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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 WELCOME TO WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE-QATAR ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Contents Leadership Report 06 Joint Advisory Board 08 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education 10 Medical Education 16 Continuing Professional Development 36 Clinical and Faculty Affairs 56 Research 64 Institute for Population Health 76 Student Outreach and Educational Development 94 Admissions 102 Student Affairs 108 Community Development 116 Statistics 128 Leadership Structure 134 WCM-Q Publications 136 In addition to the continued pursuit and achievement of excellence, the past year also saw a marked intensification and expansion of WCM-Q’s engagement with external institutions. Leadership Report Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh, Dean. The last 12 months has seen our a leadership role and providing a This expanding influence as a regional and our commitment to nurturing a strong institution continue to reach the forum for the sharing of expertise international leader in medical education homegrown pool of local research talent very highest standards across and knowledge, benefiting every and biomedical research is testament to and engendering a forward-looking culture a wide range of competencies, party involved and frequently the ever greater ambition and confidence that embraces innovation. with our faculty excelling in the leading to the conception and we feel as an institution, and speaks spheres of education, patient launch of exciting new projects. volumes about the unstinting support and In a similar vein, this year’s graduating class care and research, our students This year, for example, WCM-Q enlightened guidance we continue to receive – the Class of 2019 – contained a strong achieving extraordinary results, led the way with events sharing from Qatar Foundation and the leadership contingent of Qatari nationals and long- and our alumni attaining prominent expertise on subjects as diverse of the State of Qatar, for which we remain term residents, demonstrating WCM-Q’s positions in elite healthcare and wide-ranging as simulation- extremely grateful. ongoing commitment to unlocking the organizations all over the world - based learning, the law and ethics human potential of local young people. Once all supported by our fantastically of genetic medicine, lifestyle Happily, this wonderful support also again, our graduates matched at some of dedicated and professional staff. medicine, continuing medical continued to bear fruit in the realm of the world’s most prestigious institutions in education and systematic review research, with several ground-breaking Qatar and the US, and we are confident that In addition to the continued pursuit research. Other important studies by WCM-Q investigators appearing as they move on with their careers they will and achievement of excellence, events included a regional in leading journals in 2018-19. Successes continue to thrive, thanks in no small part to the past year also saw a marked summit convened in Doha by included research into anti-cancer the ethos of hard work, intellectual curiosity intensification and expansion WCM-Q to adapt international compounds found in plants, the effects of and humanitarianism instilled in them during of WCM-Q’s engagement with guidelines for the management desert cyanobacteria on neurodegenerative their time at WCM-Q and Qatar Foundation. external institutions at local, of rheumatoid arthritis to the diseases, hepatitis C prevalence in the I am truly thankful to every member of regional and international level. Eastern Mediterranean region, the MENA region, the effects of date fruits the WCM-Q community for embodying Indeed, when reviewing individual annual WCM-Q Research Retreat on human metabolism, the links between and upholding these characteristics, which WCM-Q activities and events, that showcased the innovations diabetes and breast cancer, and a great underpin everything we do here. I hope one is struck by how many of emanating from our world-class many others. In addition, our programs you will take great pleasure in reviewing them involve collaborations with laboratories, and the inaugural that provide research skills training to within the pages of this Annual Report the multiple external institutions, WCM-Q Medical Education young Qatari nationals with a passion achievements that these qualities have oftentimes with WCM-Q playing Research Forum, to name but a few. for science continued apace, underlining made possible. 6 7 Qatar Foundation Ex-Officio Representatives Members H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari Javaid I. Sheikh, MD Co-Chair, WCM-Q Joint Advisory Board Dean Minister of Public Health Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar Dr. Abdulla Mohd. Essa A. Al Kaabi, MD, FAAP, FRCPC Ms. Jessica Bibliowicz Chief Medical Officer and Member of the Board, Chairman, Board of Overseers Sidra Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine WCM-Q Joint Pediatric Nephrologist, Sidra Medicine Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, WCM-Q. Ahmed M. Hasnah, PhD President Richard O’Kennedy, BSc, PhD, CBiol, FRSB, FIBiolI, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Advisory Board DipFS, DipCS, DipComputing, MRIA Vice-President for Research, Development and Machaille Hassan Al Naimi Innovation, Qatar Foundation President of Community Development Vice-President for Research, Hamad Bin Khalifa Qatar Foundation Members University, Qatar The Joint Advisory Board provides advice and assistance to the dean and the governing parties of WCM-Q. Cornell University 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, Practitioners Weill Cornell Medicine Trustee, the International Medical Education Trust Member, Board of Overseers, Weill Cornell Medicine Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University Victor J.Dzau, MD President, US National Academy of Medicine Vice-Chair, US National Research Council Charles G. Prober, MD Senior Associate Vice-Provost and Founding Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Health Education 8 9 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education 10 11 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education The Foundation Program in medicine and inspire students Outside the classroom, Foundation They researched their theme to pursue their academic and Program students observe doctors in the literature and used career interests. Speakers have and healthcare workers in action their findings to interpret their come from a variety of medical to experience the complexity of observations and experiences. As specialties, with recent guests the medical profession first-hand. a summative exercise, the students including the WCM-Q dean, Dr. Students in the foundation English developed research posters that Javaid Sheikh (psychiatry), Dr. course shadowed doctors at synthesized their literature review, Robert Crone (clinical pediatrics), Sidra Medicine to understand how observations, and inferences. This Dr. Ravinder Mamtani (population they relate to their patients and innovative project encouraged health), Dr. Bakr Nour (surgery), colleagues from other healthcare students to think critically about Dr. Mohamud A. Verjee (family professions. Students focused the elements of effective medical medicine), as well as WCM-Q on one of five themes to guide practice, especially those that alumni Dr. Ahmed Al-Qahtani, Dr. their observations: teamwork, often fall outside the formal Sanabel Al-Akras, and Dr. Noor leadership, empathy, emotional curriculum. Alkhori (radiology). intelligence, and professionalism. Foundation students study the basic sciences, English and certain pre-medical courses. The Foundation Program at special studies in biology. Students the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad WCM-Q aims to enhance who successfully complete al-Thani. Latifa Mahmoud, Alya the knowledge and skills of their academic courses earn a Ashkanani, and Ghalia Ashkanani academically talented Qatari certificate of completion and, were presented with the gold students to build a strong basis upon meeting appropriate criteria, award while Asma Al-Kaabi for success in the six-year medical promotion to WCM-Q’s six-year received the platinum award. This program. Since its inception in medical program. honor places them among the best 2007, the Foundation Program has students in Qatar, demonstrating attended to students individually, Foundation Program students exceptional dedication to learning. helping them achieve their full have been nationally recognized potential as independent, lifelong for exceptional academic During the year, Foundation learners. Foundation students earn achievement. In March 2019, four Program students attend the Dr. Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q (center) delivered college credit through courses Foundation Program students were Medical Career Seminar, which a careers seminar speech to the foundation students. in basic sciences and English honored for their accomplishments hosts distinguished guest speakers as a second language (ESL), as in secondary school at the 12th and leaders in the healthcare well as pre-medical courses like Qatar Education Excellence community. The seminars offer global health and disease and Awards, sponsored by His Highness early exposure to career pathways 12 13 Foundation and Pre-Medical Education and Dr. Noora Al Hammadi, chair professional publication process of humanities fields like literature, of the Department of Radiation submission, peer review, revision history, politics, religion, art, and The Pre-Medical Curriculum Oncology and senior consultant and proofreading.