Mrs. Lincy Mariam Thomas
Occupational Therapy Supervisor
Enaya, RCC1 and HHCS, HMC
Mrs. Lincy Mariam Thomas is an Occupational Therapy Supervisor and has been working in Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) for 18 years. She has over 30 years of extensive clinical, academic and administrative experience in India and Qatar.
She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy (OT) from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu in 1988 and her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai in 1997. She is licensed by the Qatar Council of Health Care Professionals. She is also a member of the All India Association of Occupational Therapy, American Occupational Therapy Association and World Federation of Occupational Therapy.
After joining HMC, she initiated and implemented Occupational Therapy Services in the various specialty areas of Acute Care, Oncology and Palliative Care, as well as Rehabilitation for Long Term Care and Elderly.
She has obtained certifications in Seating and Positioning, Functional Independence Measure, Assessment of Motor and Process Skills, Cognitive Training and Sensory Stimulation.
She was instrumental in initiating and implementing OT Services at Residential Services, HMC which includes two long term care facilities namely Enaya Specialized Care Center and Residential Care Compound. Currently she has been supervising and collaborating with the interdisciplinary teams at Residential Services as well as closely working with the Department of Geriatrics. She has been involved with the interdisciplinary team and department of Geriatrics for program planning which includes quality improvement initiatives, research activities, formulating policies and protocols and developing relevant ongoing OT programs.
She is currently part of the Global Dementia Observatory Core Committee and a participant in the research study entitled: “Proposal for National Dementia Registry, Qatar”. She is a Core Committee member of the Qatar National Dementia Program (QNDP) Implementation and Monitoring Group which is part of a five year plan initiative by Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). She is also a part of other Healthy Aging initiatives by MOPH which include services and programs to promote healthy active aging, mobility, development of community rehabilitation services and geriatric services. She is also a part of the Dementia National Clinical Guideline Development group also conducted by MOPH.
She is a member of the steering committee for Person Centered Care - Planetree Accreditation and Patient Experience Forum 2019. She is also a part of the Scientific Committee of the upcoming “First International Conference on Clinical Geriatrics and Gerontology” being hosted by geriatrics and long term care department of HMC.
