Dr. Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra
Dr. Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra is the Chairman of Medicine for Hamad Medical Corporation and Professor of Medicine at WCMC-Q since Jan 2013. He is an MD/PhD physician scientist with clinical and research skills. Prior to coming to Qatar he was Chief of Endocrinology at the Wayne State University, Detroit, USA (5 years); attending physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital; and Instructor, Assistant and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Principal Investigator of NIH-funded grants (21 years), Boston, Massachusetts. He is certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His research was continuously (1986-2012) funded by the National Institutes of Health for studying G protein-coupled receptors, insulin action and nutritionally regulated genes.
Dr. Abou-Samra published over 150 original papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 5 USA patents. He was member of the endocrine study section of the National Institute of Health and continues to be member of editorial board for several international journals. He is currently Lead PI on 2 QNRF funded projects. He Co-Chairs the Qatar National Diabetes Committee, which developed the Qatar national diabetes strategy; and chairs a steering committee with the mandate to develop the Qatar Metabolic Institute.
