Machaca, associate dean for research at WCM-Q, gave an introductory speech outlining Dr. Charity Nofziger Pharmacogenomics - March 4, 2018 the scope of WCM-Q’s Biomedical PharmGenetix Technical Aspects Research Program.

Dr. Lorenzo Monserrat Genetic Testing and Next CEO, Health in Code; Researcher, Galician Health Generation Sequencing in March 5, 2018 Service and Coordinator, National Reference Unit Inherited Cardiovascular for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, A Coruña Diseases University Hospital, A Coruña, Spain

Dr. Volker Straub Professor of Neuromuscular Genetics, Harold Translational Research Macmillan Professor of Medicine; Director, John Walton March 6, 2018 Efforts in Neuromuscular Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Dr. Jamil Azzi Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital March 27, 2018 Why Allografts Reject? and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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8th Annual Research Retreat, including Dr. Robert. R. Ruffolo Jr., Signaling at Membrane Contact February 17, 2018 the retired president of research Sites, April 28-29, 2018 and development for Wyeth Hundreds of scientists from across Pharmaceuticals and corporate Some of the world’s foremost the country and around the world senior vice president of Wyeth researchers investigating the visited WCM-Q to attend its Annual (now Pfizer). In that role, Dr. Ruffolo mechanisms by which cells Research Retreat. managed an R&D organization of communicate with one another 9,000 scientists with a budget of convened in Doha at a conference The yearly event is an opportunity $4billion. hosted by WCM-Q. to review the college’s biomedical research in collaboration with Other speakers included Dr. Eighteen international experts local stakeholders over the Thomas Caskey, professor of in the field of cell signaling gave previous 12 months, hear about molecular and human genetics presentations at the event, upcoming studies and discuss at Baylor College of Medicine in explaining the very latest advances new developments in the realm of Houston, Texas; Dr. Ronald Crystal, in what is a highly dynamic and biomedical research. chairman of the Department of complex research area. Cell Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell signaling refers to a wide range The audience also heard from Medicine in New York; and Dr. Javaid of communication processes keynote speaker Dr. Robert Ruffolo, Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q. occurring at the cellular level, retired president of research which govern many activities of and development for Wyeth Dr. Khaled Machaca, associate dean for The conference was coordinated cells, making life possible. Cell Pharmaceuticals in the US, whose research, said the aim of the Industry by WCM-Q in collaboration with signaling coordinates essential cell Academia Alliances conference speech was entitled ‘An overview Qatar Foundation, Hamad Medical processes like tissue repair, growth of research and development in was to bring new technology to the marketplace. Corporation, Hamad Bin Khalifa and immune response; errors in the pharmaceutical industry: A University, Qatar Biobank, Qatar these processes are involved in most unique industry’. Genome, Sidra Medicine and Qatar many serious illnesses, including conference, an event coordinated Science and Technology Park diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune The Annual Research Retreat was by WCM-Q. (QSTP). QSTP, a Qatar Foundation diseases such as rheumatoid also an opportunity for WCM-Q’s member, encourages growth and arthritis. scientists to showcase their work The conference brought together investment in Qatar’s hi-tech to the scientific community, and leading biomedical research sector through its Free Zone, which The two-day Signaling at eight of the senior researchers academics, local biomedical allows for 100 percent foreign Membrane Contact Sites gave short presentations of their stakeholders in Qatar, and senior ownership, tariff-free imports and conference brought expert studies. The highlight of the event executives from both small and other tax incentives. speakers to Doha from all over was the poster presentation large biotech firms for two days the world, including Professor session, when 120 researchers of presentations, discussions and Also speaking at the event were Ole Petersen, CBE, professor of presented their work in poster networking. leading figures from local research physiology at Cardiff University, form. These were judged by a and healthcare institutions, Wales, UK; Dr. Stefan Feske, team of experts from WCM-Q The aim of the conference, now in including Dr. Hadi Abderrahim, associate professor at the New and partner institutions, and the its second iteration, is to stimulate lead strategy for healthcare and York University School of Medicine; winners announced at the end of collaborative alliances between biomedical at Qatar Foundation Dr. Andreas Guse, director of the day. industry and academia in order R&D; Dr. Maher Hakim, executive biochemistry and molecular cell to facilitate the journey of new director of QSTP; Dr. Marco biology at University Medical technologies from the laboratory A. E. Marcus, chairman of Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf; Industry Academia Alliances, to the marketplace, explained Dr. anesthesiology at Hamad Medical Dr. Raphael Coujaret, assistant February 18-19, 2018 Khaled Machaca, associate dean Corporation; and Dr. Richard professor of research in physiology for research at WCM-Q. Strategies for bringing innovations O’ Kennedy, vice-president for and biophysics at WCM-Q; and in biomedical research to market research at Hamad Bin Khalifa Dr. Richard Lewis, professor in The event featured presentations Dr. Richard Lewis, professor in the University, among others. the Department of Molecular and to help diversify Qatar’s economy from leading figures in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Cellular Physiology at Stanford were discussed at the second international biotech industry, Biology at Stanford University Industry Academia Alliances University School of Medicine. School of Medicine, speaks at the Signaling at Membrane Contact Sites conference.

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The Institute for Population manager; Dr. Karima Chaabna, with a view to promoting the Educational Health (IPH) at WCM-Q continues population health and overall wellbeing of the people in to develop and implement communication specialist; Dr. Amit the State of Qatar, the Middle East initiatives in the broad areas of Abraham (WCM-Q alumnus, Class region and beyond. In 2017, the Programs and education, research, community of 2011); Sonia Chaabane, Project book Critical Issues in Healthcare health and patient-related Specialists; Yasmeen Kalverts, Policy and Politics in the Gulf care with the ultimate aim of administrative assistant; and Ms. Cooperation Council States, Activities improving population health. Aida Nasir, project coordinator. The edited by Dr. Ravinder Mamtani IPH programmatic activities Center for Cultural Competence and Dr. Albert B. Lowenfels (New integrate knowledge, skills and in Health Care is an integral York Medical College, USA), was IPH is actively involved in development (CPD) educational evidence-based best practices component of IPH led by Maha published by the Center for developing and implementing opportunities for healthcare to optimize population-based El Nashar and supported by International and Regional Studies educational activities to support professionals in the year 2017- health outcomes. The institute Huda Abdelrahim. Dr. Ravinder (CIRS), Georgetown University capacity building for healthcare 18. These activities were locally offers capacity building programs Mamtani, senior associate dean for in Qatar’s premier research students and professionals accredited by the Qatar Council for for healthcare professionals, population health, capacity building institute, under the guidance of within the State of Qatar and Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) global health service learning and student affairs, and professor CIRS director Dr. Mehran Kamrava. the region. Some areas of and/or internationally accredited and educational opportunities of healthcare policy and research This is the first book (ISBN-10: focus are: population health, by the Accreditation Council for for medical students and is the senior member of the team. 1626165017) to examine challenges preventive medicine, occupational Continuing Medical Education supports community outreach in the healthcare sector in the six health, integrative health and (ACCME). The total number of by fostering the development In alignment with Qatar National countries: lifestyle medicine. IPH offered attendees at the events was 479, and implementation of programs Vision 2030, IPH continues to , , the United 14 continuing medical education which is a notable 30 percent aimed at population-based health work in partnership with local, Arab Emirates, Qatar, , and (CME)/continuous professional increase from the previous year. promotion, research and disease regional, and global partners in the . prevention initiatives. IPH research development and implementation activities have a multidisciplinary of best evidence-based population focus to enhance and augment health initiatives and programs the evidence base related to IPH CME Activities 2017-2018 (479 attendees) epidemiological data pertaining to population health issues of relevance for the State of Qatar Cultural Competence and the region. Furthermore, our Healthcare Workshops 164 research addresses challenges and provides recommendations to Education Bridging the Gap Medical inform policy makers on pertinent 105 Interpreters Training 46 healthcare issues. 164 Certificate in Clinical The IPH team members are: Nutrition (Cource) 44 Dr. Sohaila Cheema, director of Student Wellness: Prespectives, IPH and assistant professor of healthcare policy and research; Challenges & Innovations (Symposium) 120 Institute 120 Raji Anand, administration Patient- Occupational Health is Everyone's for 46 related Research 44 Business (Symposium) 105 Population care Health

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IPH CME Activities 2017-2018 Student Wellness: Perspectives, Participant Profile (479 attendees) Challenges & Innovations Symposium

A two-day collaborative it Right! by WCM-Q's Dr. Ravinder Total 87 123 37 10 101 121 symposium was offered by the Mamtani and Dr. Sohaila Cheema; IPH and the Division of Student If Not Now, When? A Workshop Occupational Health is Everyone's Business 27 26 7 1 15 29 Affairs in February 2018 to doctors, on Time Management hosted by

