Samar Al-Emadi

 

Samar Al-Emadi is a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Fellowship Program Director in Rheumatology, and is the Head of Rheumatology Division at Hamad General Hospital, Qatar. She is also an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. She is a faculty member for the Clinical Teaching Program in Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, and Stanford Faculty Development Center for Clinical Teachers.

 

Al-Emadi received her medical degree from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, KSA. She had her internship and part of her residency at Hamad General Hospital, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Western in London, Ontario, Canada. She then completed her Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada afterward completed her fellowship training in pregnancy and rheumatic disease for six months with Professor Carl Laskin. She has been certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American internal medicine and rheumatology board. In 2005, she was able to establish a pregnancy and rheumatic disease clinic in Hamad General Hospital. She has also completed her Master of Business Administration degree at London Business School.

 

Currently, Dr. Samar Al-Emadi is a member of multiple corporate committees, a member of the Governance and Strategy of Hamad Medical Corporation Research Committee, Hamad Medical Corporation IRB, and Steering Committee for OPD Development. She is also a member of multiple committees locally and regionally, including numerous advisory boards.

 

Al-Emadi has received multiple research grants: the QNRF Grant to study Genetics of RA in Arab countries, a multinational study. She already has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is also involved in multiple RCT as a PI and Co-PI.

Dr. Al- Emadi is a speaker at multiple local and regional conferences.