Rayaz A. Malik,
BSc. (Hons), MSc., MB ChB, PhD, FRCP.
Professor Rayaz A Malik graduated in Medicine from the University of Aberdeen in 1991, was awarded his MRCP (London) in 1996, PhD from the University of Manchester in 1997 and fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians in 2007.
In 2008 he became Professor of Medicine and Consultant Physician in the Central Manchester University Teaching Hospitals and the University of Manchester.
In 2014 he was appointed as Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and Senior consultant physician in Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. He remains an honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester and visiting Professor of Medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar 2019-2024. Assistant Dean for Clinical Research Partnerships WCM-Q 2024-present.
His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of diabetes, obesity and neurodegenerative diseases. Over ~25 years he has pioneered the use of corneal confocal microscopy, a non-invasive ophthalmic instrument, to diagnose and predict progression of peripheral neuropathies and neurodegeneration in patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Stroke, Dementia, Autism and long-COVID.
2022: Expertscape ranked him #2 (UK) and #7 (World) most influential researcher on
diabetes complications.
2023, 2024, 2025: Research.com ranked him #1 Researcher in Medicine in Qatar and amongst the top 10,000 (0.1%) of all researchers across the world.
2024: Scholar GPS ranked him #3 in diabetic neuropathy, #2 peripheral neuropathy
world-wide.
Published 574 peer reviewed papers.
Web of Science H-index=98, Citations=26,307
Google scholar H-index=104, i10index= 435, Citations=47,451