Students Wellness: Prespectives, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, WCM-Q's Ms. Raji Anand; and Challenges& Innovations 16 26 6 3 22 47 allied healthcare professionals, Physical Activity and Improved Certificate in students, educators, counselors Health. Does it Work? hosted by Clinical Nutrition 13 3 3 0 17 8 and administrators. This WCM-Q's Dr. Mohamud Verjee. Bridging The Gap Medical symposium provided attendees Interpreters training 2 11 4 1 5 23 with information on strategies The second day comprised of plenary sessions, which included Cultural Competence in that enhance and facilitate college 29 57 17 5 42 14 Healthcare Workshop student development and well- the following topics: Student being. Attendees examined and Health Challenges, by WCM-Q's discussed student wellness and Dr. Ravinder Mamtani; Lifestyle its challenges and developed an Medicine: Differences that Matter, understanding of how counseling, by Dr. Wayne Dysinger from the Students Cultural Bridging The Occupational self-care, and addressing lifestyle- American College of Lifestyle Certificate Wellness: Competence Gap Medical Health Medicine; Media Literacy: A 21st in Clinical Prespectives, Total related risk factors are crucial to in Healthcare Interpreters is Everyone's Nutrition Challenges & overall student wellness. Century Approach to Wellness, Workshop training Business Innovations by Julie Smith, professor, School The first day comprised pre- of Communication, Webster Physicians 29 2 13 16 27 87 symposium workshops, which University, USA; Achieving your focused on the spiritual, Goal Requires Well-being, by Dr. 57 11 3 26 26 123 Nurses environmental, intellectual, social Arthur Hengerer, past chair of the and emotional dimensions of Federation of State Medical Boards; Pharmacists 17 4 3 6 7 37 wellness. Workshops comprised and Mythbusters: Debunking the the following topics: Building Most Common Nutritional Myths, Dentists 5 1 0 3 1 10 Bridges: Cultivating Mental by Stephan Herzog, from the Allied Health Professionals 42 5 17 22 15 101 Wellness for Physical Resilience, American College of Lifestyle hosted by WCM-Q's Jamie Gray Medicine. The symposium ended Others 14 23 8 47 29 121 and Dr. Sunanda Holmes; Breathing with a panel discussion and Breaks: Working with Breath to a question & answer session Help Minimize Student Stress moderated by Dr. Sohaila Cheema. hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar's Dr. Valerie Overall, the symposium was a huge Jeremijenko; Student Wellness and success. Participants reported an Mental Health: Perspectives of increased understanding related to Branch Campuses overall wellness and on topics such hosted by Education City branch as lifestyle medicine, nutrition and campuses; Stress Management healthy lifestyle choices, physical Program at Qatar University: The activity, media literacy, stress, Wellbeing Peer Helpers Program resilience and coping skills, and hosted by Qatar University's Ms. burnout management. Taysier El Ghali; Food Shopping, Dr. Sohaila Cheema, http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/ Cooking and Healthy Diets: Getting director of IPH, leads a workshop. student-wellness

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Occupational Health is Everybody’s Certificate in Clinical Nutrition Business Symposium

Occupational diseases and the aviation industry, discussed “Occupational health truly Since its successful inauguration The course is accredited by the Feedback from the course injuries cause significant pain how some medical conditions is everyone’s business! in April 2016, the Certificate Qatar Council of Healthcare participants continues to be and disability and continue to can be adversely affected while Whether you are a senior in Clinical Nutrition course Practitioners (QCHP) & the positive highlighting the quality challenge employers worldwide. traveling as an airline passenger, manager, an employee or a continues to be popular among Accreditation Council for of the course and addressing The widespread prevalence and explained what information healthcare professionals. The Continuing Medical Education a huge need with regard to member of the public, your of preventable, occupation- can help airlines decide whether third offering of the course was (ACCME) for 32 credit hours. The evolving nutrition guidelines and related health problems take a passengers are fit to fly. The health must be proactively hosted in December 2017 with 44 onsite unit comprises lectures published research. Post activity, heavy toll on the economy. This symposium concluded with a panel protected and the way to participants in attendance. To date, and interactive discussions led participants reported enhanced occupational health symposium discussion on the issues raised do this is through effective 152 healthcare practitioners have by WCM-Q faculty including Dr. medical knowledge on topics provided a collaborative platform in the presentations, which was occupational health completed the certificate course. Ravinder Mamtani, Dr. Sohaila such as: healthy diet, herbal for attendees to learn and discuss chaired by Dr. Sohaila Cheema strategies. Intelligently Cheema, Dr. Amal Khidir, Dr. and nutritional supplements strategies for enhancing capacity and featured as panelists all of the designed occupational The 50-hour Certificate in Clinical Badreldeen Ahmed, Dr. Mohamud and micronutrient use in various Nutrition course, designed and in occupational health and for speakers plus additional experts health strategies actually Verjee, Dr. Moncef Ladjimi, and diseases, their interaction with developing and implementing Dr. Ahmad Latif, lead medical developed by IPH provides Dr. Shahrad Taheri. From Hamad medications and the evidence boost productivity and healthcare practitioners with effective occupational health officer at Qatar Petroleum, and overall economic activity.” Medical Corporation there is base for alternative and integrative programs in a cost-effective Dr. Osama Ibrahim, chief medical an understanding of how AlAnoud Al Fehaidi and Shakeel medicine. Examples of diagnostic nutrition affects physiological manner. The symposium, hosted officer and SHE coordinator at Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, Khan and from overseas there is or treatment strategies and on April 11, 2018 at WCM-Q included Qatar Gas. and biochemical systems in the Dr. Benjamin Kligler, the national overall patient care/management Senior Associate Dean, human body and provides relevant presentations by Dr. Mamtani on WCM-Q director at the Integrative Health strategies, which participants were critical issues in occupational Participants reported positive clinical information and skills to Coordinating Center for the likely to implement in practice, health; Dr. Taher Giaedi, chief feedback for the symposium the participants. The onsite unit Veterans Health Administration in include effective history-taking operating officer of Qatar Red in the post-activity evaluation. (32 hours) comprises lectures and New York; Dr. David Reilly, former inclusive of nutritional history, Crescent’s Medical Affairs Division, Attendees got an opportunity interactive discussions by WCM-Q consultant physician for the NHS at nutritional assessment, patient on the challenges surrounding to examine and discuss various faculty and other international the Centre for Integrative Care in education, diet counseling and migrant health; and Thomas Doyle, aspects of occupational medicine experts from the field. The self- Glasgow, and Dr. Albert Lowenfels, motivational interviewing along WCM-Q’s director of environmental and deliberate on challenges study online unit (18 hours) consists of New York Medical College in the US. with increased awareness and health, safety & security on ways and opportunities to address of modules complementary to the promotion of healthy nutritious to define, identify and mitigate and augment the overall health onsite lectures. meals, advising patients about health hazards and risks in the and well-being of employees. lifestyle modifications and weight workplace. Dr. Penny Stern, director Participants reiterated the need management. of preventive medicine at Northwell for such educational opportunities Health in New York, inspired for both the community and attendees with a presentation on healthcare professionals since it occupational health opportunities provides a collaborative platform and challenges in the construction for congregation of wisdom along industry; and Dr. John Roberts, with the provision of realistic Qatar Airways’ group medical solutions. director, discussed occupational http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/ health in aviation. His presentation ohs explored the physiological challenges facing employees in

Dr. John Roberts discussed occupational health in aviation.

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Health and Disease: Population Health and A Global Perspective Primary Care Perspectives Elective This 2-credit pre-medical course science courses taught during provides WCM-Q’s foundation high school education and and pre-medical students with personal experiences of the Senior medical students from basic knowledge and information students. Additionally, students WCM-Q and around the world necessary to understand key are exposed to basic principles of are eligible to apply for this four- concepts related to health and writing a report, memo or opinion week elective. During the elective, disease in the global and public editorial on topics of public health students are introduced to various health context. The course relevance. global health topics with a special builds upon concepts in natural focus on population health and primary healthcare. Dr. Ravinder Mamtani and Dr. Sohaila Cheema An Evidence-Based serve as sponsoring faculty for the elective. Approach To Lifestyle Medicine

An evidence-based approach to Global Health Education lifestyle medicine can effectively prevent, treat or even reverse and Research Program many chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart diseases, The Global Health Education and diabetes, obesity, depression/ Research Program (GHERP) is a anxiety and cancer. A newly collaborative program between approved four-week clinical elective WCM-Q, the Global Health Office course supported and guided by at Weill Cornell Medicine in New the American College of Lifestyle York and the Weill Bugando School Medicine and the American Board of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania of Lifestyle Medicine, available to (WBSoM). The program provides WCM-Q senior medical students, an enriching experiential learning will provide the knowledge and opportunity for WCM-Q first skills required in the prevention and year medical students. Selected treatment of lifestyle-related chronic students spend eight weeks diseases. The course incorporates during the summer in Mwanza, competencies related to leadership, Tanzania. The GHERP program knowledge, assessment skills, has three main pillars – clinical, management skills and use of research and community-related community support. Dr. Ravinder work. Furthermore, students gain Mamtani and Dr. Sohaila Cheema valuable experience in healthcare serve as sponsoring faculty for delivery, public health, research the elective. Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, and introductory aspects of clinical is among a group of only 204 medicine and healthcare in a low- physicians worldwide who have income setting. become the very first medical professionals to be certified by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM)/the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. A new four-week elective on lifestyle medicine has been established.

