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 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 the 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 significant focus on cancer genetics as her primary 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 counseling and became the country's first Qatari national board-certified genetic counselor.
Dr. Reem also received her Ph.D. in cancer counseling and psychotherapy from the University of Wales, Regents College in London; her research was honored as one of the 100 breakthroughs in the UK in 2018.
Dr. Reem has multiple prestigious publications in pediatrics, adult clinical, and cancer genetics, with a particular interest in rare disorders.
