Dr. Khalid A. Hadi
National Lead for the health and wellbeing for people with special needs population group
Senior Consultant and Director of the Audiology and Balance Unit at HMC
Dr. Khalid A. Hadi is the Ministry of Public Health appointed National Lead for the Health and Wellbeing for People with Special Needs population group, which is one of the seven priority population groups identified in the Qatar National Health Strategy of 2018 - 2022.
Dr. Hadi is also the Head of the Audiology and Balance Unit at Hamad Medical Corporation; and the Head of the National Program for Early Detection of Hearing loss in the State of Qatar. Qatar is recognized as a leader in the early detection of hearing weakness and loss due to the establishment in 2003 of the National Center for Early Detection of Hearing Loss, led by Dr. Hadi. He was instrumental in establishing a hearing screening program for all babies born in Qatar prior to their discharge from the hospital to check for hearing deficiencies, which is repeated at defined stages of a child’s life in accordance with international best practice.
He is the Program Director of Audiology Diploma Training Courses that are run at Hamad Medical Corporation in collaboration with University of Toronto, Canada. He is one of the Faculty of the Diploma in Clinical Audiology, Diploma in Vestibular Rehabilitation and Diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy. He is also a Faculty Member of the University of Toronto, Canada.