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Global and Public Educational • Occupational Health is Everyone’s Business Symposium Health Internship Engagements in Doha, Qatar. April 2018 This innovative internship program IPH actively participates in various (plenary session by Dr. Ravinder is open to undergraduate students teaching activities throughout the Mamtani). Critical issues in from around the world. Talented year to promote healthcare and occupational health. high school students who have public health education. IPH faculty Global and Local • Student Wellness: Perspectives, exhibited a strong interest in and staff actively participate in the Challenges, and Innovation healthcare are also considered. Precollege Enrichment Program Symposium in Doha, Qatar. The program introduces students and Qatar Medical Explorer Community Initiatives February 2018 to the basic core concepts of Program aimed at providing global and public health with a prospective high school students o Pre-symposium workshop IPH continues to contribute towards view to optimizing their awareness with an opportunity to explore their by Dr. Ravinder Mamtani building a healthier population and knowledge in these areas. Dr. intellectual curiosity in a college and Dr. Sohaila Cheema: in Qatar and participates in Ravinder Mamtani and Dr. Sohaila setting. The Division of Student Food shopping, cooking, and educational and community Cheema serve as co-directors for Recruitment and Outreach hosts healthy diets: getting it right! outreach programs aimed at health the course. these programs. promotion and disease, and injury o Pre-symposium workshop prevention for the people of Qatar. Additionally, IPH actively by Ms. Raji Anand: If not now, Community related activities are contributed to educational when? A workshop on time highlighted below (approximately symposia and conferences as management. outlined to the right: 1,400 attendees benefitted from o Plenary session by Dr. these events): Ravinder Mamtani: Setting the stage: student health challenges. Promoting how to be safe road users Deconstructing nutrition myths & misconceptions • World Cancer Congress in Kolkata, India. September Dr. Sohaila Cheema and Ms. Raji Anand promoted Members of the IPH team (Dr. Karima Chaabna, 2017. Plenary presentation road safety at Newton British Academy on population health and communication specialist, by Dr. Ravinder Mamtani: An November 26, 2017. Two interactive sessions Ms. Raji Anand, administration manager, and evidence-based approach to focusing on safe road behaviors for students aged Ms. Yasmeen Kalverts, administrative assistant) integrative medicine in cancer 7-9 (400 students) and aged 10-11 (250 students) participated in the Education City (EC) Health and management. were conducted. Wellness Fair hosted at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center on September 27, Empowering parents about road safety 2017. The team engaged with participants on how to read food labels and ingredient lists and Dr. Sohaila Cheema promoted road safety to 15 helped deconstruct common nutrition myths parents of students at Perfection International and misconceptions. The team interacted with Pre-school with a focus on compliance with approximately 100 Education City staff, faculty, seat belt and car restraint use and how to avoid students and their family members. aggressive behavior on the roads.

Empowering the young with healthy nutrition Medicine Unlimited 2017 information Members of the IPH team participated in the IPH's Dr. Karima Chaabna, population health and Medicine Unlimited program at WCM-Q on communication specialist, promoted healthy November 11, 2017. The team interacted with 400 eating behaviors at Lycee Bonaparte on November high school students and their families to educate 5, 12, and 19, 2017. Six interactive sessions were them on healthy food choices, portion size, healthy conducted in French with a focus on identifying snacks and how to read food labels. healthy and junk food for students aged 3-4 (100 students), 4-5 (100 students ) and 5-6 (96 students).

Dr. Mohamud Verjee delivers a presentation at the Student Wellness symposium.

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Global Educational Exchange in Medicine and the Health Professions (GEMx)

Global Educational Exchange Medical College, Kochi, India, and Lakshmi said: “I always wanted to in Medicine and the Health in a gastroenterology elective see how healthcare is practiced Professions (GEMx) is a worldwide at Kasturba Medical College, in other countries. I was able to partnership of exchange in Mangalore, India, respectively. see how medical professionals medical education that connects deal with situations where there medical schools, students and Dayaan said: “It was an experience are cash-strapped patients in a faculty worldwide, administered that made me realize what I really limited resource setting. As this by the Educational Commission want out of the career that I have was a government hospital, many for Foreign Medical Graduates chosen to pursue. Apart from patients couldn’t afford basic (ECFMG), USA. WCM-Q is a partner clinical reasoning and knowledge, diagnostic testing. I learnt a lot school with GEMx. Dr. Ravinder of which I learnt a lot, I have from the way the doctor would Mamtani is the past chair of the discovered a desire to help those talk to the patient, anticipate all GEMx Advisory Committee, while with who life has not provided the their concerns and put the patient Dr. Sohaila Cheema serves as the means to attain proper healthcare. very much at ease. This is a great manager for the GEMx program at The physicians there truly inspired skill that I want to replicate as a WCM-Q. me. They epitomized the idea of physician in training.” a doctor with passion, desire and Via GEMx, WCM-Q students willingness to treat patients and to Lakshmi Menon and Dayaan provide the next generation with Ten students spent time at an orthopedic and Adoor (Class of 2019) had the the tools to succeed in providing rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. opportunity to partake in a better healthcare.” pediatric surgery elective at Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church After completion of her elective, Global Health Service Learning Program 2018 Participation in After the successful inaugural gain medical knowledge, identify Committees of launch of the program in May challenges associated in working 2017, 10 WCM-Q first year pre- with special needs children, learn Public Health medical students were selected about the Vietnamese culture and Importance for the 2018 program. This IPH and engage with the host community. Pre- medical Education Division Furthermore, the program allowed IPH represents WCM-Q on the collaborative program, under the the students to develop empathy, following local and national overall supervision of Dr. Rachid self-reflect and enhance their committees: Bendriss, assistant dean for social and teamwork skills, discern student recruitment, outreach the meaning of volunteerism and 1. Public Health Committee, and foundation programs and Dr. understand the essence of global Ministry of Public Health: Dr. Sohaila Cheema, director of IPH, service learning. Ravinder Mamtani (member). is paving the way for international 2. Health Advisory Board, service learning opportunities for Group leaders this year, Dr. Mange Education City: Dr. Ravinder WCM-Q students. Manyama, assistant professor of anatomy in radiology and Mamtani (member). Students spent two-weeks (May Ms. Raji Anand, administration 3. Public Health Strategy 2018) at an orthopedic and manager, IPH felt that the program Implementation Group, Ministry rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi is a rewarding and enriching of Public Health: Dr. Ravinder Minh City, Vietnam. Students experiential learning opportunity Mamtani (member) and Dr. also had the opportunity to for students. The students Sohaila Cheema (designee). work with special needs children gain insight into non-traditional with genetic and neurological evidence-based treatment disorders. While observing modalities commonly used in healthcare professionals, the Vietnam, as well as valuable skills program enabled students to such as critical thinking, cultural Students on the Global Health Service examine the healthcare system in humility and how to mitigate Learning Program were able to perform a lower to middle income country, cultural and language barriers. basic procedures like measuring blood pressure.

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Research

IPH’s faculty and staff participated • WCM-Q’s 8th Research Retreat • International Association for IPH continues to pursue population population health- related in local and international in Doha, Qatar. February 2018 Medical Education Conference health research projects with outcomes in the State of Qatar and conferences with the following (poster presentation). in Europe (AMEE) Conference in the overall objectives of capacity the region. Current collaborating poster presentations: Helsinki, Finland. August 2017. building, health promotion and institutions on these research - Knowledge and perceptions disease prevention for the projects include Hamad Medical • ISVHLD Global Hepatitis about Zika virus in Qatar. - Classroom Strategies population in the State of Qatar Corporation, Qatar Computing Conference in Toronto, Canada. Authors: Amit Abraham, to Enhance Student and the region. A variety of study Research Institute and Qatar June 2018, (poster presentation). Sohaila Cheema, Patrick Engagement and Learning: designs, e.g. cross-sectional, Diabetes Association. Some Hepatitis C infection in the Maisonneuve (European Examples from a Global observational, ecological, and recently published research Middle East and North Africa: Institute of Oncology - Health Course: Authors systematic reviews are utilized by articles are highlighted below: Systematic overview, quality EIO, Italy), Ingmar Weber (WCM-Q): Sohaila Cheema, IPH researchers to characterize assessment, and evidence gap (Qatar Computing Research Rachid Bendriss and mapping. Authors (WCM-Q): Institute – QCRI), Luis Ravinder Mamtani. Karima Chaabna, Sohaila Fernandez-Luque (QCRI), Cheema, Amit Abraham, Hekmat Alrouh, Javaid - Globalizing International Hekmat Alrouh and Ravinder Sheikh (dean, WCM-Q), Postgraduate Electives: Mamtani. Albert B. Lowenfels (New Challenges and Solutions. York Medical College, USA) Authors: Anna Iacone • Qatar Foundation Annual (ECFMG-GEMx, USA), Sohaila A cross-sectional survey was conducted by IPH and and Ravinder Mamtani. researchers from Qatar Computing Research Institute in Research Conference in Doha, Cheema (WCM-Q), Jose Education City and on Qatar-based websites to assess Qatar. March 2018 (poster - Migrants, Health Worker Carvajal and Klaus Puschel Knowledge and the knowledge and awareness about Zika virus among presentation). Effect and Mortality Trends (Catolica Pontificia de Chile). perceptions about Education City’s students, faculty, and staff and in the in Qatar and the Gulf - Knowledge and perceptions Zika virus in a general population within the State of Qatar. The study Nations. Authors (WCM-Q): findings indicate a need for a broader educational and about Zika virus in Qatar. Middle East country Karima Chaabna, Sohaila outreach program targeting Qatar’s general population and Authors: Sohaila Cheema, Cheema, Ravinder Mamtani. healthcare workers so that they are more aware about new Patrick Maisonneuve and re-emerging threats to health such as Zika virus. Our (European Institute of - Natural compounds as study findings are relevant keeping in mind the 2022 FIFA Oncology - EIO, Italy), Ingmar Chemotherapeutic Agents World Cup during which a substantial number of individuals Weber (Qatar Computing for the Treatment of Triple will visit Qatar from all over the world. Research Institute – QCRI), Negative Breast Cancer: A Luis Fernandez-Luque Review. Authors (WCM-Q): (QCRI), Amit Abraham, Elizabeth Varghese, Mariam Hekmat Alrouh, Javaid Abotaleb, Sohaila Cheema, Sheikh (dean, WCM-Q), Ravinder Mamtani, Dietrich Albert B. Lowenfels (New Busselberg. IPH’s ecological study analyzed publicly available data York Medical College, USA) from the United Nations and the Global Burden of Disease and Ravinder Mamtani. Migrants, healthy worker 2015 Study. The study results demonstrate that a decline effect, and mortality in mortality observed in the GCC countries can be partly - Interpreting mortality trends trends in the Gulf attributed to the increase in population (predominantly of in the GCC countries: The young male healthy migrants) suggesting a healthy migrant Cooperation Council healthy migrant effect. effect that influences mortality rates. Researchers and Authors (WCM-Q): Karima countries policymakers should be cautious not to exclusively attribute Chaabna, Sohaila Cheema, decline in mortality within the GCC countries to be the result Ravinder Mamtani. of positive effects of health interventions or healthcare improvement. - Tracking diabetes awareness in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council through Facebook advertising audiences. Authors: Yelena Mejova (QCRI), Karima Chaabna, Sohaila Cheema Karima Chaabna was one of the authors of a paper examining mortality and Ingmar Weber (QCRI). trends among migrant workers

