Dr. Reem Jawad Al-Sulaiman, PhD., CGC (ABGC)
Dr. Reem is the interim Deputy Chair of the Medical Genetics Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the assistant chair of rare disease MDT and research committee (Doha-Heidelberg) at HMC.
Dr Reem completed her clinical training and fellowship in genetic counseling from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and was trained in different subspecialties 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 received 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 publications in the field of pediatrics and adult clinical and cancer genetics with special interest in rare disorders.