Dr. Reem Al Sulaiman
Dr. Reem is the Interim Deputy Chair of the Medical Genetics Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Consultant in Genetic Counseling in Oncology. In addition to her clinical and leadership roles in medical genetics, Dr. Reem is also the Assistant Chair of Rare Disease MDT and Research Committee (Doha-Heidelberg) at HMC, the Vice President of Qatar Network of Medical Genetics and a member of Qatar Precision Medicine Institute’s (QPMI) Clinical Council and member of the National Qatar Genome Project Committee (QGP).
Dr. Reem had completed her clinical training and fellowship in genetic counseling from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and was trained in different subspecialties of genetics including prenatal, pediatrics and adult genetics with a great focus on cancer genetics as her main area of interest. Dr. Reem was trained in multiple prestigious institutions in the USA including Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York Presbyterian and Columbia Medical Centre in New York. Dr. Reem then gained the American Board of Genetic Counselling and became the first Qatari National Board-Certified Genetic Counselor in the country. Dr. Reem also received her PhD in cancer counselling and psychotherapy from University of Wales, Regents College in London and her research was honored as one of the 100 breakthroughs in the UK in 2018. Dr. Reem has multiple prestigious publications in the field of pediatrics and adult clinical and cancer genetics with special interest in rare disorders.