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Center for Cultural Competence in Healthcare

The Center for Cultural Institute (ICI) from Portland, The topics include medical Competence in Health Care Oregon, US, now in its fourth year. interpretation, the impact of (CCCHC) at the Institute for QIIC’s main goal is to provide cultural and social determinates on Population Health continues to seminars and workshops to the practice of pharmacy. promote the practice and concept enhance the knowledge, skills and of culturally and linguistically attitude of faculty and staff who CCCHC provides a four- appropriate healthcare in Qatar. work in multicultural and global hour Cultural Competence in The center is an integral part of environments. The 2018 program Healthcare workshop to healthcare IPH and is led by Maha El Nashar, included topics such as Women in professionals in Qatar. This director, and supported by Huda Leadership Across Cultures; Low workshop is accredited by QCHP & Abdelrahim, senior specialist. Budget High Impact: Diversity & ACCME for 3.25 credit units and to- Intercultural Training; Psychological date has completed nine offerings Education Capital in the Global Environment; with 164 attendees. Cross-Cultural Transition for Since 2012, CCCHC has offered CCCHC continues to provide Professionals; Intercultural biannual Bridging the Gap medical QCHP and/or ACCME-accredited Classrooms and Becoming Global interpreters training to the diverse CPD programs for healthcare Souls: Teaching About Curiosity. community of Qatar, and continues professionals. CCCHC delivers More than 180 professionals to do so. cultural competence training attending Education City campuses to WCM-Q students. Through and their affiliates (Hamad Medical CCCHC has launched a new didactic lectures, group Corporation, Qatar University, training program for healthcare discussions, interactive exercises Sidra Medicine, Naufer) benefitted professionals, entitled, Mastering and videos, students learn from QIIC. CCCHC’s role includes Emotional Intelligence. This training about culture and its impact on and is not limited to participating is designed to enhance healthcare healthcare. Some of the topics in developing, organizing and professionals’ skills to manage explored include diversity and evaluating the QIIC programs in the source of their emotions and its impact on healthcare, bias collaboration with the Education behaviors, to learn how to handle and stereotyping, knowing your City campuses. the triggers of their emotions and community, patient’s perspective, to reflect on their social awareness medical interpretation and health CCCHC continues to participate for the benefit of managing disparities and evidence-based in the ‘Comskil training’ module efficient clinical care and optimize traditional healing practices. prepared by Memorial Sloan- patient satisfaction. Students are also trained on how Kettering Cancer Center in New to work with a trained or untrained York. This is a communication- medical interpreter and to prepare training program that focuses on them to communicate effectively End of Life communication skills when language discordance and targets HMC residents and occurs during clerkships. CCCHC specialists. CCCHC contributed to also contributes to WCM-Q new the development and modification employee orientation sessions to of the program to customize it for enable new employees to learn Qatar’s healthcare settings and about the importance of diversity environment. CCCHC conducted in the workplace. two sessions this year (total six hours) in Cultural Competence CCCHC is a core member of the Training for the College of Qatar Institute for Intercultural Pharmacy, Qatar University. The Communication (QIIC), a training is designed to enhance collaborative initiative between pharmacy students’ knowledge, Education City campuses and skills and attitude in cultural the Intercultural Communication competencies in healthcare.

Maha El Nashar, director, of the CCCHC.

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The Student Recruitment and High School Medical Conference United States, while the runners- Medicine Unlimited Community Outreach Office continues to play and High School Research up - 2nd placed Bright Future Outreach Event an active role in advancing young Local Recruitment Competition International School - received nationals’ capacity by preparing iPads and invitations to attend Middle and high school students and developing prospective Qatar’s first High School Medical a research symposium at Sidra from all over Qatar and the students, both academically and Outreach Conference (HSMC) was held, Medicine, and 3rd placed Musab wider region attended Medicine and emotionally, for college inspiring students to forge a career Bin Omair Secondary School Unlimited, the flagship student life in general and medicine in in medicine or the sciences. The received gift vouchers and were recruitment and outreach event conference was held at Qatar of WCM-Q on November 11, 2017. particular. Programs such as the Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program completed the program, six of also invited to the Sidra Medicine Healing Hands, the Qatar Aspiring National Convention Center on event. The flights were partially More than 350 students and family (QADP) whom completed with honorable November 10, 2017 and comprised members visited WCM-Q to tour Doctors Program and the Summer mentions. A total of 13 students paid for by Sahtak Awalan – Your Enrichment Programs continue The QADP is a yearlong program lectures and talks, workshops for Health First, WCM-Q’s health the college’s state-of-the-art of those eligible to apply in this teachers, a school exhibition, and facilities, meet current students, to generate a high yield of quality that runs in parallel with the high admissions cycle applied for campaign. applicants. school academic year, and offers student research presentations. faculty, researchers and staff, and entry to the college, six of whom In addition to the presentations, engage with hands-on simulations academic and career support to a were offered admissions into our Additionally, this year, our inaugural A highlight of the conference the student delegates also heard of the workings of genes, selected number of Qatari students Foundation and Six-Year Medical High School Medical Conference were the research presentations. from Fawziya Al-Khater, assistant molecules and the human body. with strong potential. Nominated Program. Schools across Qatar were given - the first of its kind in the region through their schools, students undersecretary for educational - held on November 10, 2017 at the chance to participate in a affairs at the Ministry of Education Medicine Unlimited is designed have to be highly performing in the The 16 schools the students came student research contest based on to give middle and high school Qatar National Convention Center, sciences and math and to have an from were: Michael E. Debakey High and Higher Education, Dr. Marco was attended by in excess of the UN’s Sustainable Development Ameduri, associate dean for pre- students a glimpse of the world interest to explore medicine as a School, Al Wakra Secondary School Goals. Twenty-five teams from of science and medicine, as 400 participants and more than career. for Girls, Ali Bin Jassim Mohammed medical education at WCM-Q, and 25 schools. Attracting a highly both independent and private three WCM-Q alumni: Dr. Aisha Al- well as the chance to explore Al Thani Independent School, schools entered and chose a topic whether a career as a healthcare professional crowd of educators as Through online modules developed The Gulf English School, Al Maha Yousuf, Dr. Khalid Al-Khelaifi, and Dr. well as prospective students, the and taught by our faculty members under one of four themes: Ensuring Karima Becetti. professional, and training on WCM- Academy for Girls, , healthy lives and promoting well- Q’s world-class six-year Medical conference provided professional and staff, as well as face-to-face Al Bayan Secondary School for development workshops for interactions, students are provided being for all at all ages; ensuring It is intended that the conference Program, would be a good fit for Girls, Amna Bint Wahab Secondary access to water and sanitation for will become an annual event, them. Faculty also took part in schoolteachers, an opportunity for with support to complete modules School for Girls, AlKawther high school students to present in biology, physical sciences, all; making cities inclusive, safe, bringing together highly motivated the event by providing talks and Secondary Girls School, Omar bin resilient and sustainable; and students aspiring to become the hands-on experiences, including Dr. their research, and a platform English for academic purposes and Al Khattab Independent School, for WCM-Q and the participating research skills. ensuring sustainable consumption next generation of medical leaders. Amine Rakab, assistant professor International School of London- and production patterns. Although the main focus of the of medicine and assistant dean for schools to be showcased to the Qatar, Tariq Bin Ziyad Independent A total of 51 students were invited conference is raising awareness clinical learning, who explained the public. School for Boys, The Cambridge to take part in this program, They then took part in a poster about the careers that medicine details of the medical curriculum School, Aljazeera Academy, Qatar Alongside these new initiatives, 46 of whom are Qatari. Thirty- presentation competition in April has to offer, science, technology, to students, and Dr. Ameed Raouf, International School and American the office worked this year on three students have successfully 2018. Fourteen teams made it engineering and math (STEM) will associate professor of anatomy School of Doha. expanding into new regional and through to the finals at the High remain a fundamental core that in radiology, who demonstrated international markets, by reaching School Medical Conference with will enhance and support the the use of anatomage tables. Dr. out to schools in Lebanon, Morocco the top three then selected by a national economy. The conference James Roach, associate professor and Greece in addition to our panel of WCM-Q research experts. also presents a great platform to of chemistry, explained chemical traditional visits to Kuwait, Oman engage educators across these reactions with a series of visually The winning team from Qatar and Jordan. This aims to create an various disciplines to achieve an appealing demonstrations. International School received a additional pipeline of qualified and integrated approach for students fully-funded, one-week trip to diverse prospective students and and prepare them for the future. The 2017 event included more Cornell University in Ithaca in the applicants. than 20 different student activities including the eLibrary, the writing center and guided tours of the research laboratories.

118 119 Student Recruitment Enrichment and Outreach Programs Doctors of the Future York hospitals. They also spent a Scholarships: Healing Hands week at Cornell University in Ithaca Essay Competition where they learned about reading Summer Enrichment to offer students the opportunity Winter Enrichment Program scientific articles and writing and Programs (SEP) to attend pre-medical and medical (Winter-QMEP) The Qatar Doctor of the Future recording research results. The class simulations, tour Hamad Two programs, the Qatar Medical Following nominations from their Scholarships are fully funded, scholarships cover the cost of General Hospital, get hands- Explorer and the Pre-college independent schools, the Winter two-week experiences of a life- travel for the winners along with on experience in laboratories, Enrichment Programs, were Enrichment Program invited time to Weill Cornell Medicine in one of their escorting parents. participate in students’ research New York City. To apply for these offered to high school students projects, and prepare for college students to join the Qatar Medical scholarships, students need to The Healing Hands scholarship during the summer of 2017. A total admissions. Explorer Program (QMEP), during enter the Healing Hands Essay program has proven to be a real of 35 students participated in the the schools’ winter break from 21 Competition. inspiration for Qatari students, Pre-college Enrichment Program, Due to a rigorous application January – 1 February 2018. This encouraging them to study and 34 in the Qatar Medical process, mimicking that of the two-week program was conducted Four Qatari high school students medicine and help fulfill the goals Explorer Program. Participants six-year Medical Program, the with a total of 33 students, 24 from three schools – Michael of Qatar National Vision 2030. This in the SEPs this year were Summer Enrichment Programs of whom were Qatari. Students E. Debakey School for Health year the three winners who were predominantly Qatari and long- have been a great source for spent two weeks learning what it Sciences, Qatar Academy and the eligible for admission to WCM-Q term residents of Qatar, in addition identifying talented young men and is like to train to become a medical who won have all been accepted into either to a number of regional and women who later on enroll into our doctor at WCM-Q. Pre-medical and the Healing Hands essay writing the college’s Foundation or six- international students coming from Foundation and Medical Program. medical faculty members, teaching competition, received WCM-Q’s year Medical Program. as far as Kuwait, Jordan, Canada The yield of this year’s programs assistants, current students, Doctor of the Future Scholarships and the USA. is about 65 percent applications graduates and staff of WCM-Q as their prizes. Thirteen more participants in the from those eligible to apply. delivered the winter session of the essay competition received the Organized during the period July QMEP. During the period July 9 – 20, 2018, judging committee’s honorable 9-20, 2017 both programs continue the winners visited prominent mentions and seven received a research laboratories and spent certificate of participation. that time with distinguished Weill Cornell researchers in major New

The Healing Hands scholarship program helps inspire Qatari students to study medicine. The summer and winter enrichment programs allow high school students to experience life as a medical student.

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Adopt a School Program Counselors’ Workshops, Parents’ School Visits, Open Days and Fairs Discover Education City Fair Open Houses Regional Recruitment Nights and School Fairs The Adopt a School Program The Office of Student Recruitment Discover Education City event took The Office of Student Recruitment The Office of Student Recruitment offers a yearlong relationship with In collaboration with Education & Outreach (SRO) organized place on October 10 and 11, 2017 in & Outreach organized a series and Outreach continues to high schools in Qatar, providing City branch campuses and HBKU, 53 different visits to 40 local the HBKU Student Center ballroom. of open houses offered every participate in the Discover curriculum support, teacher and Doha Counselors Day took place schools in Qatar for recruitment The event is an opportunity to Thursday from September to May, Education City Regional Roadshow counselor training, and workshops on October 2, 2017. About 110 purposes. The visits were in meet prospective students, to high school students and their jointly organized with Education targeted at academic counselors counselors from schools across the form of presentations and parents and school administrators. parents to provide information City branch campuses. During the and schoolteachers. A series Doha were invited to the HBKU fairs to explain admissions Schools across Qatar and their related to application requirements. fall of 2017, the team visited 44 of meetings with key personnel Student Center at Education City requirements, application timelines, parents visited to inquire about Our team provided tours of schools in several locations across of major feeder schools was to discuss the latest requirements the curriculum, and financial aid requirements and application the campus and answered all the region including Kuwait, Muscat, conducted to cement the college’s and updates of all nine universities. opportunities to prospective deadlines. questions as well as providing the and Amman, and was successful relationship with these schools. Dr. The event was in the form of students. The SRO also worked on possibility to meet with faculty and in recruiting a number of highly Rachid Bendriss, assistant dean for presentations to begin with, then raising public awareness for their current students. The SRO team qualified regional candidates. student recruitment, outreach and workshops were formed to more outreach programs such as the also attended to more than 1,000 foundation programs, continues accurately deliver the information. Healing Hands Essay Competition, walk-ins and 3,000 e-mail inquiries This year the regional recruitment to serve on the advisory board of Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program, throughout the year. calendar encompassed new the Debakey High School for Health summer & winter programs, cities, reaching out to three Professions. Medicine Unlimited and the new locations for the first time: newly introduced High School Lebanon, Morocco and Greece. The This year the Adopt a School Research Competition and Medical visits generated a lot of interest Program concluded a very Conference. and promised to provide strong successful school visitation potential for recruiting highly program, attending open days qualified students. and fairs in Qatar as well as participating in joint activities This year, a Qatar Foundation initiative was undertaken to further organized by HBKU. WCM-Q faculty and staff with graduates of the Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program. cement our relations with Kuwait. The office joined QF and other EC representatives to attend a special edition of the Education City fair during the period February 12-14 in Kuwait City. The fair presented a good opportunity to explain our academic programs. Additionally, representatives from the Ministry of Higher Education explained the scholarship program offered to Kuwaiti students wishing to attend EC universities.

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Office of Admissions

The success of WCM-Q continues to grow, leading to strong competition from applicants for a place at the institution. The Office of Admissions report for the year 2017-2018 summarizes the Six-Year Medical Program, admissions process, expected incoming students and their demographics, admissions workshops, staff updates, and the student information system utilized by the Office of Admissions.

Six-Year Medical Program Year Medical Program according backgrounds. Appointed by the Incoming Students these students, 17 students are from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018 to advancement criteria, which dean of WCM-Q, the Committee Qatari. The WCM-Q Foundation enrolled in Fall 2018. In total, four The Six-Year Medical Program During the 2017-2018 academic include academic performance, on Admissions is composed of Program is a one-year program students enrolled in August 2018 integrates the two year pre- year, 365 applications (for the professionalism, and commitment members of the faculty. The dean that prepares students for entry representing three nationalities. medical curriculum and the Six-Year Medical Program) to the profession of medicine. also appoints to the committee to the Six-Year Medical Program. The four students are graduates four-year medical curriculum. Dr. were submitted for the Fall student representatives and ex- It allows students to study the of American University of Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q, 2018 admission. Of the 365 The four-year medical officio members, as appropriate. relevant subjects, in addition to Cairo, Davidson College, McGill announced the new cohesive applications, the Committee curriculum component of the The Committee on Admissions helping them further develop their University, and University of Six-Year Medical Program in on Admissions accepted 49 Medical Program continues to makes final decisions on the study skills and critical thinking Michigan Ann-Arbor. November 2014. The successful candidates directly into the remain available to external suitability of applicants for abilities. The program has been completion of this program program. A further 17 students applicants who have completed a the respective programs. The very successful and continues to leads to the award of the Cornell were promoted from the baccalaureate program at other Office of Admissions continues yield positive results. University Doctor of Medicine Foundation Program into the colleges or universities from to support the Committee on degree. Six-Year Medical Program. around the world. Admissions in their holistic and Admission on to the four-year balanced approach to select a medical curriculum by candidates The fourth class to begin the At the beginning of the 2018/19 Admissions Process diverse and academically well- who completed a baccalaureate Six-Year Medical Program will join academic year, 56 students prepared entering class. program at other college or WCM-Q in August 2018. These WCM-Q seeks applicants who entered the Six-Year Medical universities from around the world students will not have to take uphold the highest academic Program. In this class of 56 was very competitive for Fall part in a separate admissions and personal standards. The students, approximately 70 2018. There were 34 submitted process upon satisfactory Committee on Admissions at percent make their home in Qatar. applications for admission to completion of the pre-medical WCM-Q is tasked to identify the this component of the Medical curriculum. Rather, the students best-qualified applicants from Admission was offered to 21 Program. Of these, four were will progress through the Six- diverse academic and personal candidates for the Foundation offered admission onto the Program for Fall 2018 entry and four-year program. In addition, a 21 enrolled on the program. Of candidate who deferred admission

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As can be seen from the table to the right, of the 81 new students Total number of students who joined WCM-Q programs in 2018 who joined WCM-Q’s Foundation, Six-Year and Four-Year Medical Total Qatari Citizens Programs, 36 (44 percent) are citizens of Qatar. The remaining Foundation Program 21 17 students with diverse cultural and Six-Year Medical Program 56 19 ethnic backgrounds come from other nations. This data indicates Four-Year Medical Curriculum 4 - a strong interest among citizens of Qatar to pursue a medical Total Number 81 36 education at WCM-Q.

Admissions Workshops discussed in the workshops Farhan Aziz, director of admissions at Farhan Aziz answering questions from included required documents WCM-Q, outlines the admissions process. applicants after an admissions workshop. During the 2017-2018 academic for a complete admission file, year, the Office of Admissions tips about interviewing, and hosted five workshops for other relevant areas of common applicants applying for fall 2018 interest. The total attendance for Student Information System to provide further additional these two workshops combined guidance in the admissions was 77 applicants, of whom 14 The application software, process to the Six-Year Medical were citizens of Qatar. Jenzabar-EX, which was launched Program. in September 2013 in strong The Office of Admissions will collaboration with the Educational The workshop, First Step Towards continue to enhance the scope Computing Team, continued to a Complete Application, was held and quality of these workshops in be utilized very effectively. The on October 24, November 14, and the upcoming admissions cycles system allows WCM-Q to capture December 5, 2017 which covered to provide a better understanding student information from when the online application process. The about the overall admissions an applicant makes their initial total attendance for all three of process at WCM-Q. inquiry all the way through to these workshops combined was when they become a graduate of 68 applicants, of which 16 were New Appointments/Staff Claudia Mihaescu co-presenting one the college. citizens of Qatar. Updates of the Admissions workshops. The Office of Admissions The workshop, Next Steps During the 2017-2018 academic continues to utilize the system to Towards a Complete Application year, Ms. Claudia Mihaescu was improve its efforts in providing was conducted on January 22 promoted to the position of appropriate guidance and timely and February 6, 2018. Topics assistant director of admissions. processing of all applications. This in turn allows and facilitates timely and careful review of applications by the Committee on Admissions.

Buran Zu'bi providing guidance for applicants at one of the five workshops that the division held.

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The Division of Student Affairs (SA) supports the academic, Student Life personal and professional growth and development of all WCM-Q students. Orientation Programs for lunch. They also collected, sorted, and packed donations The core services provided by In August 2017 and for the first from the college to be donated to the division are coordinating time, the Division of Student Qatar charities. Medical students and implementing orientation Affairs in collaboration with the visited the Qatar Diabetes Society, programs and special events, Foundation, Pre-medical and meeting the staff and doctors student academic counselling, and Medical Programs, hosted a joint and learning about the society’s personal and career counselling; orientation for all the incoming programs and the services it registration and academic record- students. The orientation provides to diabetic patients in keeping through the Office of welcomed the new students Qatar. The visit helped students the Registrar; and administrative to the campus and introduced begin to connect with their chosen support to all pre-medical and them to the education programs, profession and develop a deeper medical student organizations. In administration, faculty and staff of understanding of their role in partnership with Qatar Foundation, WCM-Q. The orientation lasted for treating patients, and not just their the division also provides support three days and was attended by diseases. to students seeking to secure students from the three programs. residency permits, housing, local Students attended joint sessions The orientation program was health insurance, international that focused on campus rules, concluded with the Opening visas and exit permits. regulations and policies in addition Exercises - a celebration to to other separate sessions that welcome the new students to were program customized. the college. During the event, the students starting their pre-medical With the collaborative efforts of curriculum received the Ibn Sina the student orientation leaders, pin while the students starting the student ambassadors and medical curriculum received their members of the Medical Student first stethoscopes and white coats. Executive Council in Qatar, the More than 500 guests attended students engaged in interactive the event and celebrated with the sessions to develop pride in their new students in both programs. new WCM-Q community as well Dr. Abdul Badi Abou-Samra, the as understand their academic chairman of the Department of requirements. Students also Internal Medicine at Hamad Medical participated in different social Corporation delivered the keynote activities and icebreakers that speech. focused on teamwork, cooperation, cultural awareness and communication skills.

To raise awareness and involve students in community service activities, the orientation program included a variety of activities for the students. The foundation and pre-medical students hosted the custodial staff and security guards

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In addition MSEC-Q introduced including: a bake sale, creative activities organized by various the following new initiatives and stations, Iftar, escape room, and a clubs at WCM-Q. The event was changes: charity debate event. They raised held in collaboration with QF and QAR13,400 which was donated to Qatar Petrochemical Company. • Restructuring the MSEC-Q the Education Above All charity. elections which allows the The Family Medicine Interest president and vice president Hematology & Oncology Interest Group: The FMIG held multiple to run on one ticket. They also Group (HOIG): HOIG hosted the student and community events moved the time of the elections Breast Cancer Awareness and in 2017, interacting with students to March/April, 2018. Fundraiser, in October 2017 in at WCM-Q and the community • Establishing an MSEC-Q the HBKU Student Center. The outside. They included a successful newsletter. campaign helped educate the blood donation drive, a total public about breast cancer - the of 40 students volunteering at • Establishing an MSEC-Q most common cancer in women - two medical camps, to provide external website, and; in collaboration with Qatar Cancer healthcare consultations to • Creating the MSEC-Q office. Society (QCS), Qatar Biomedical expatriate manual workers, an Research Institute and Al-Ahli experiential day at a health center According to their interests, Hospital. More than 250 people for juniors, and a phlebotomy students form groups to establish attended the event, and raised workshop in CSSL. and lead different specialized clubs QAR127,000 for QCS. and organizations that focus on WCM-Q Debate Club: Club sports, charity, medical specialties, Women’s Basketball Team: The members claimed first place in the drama, music, photography, team came second in the Qatar Qatar Universities Debate League etc. Currently, WCM-Q has 37 2017 Universities Basketball Cup in March 2018. They also won officially recognized clubs and League (Women’s Division). the Best Novice Speaker award, organizations. presented to Shehroz Rana. Big Red Fitness: Seven students Student Clubs and Activities to implement ideas students have performances that represented the WCM-Q clubs and organizations competed in the HBKU Powerlifting ROTA: In April 2018, ROTA organized regarding services, food, space different cultures through dances, are becoming more active every Competition in November 2017. a bazaar for the WCM-Q support In addition to their busy academic and curriculum. songs, music and wedding parties, year and below is the list of their Zain Ali Burney achieved third staff. ROTA collected donations life, students are very active in in addition to a fashion show. major achievements for this year: place in the under-75kg class. from the staff and students before extracurricular activities through MSEC-Q also hosts a number of Basem Ali came third in the over- this event, and also organized a organizing events and activities, annual events to celebrate the Another popular event that Indian Subcontinent Heritage 75kg class, with second place lunch for the workers. forming clubs and organizations culture and diversity of the WCM-Q students look forward to is the Association (ISHA): On 19 October going to Ali Abdelati. and representing their colleagues community such as International town hall meeting with Dr. Javaid 2017 ISHA hosted, for the first In addition, Student Affairs as members of the Medical Night, Club Fest, Basant and the Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q. During time at WCM-Q, the celebration Qatari Student Association: In inaugurated its first student- Student Executive Council Med Gala. the meeting students voice their of the Indian festival of Diwali with November 2017, QSA participated led musical ensemble called (MSEC-Q). MSEC-Q is the student concerns, ask questions, and learn food, games, music and cultural in the organization of the Qatar Unplugged. Nine musicians governing body of the college. WCM-Q and CMU-Q pooled their more about the college’s strategic activities. National Day celebrations in featuring students from across the Comprising four representatives resources and talent this year long-term plans. The meeting was collaboration with Education City different year groups, entertained Muslim Student Association from each of the seven classes, and organized a joint International held in March 2018 and attended by branch campuses and Qatar the gathering at the WCM-Q (MSA): The Muslim Student from the Foundation to the final Night. More than 600 students, students, staff and faculty. Foundation. The QSA organized the Faculty Awards Dinner in May Association hosted Charity year of the Medical Program, faculty and staff attended the children’s arts and crafts section. 2017. Keen interest continues in Week (22 October to 26 October they are vital for supporting and event. The event showcased MSEC-Q also introduced new music and the aspiration is to have 2017) in collaboration with the Pediatrics Interest Group: In March advocating for student interests. the students, faculty and staff events such as the Student-Faculty students perform at events more other schools in Education City. 2018, the Pediatrics Interest Group MSEC-Q works closely with student from different nationalities and Majlis, Big Red Social and the frequently. They organized different events hosted the Children's Health and affairs staff and other divisions cultures represented by food and Wellness Week. costumes. The program included Science Fair, with booths and

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Recognition of Academic Counseling and Academic Achievement Advising

Pre-medical students who Committed to creating a nurturing achieved academic excellence in environment to optimize student the fall 2016 and spring 2017 terms learning, the Academic Counseling were inducted onto the Dean’s Team offers student academic, Honor List at a ceremony held at personal and career support. They the Intercontinental Hotel. In the fall provide vital workshops, seminars, The Office of the Registrar to align the dates for all campuses Financial Aid and Scholarship: of 2016 semester, a total of 38 and individual counseling with to start and end together. The The office administers/supports/ pre-medical students made it to students to foster the development The Office of the Registrar is registrar at each host campus maintains sponsored students’ the list, 11 from pre-medical year of study skills and effective time- responsible for the following manages the cross registration of information and sponsors’ one and 27 from pre-medical year management. The counselors also functions/areas: students, ensuring access to both requests. The Office of the two. assist students with registration campus and course materials on Registrar is responsible for Student Registrations: This for standardized exams (MCAT and the system. Following the latest supporting new students’ In the spring of 2017 semester, a includes: USMLE); preparing for residency agreement between Carnegie scholarship applications each total of 34 students made it to the interviews by providing guidance a) collecting and providing Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) year and updating the GPAs for list, 12 from pre-medical year one and organizing mock interviews; information on courses offered for and WCM-Q, our campus manages sponsored students each term. and 22 from pre-medical year two. and provide guidance in preparing both the pre-medical curriculum the course registration of CMU-Q’s personal statements and resumes. and the medical curriculum Institutional Research, Statistics The ceremony also recognized the biomedical science students in the They also conduct structured departments according to the and Reporting: The Office of the achievements of two Foundation courses they require to graduate. academic advising committee different academic calendars, Registrar is the focal point for Program students who were meetings and coordinate Student Immunization: The reports on numbers, and student honored for academic excellence b) registering students on different psychological, psychiatric, and Office of the Registrar ensures statistics. over the past year. Several pre- courses in the SIS (Student other referrals as needed. that students are compliant medical students celebrated a Information System) according to with WCM-Q and WCM-NY Promotion and Graduation and double success as they qualified the class level of the student, The student academic counselors student health and immunization Graduation Audit: The office for the honor list in both terms. The c) coordinating elective scheduling have made strides this year in requirements and procedures, as organizes student assessment, event was attended by students’ at HMC and NYC for third and student outreach, conducting well as immunization requirements promotion and graduation families and friends, WCM-Q staff fourth year students, wellness activities and improving for international college trips. committee meetings and prepares and faculty. Dr. Tania Jaber, an relationships with students. They d) ensuring correspondence with Additionally, the office is and distributes confidential grade alumna from the Class of 2011, have also signed up more than the New York academic affairs responsible for suspending the reports for the committee’s delivered the keynote speech and 70 students for the Association office and other affiliated sites in registration of students who are discussion, maintains minutes provided the students with words of American Medical Colleges’ regards to fourth year medical not compliant with the college’s of committee deliberation, and of wisdom and advice. Careers in Medicine program, students’ electives, immunization policies. performs graduation audits which has helped many students e) implementing the college’s for each student expected to make informed choices about eligibility policy and procedure for The office has also worked with graduate. which specialties and residencies students. The office also prepares ITS to design and implement ERAS Application and post-Match to pursue. transcript and grade reports as a tracking system to monitor Support: Administers the students’ requested by students and others. requirements and notify students whose immunizations may be out- ERAS applications on the ECFMG Cross Registration: The registrars of-date. The office maintains the site and supports the matched at different branch campuses meet confidentiality of all student health students with their J1 visa process. monthly to discuss the academic records. calendars and cross registration

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Financial Aid and Scholarship Graduation & Convocation Engagement WCM-Q selects students on The annual senior honors merit only, and the Committee on convocation recognizes the Admissions screens, evaluates, academic achievements of Eid Charity Drive International Service Learning and and accepts students without graduating students. Awards Community Service knowledge of their ability to pay. were given based on outstanding Student Affairs ran its annual Students who require financial performance in courses and charity drive for donations for In August of 2017, eight pre- assistance apply directly to clerkships as well as in research those in need in July 2017. New medical students along with two HBKU’s financial aid program. and community service. At the students were engaged in wrapping faculty members traveled to Depending upon their citizenship, graduation ceremony on May and packing up the items received. Mwanza in Tanzania to take part several avenues of financial 2, 2018, 34 students took the Such items included clothes, shoes, in a summer service learning trip. assistance are available to WCM-Q Hippocratic Oath and received their electrical, and household articles. Participants partnered with a local students. Qatari students may diplomas. organization, Reach and Support be sponsored by Sidra, or by All (RASA), to screen the Mwanza Many of the class members will the Qatari government through community for hypertension pursue their residency training the Higher Education Institute and diabetes. Over three days, in the United States, while others (currently Ministry of Education stationed in different places, the will stay in Doha to finalize and Higher Education). Sponsored participants screened the local their training in Hamad Medical students are usually provided population. Additionally, the team Corporation. The remainder chose with tuition assistance as well as visited local dispensaries and the to pursue research and graduate a stipend to cover their books, Weill Bugando Hospital and had studies in Doha or the United supplies, and other costs. Hamad the opportunity to explore the States. Seventeen graduates of Medical Corporation, the Ministry different departments which gave the Class of 2018 graduated side of Administrative Development, a clear image of what healthcare by side with their peers from WCM Labor and Social Affairs have also in a developing country looks like. in New York in Carnegie Hall on recently developed a sponsorship During the trip’s activities, the 31 May. Later that night, an Iftar/ program specifically for Qatari participants met with students and dinner was held at the Almayass nationals who are studying at Club Fest faculty from the Bugando campus Restaurant to honor the graduates WCM-Q. Non-Qatari students can and exchanged information about and their families. In collaboration with Student also apply for Sidra sponsorship, the different education and clinical Affairs, MSEC-Q held the annual but most are self-funded or systems in both countries. The Club Fest event in September 2017. apply to Qatar Foundation (QF) team also enjoyed the Serengeti The festival aims to encourage for financial assistance through and Ngorongoro crater, as well as new and current students to an interest-free loan program the beautiful wildlife and nature of engage in extracurricular activities. established by QF. In addition, Tanzania. QF may offer a number of merit Representatives from 24 student scholarships per year for students organizations set their exhibitions after spending one year in the to reflect their vision, goals and Medical Program. accomplishments. The clubs’ representatives interacted with the participants through games, activities, competitions, posters and media. External organizations who expressed their interest in recruiting students for their activities, such as Qatar Debate and Doha Film Institute, hosted tables during the event. The event was very successful; more than 150 participants attended the event.

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International Student Exchange During the eight-day trip, the Program participating team visited WCM-Q’s Clinical Skills and Simulation Lab The Office of Student Affairs where they saw hi-tech learning supports and offers a wide range aids such as electronic medical of global community learning mannequins and an anatomage opportunities to the pre-medical table – a human-sized touchscreen and medical students. display for visualizing the human anatomy. In its most recent effort, the Office of Student Affairs has expanded The team also toured Education the Weill-Bugando, Tanzania City and healthcare institutions program to invite additional around Doha, including Hamad regional schools to participate in Medical Corporation, Al Gharaffa the program. This initiative, the Health Center, Rumaillah International Student Exchange Psychiatric Hospital and Rawdat Program, aims to help participants Al Khail Wellness Center. learn about various medical curricula offered by regional The trip was very successful and medical schools, observe clinical highly commended by participants. encounters with students during clinical rotations, examine various In January 2018 a return delegation educational methods including of four WCM-Q medical students problem-based learning, and and three staff members visited experience various aspects of the College of Medicine and country/region specific population Health Studies at Sultan Qaboos health programs and cultural University in Oman for a week. activities. The program also During the visit the team met with provides the opportunity for the the dean, faculty and students of participants to meet and interact the college, learning about their with faculty, staff, and students. curriculum and programs. During their visit, WCM-Q students visited In December 2017, five medical the Sultan Qaboos University colleges from the region Hospital, clinical skills center and participated in the program and the simulation labs. The team spent one week at Weill Cornell participated in a health promotion Medicine-Qatar. The program and chronic disease campaign. brought two students and one To learn more about Oman and faculty member from each of Omani culture, the students visited the participating colleges. The Old Muscat, Souq Mutrah, Wadi participating colleges were An- Shab, the Muscat Opera House, Najah National University of Nablus, and Qurum Beach. They were Palestine; Dow International joined on many of their activities Medical College of Karachi, by students from Sultan Qaboos ; Kasturba Medical College University. of Mangalore, India; the American University of Beirut, Lebanon; The program feedback and and the College of Medicine and evaluations will guide the further Health Studies at Sultan Qaboos development of the program. University, Oman.

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His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdul Wahid Al- Development Hammadi, the minister of education and higher education, Dr. Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q, representatives of Sahtak Awalan's strategic partners and children who have participated in Project Greenhouse.

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The Office of Communications Khayr Qatarna Khayr Qatarna was launched community project and we want has continued to build upon the at an event attended by more to give back to the community and success of its Sahtak Awalan Sahtak Awalan is Qatar’s premier than 1,500 children who have to Qatar. Hence, by growing large – Your Health First campaign, health campaign, introducing been directly involved with volumes of fruit and vegetables launching new initiatives, expanding hundreds of thousands of Project Greenhouse, along with we are able to contribute to others, and winning awards. The people to the concept that senior representatives of Sahtak Qatar’s food security and campaign remains committed - good health does not have to Awalan’s strategic partners; reduce its reliance on imports. with the support of our strategic mean restrictions to personal the Ministry of Public Health, partners - to improving the health enjoyment; exercise can be fun Qatar Foundation, the Ministry of The latter is of particular of people throughout Qatar and healthy diets can be delicious. Education and Higher Education, importance due to the current and educating them about the the Ministry of Environment political situation in the Gulf. The importance of a healthy lifestyle. Numerous initiatives have been and Municipality, ExxonMobil, concept of food sustainability launched but perhaps its biggest Occidental Petroleum and the and food security is vital for success has been Project Supreme Committee for Delivery Qatar, hence the country now Greenhouse which, since its and Legacy. Without the support has a dairy herd and there has launch, has provided more than of these partners Sahtak Awalan, been a significant expansion 130 schools across Qatar with and the many associated initiatives of agriculture, leading to far greenhouses, soil, plant pots and would not be able to operate more food in supermarkets that fruit and vegetable seeds. This has as successfully as they have. has been grown locally. Khayr allowed children to learn about the Qatarna wants to complement environment and sustainability, All the fruit and vegetables for this, providing the community taught them how to grow plants Khayr Qatarna are grown by with fresh, locally-grown food and where their food comes from, professional gardeners and include sold under the Khayr Qatarna and most importantly shown them a range of produce; tomatoes, brand, and also allowing our the benefits of healthy eating. cucumbers, bell peppers and children to take a role in the eggplants have all been harvested nation’s food security. Project Greenhouse has now with more varieties planned for the taken the scheme to the next future. The crops are then made Producing more food locally also level and introduced the Khayr available for sale under the Khayr reduces the environmental impact Qatarna program, which has seen Qatarna brand, with all proceeds of importing fruit, vegetables and three large-scale greenhouses being reinvested in the project. meat by air, and offers shoppers installed at selected schools, the chance to purchase fresher with more greenhouses to Importantly for Weill Cornell food at the supermarkets. follow. These greenhouses are Medicine – Qatar, the initiative Reducing transportation miles being used to grow fruit and has both educational and socio- also helps to reduce costs and vegetables that the Ministry of economic aims. Khayr Qatarna is it is a matter of pride for Sahtak Environment and Municipality is helping to teaching students about Awalan and Khayr Qatarna that all distributing through local Al Meera the importance of sustainable of its crops are grown in Qatar and supermarkets. Students continue food production while learning that they have all been granted to be involved and are able to about the environment, economics the status of ‘Premium Products’ visit the greenhouses, learning and the health benefits of fruits - an indication of their freshness more about food production, and vegetables. In addition, and quality - by the Ministry of logistics and economics. Sahtak Awalan is very much a Municipality and Environment.

Khayr Qatarna grows fruit and vegetables on a large scale, (above) before being sold under the Khayr Qatarna brand (top photograph) at local supermarkets.

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The Color Run

Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First brought The Color Run to Qatar for the fourth time in the biggest and most colorful staging of the event yet.

Held at Qatar National Convention Centre, more than 9,000 runners completed the ‘Happiest 5K on the planet’ and got coated from head- to-toe in a tropical array of colors each kilometer of the course until the finish line.

Participants included the young and old, veterans and first-time Color Runners, who walked, jogged or ran the five-kilometer course. Runners were then treated to the Finish Festival, featuring music and massive color throws.

The aim was to demonstrate that everyone can exercise, no matter what their current physical fitness, and that exercise can be fun.

Yalla Natural provides fun and entertainment while teaching children and young people about healthy lifestyles.

Yalla Natural Celebrates The Yalla Natural trailer was in National Day situ at Darb Al Saai for the entire ten days of celebrations, helping Sahtak Awalan - Your Health First, to spread a message of health, wellness and togetherness that The Color Run is one of Qatar's most popular public events. the flagship public health campaign of WCM-Q, shared inspirational supports the inspiring Qatar health messages, advice and National Day vision of community activities at Darb Al Saai as solidarity. thousands of people gathered to Schoolchildren flocked to the celebrate Qatar National Day. Your Health First trailer, enjoying As the celebrations got underway the opportunity to create health- with a flag-raising ceremony, the themed artworks, receive free Your Health First Yalla Natural healthy recipe cards, plant seed trailer was in place inside the Qatar pots to grow their own fruit and Foundation tent at Darb Al Saai vegetables at home, pedal on the to dispense free health tips and blender bikes and sample tasty seed pots, offer health-related fruit smoothies. art sessions and give visitors the chance to make healthy fruit smoothies using only pedal power on the ever-popular blender bikes.

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Generation Amazing about fresh, organic sustainable International Award for Sahtak Back to School Mall of Qatar over the Eid Al Adha food and recipes, the planting Awalan period. The gifts were branded with Schoolchildren and families from tables allowed children to plant Children across the country the Sahtak Awalan – Your Health across Qatar learned about health seeds and take them home to An international environmental returned to school from the long First campaign. and had the chance to learn new grow, and the blender bikes organization presented the summer holidays with a passion skills from professional football proved to be another hit, letting Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First for health, thanks to a partnership The partnership between the coaches thanks to Sahtak Awalan children make their own delicious campaign with a prestigious award between Sahtak Awalan – Your Back to School campaign and and the Supreme Committee for and healthy smoothies using only for sustainability. Health First and the Ministry for Sahtak Awalan will help children Delivery and Legacy. pedal-power. Education and Higher Education. and young people take care The Energy Globe Foundation, of their own health. Along with Sahtak Awalan – Your Health The main draw for the crowds, which is based in Austria, Students received schoolbags the nutrition cards, the water First partnered with the Supreme though, was the football pitch, announced that Sahtak Awalan containing information to help bottles will help ensure that the Committee’s Generation Amazing allowing children to play games was the 2018 winner of the Energy children learn more about students returning to school stay initiative to provide a range of fun, and learn new skills from Globe Award for the State of Qatar. health. As part of the Ministry well-hydrated throughout the exciting and healthy activities at professional coaches. The prize honors projects across of Education’s Back to School day, and a magnetic food guide the 2017 World Innovation Summit the globe that raise awareness program, Your Health First for the refrigerator will serve as for Education (WISE) Festival at As well as attracting thousands about the sustainable use of distributed thousands of school a reminder at home about the Katara Cultural Village. of guests throughout the week, resources and which make a real bags, lunchboxes, water bottles, importance of diet in staying fit schools from across Qatar were difference to the future of our pencil cases and food information and healthy. Sahtak Awalan’s Yalla Natural invited to visit the activities each planet. It was an endorsement cards to young students at the Trailer was there to provide advice morning. of the campaign’s initiatives and the support given by Sahtak Awalan’s strategic partners: Qatar Professional footballer Abdulla Afifa Foundation, the Ministry of Public plays a game with some of the Health, the Ministry of Education visiting schoolchildren. and Higher Education, the Ministry of Environment and Municipality, Occidental Petroleum, ExxonMobil, and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for their belief in the campaign.

This year, more than 182 countries participated in the Energy Globe Awards and there were over 2,000 entries. With such strong engagement, the award is considered to be the most prestigious environmental and sustainability prize worldwide. Having been selected as the national winner of the Energy Globe Award, Sahtak Awalan will now be considered for the international prize.

The Back to School campaign helps children take care of their own health.

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150 151 152 400 2002-2017students, of Total number 400 2001-2017 numbers, staff & Faculty Statistics 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 0

2002 25 2001/02 0 0

2003 52 2002/03 17 17

2004 90 2003/04 12 54

2005 130 2004/05 20 96

2006 150 2005/06 51 112

2007 204 2006/07 61 132

2008 239 2007/08 0 60 147

2009 262 2008/09 3 57 166 research program. research the in positions postdoctoral includes non-faculty York. New in Academic residing those include 2017 1, and of July year. as are staff for Figures academic the within active considered payroll WCM-Q the on those all include faculty for Figures 272 8 60 195 2010 2009/10 Staff

2011 269 attrition from incoming classes in subsequent years. any 2017, reflect and September of as are Figures 2010/11 21 64 234

2012 273 2011/12 37 64 260 Faculty

2013 284 2012/13 52 66 282 Academic (Non-Faculty) 2014 288 2013/14 51 65 288

2015 291 2014/15 48 65 318

2016 296 2015/16 55 70 342 Students

2017 305 2016/17 27 76 332 225 900 2002-2017 Program, entering Pre-Medical the Profile of classes 675 450 40 30 20 10 0 0 Male Enrollment 9 99 25 2002 17 2002 10 134 31 2003 21 2003 23 Female Applicants 204 48 2004 25 2004 30 200 57 2005 27 2005 26 238 46 20 2006 2006 26 320 35 2007 2007 61 28 539 33 2008 2008 61 27 822 60 2009 33 2009 25 603 48 2010 23 2010 24 392 42 18

2011 2011 Total Applicants and Enrollment 29 438 44 2012 19 2012 14 438 30 2013 2013 41 19 444 43 2014 24 2014 17

Gender Profile Gender 373 50 2015 33 2015 24 382 49 2016 25 2016 20 411 43 2017 23 2017 153 Profile of entering medical students, September 2017

Syrian Arab Republic Citizenship of student body 2017 Jordan Lebanon Bahrain

Qatar Egypt China Albania

Sweden

Slovenia

Canada Germany

Algeria

Korea

Morocco

United Kingdom

Nigeria

Students of WCM-Q come Tunisia from across the world. Sudan Australia United States

Palestinian Territory Singapore Stats Ethiopia

20 Saudi Arabia 3.43 Oman Sri Lanka

India Average college GPA Average age (September 2017) Pakistan

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Robert S. Harrison, Javaid I. Sheikh, MD Omar Baki Chairman, Board of Trustees Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar Director, Human Resources

Martha E. Pollack, PhD Robert Crone, MD Jamie Marie Gray President Vice Dean for Clinical & Faculty Director, Distributed eLibrary Affairs Shahzad Jafri Ramin Sedehi Chief Information Officer Chief Administrative Officer Weill Cornell Sameer Kalash Medicine Marco Ameduri, PhD Director, Finance and Business Associate Dean for Pre-medical Services Education Jessica Bibliowicz Chair, Board of Overseers Thurayya Arayssi, MD Senior Associate Dean for Robert Appel Medical Education and Continuing Vice Chair Professional Development

Robert A. Belfer Khaled Machaca, PhD Vice Chair Associate Dean for Research

Jeffrey Feil Ravinder Mamtani, MD, MSc Vice Chair Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Population Health, Capacity Building Barbara B. Friedman and Student Affairs Vice Chair Bakr Nour, MD Sanford I. Weill Senior Advisor to the Dean Chair Emeritus Nesreen Al-Rifai Augustine M.K. Choi, MD Chief Communications Officer Structure Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University

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