Committees

Scientific Planning Committee​

  • Moataz Bashah MD, FASMBS, FACS, Director, National Bariatric Center (NBC), QMI, HMC, and Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Buthaina Alowinati, MD, FACE, Director, National Obesity Treatment Center (NOTC), QMI, HMC, and Co-Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Wahiba Elhag, MD, Bariatric Fellowship Program Director, NBC, QMI, HMC, and Co-Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Abdul Badi Abou Samra, MD, PhD, Director, QMI, HMC
  • Mohammed ElSherif, MD, PhD, Consultant, Bariatric Fellowship Associate Director, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Noor Suleiman, MD, Consultant, NOTC, QMI, HMC

Organizing Committee​

  • Moataz Bashah MD, FASMBS, FACS, Director, NBC, QMI, HMC and Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Buthaina Alowinati, MD, FACE, Director, NOTC, QMI, HMC, and Co-Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Wahiba Elhag, MD, Bariatric Fellowship Program Director, NBC, QMI, HMC and Co-Chair of 4th QIMBS 2025
  • Alyaa Abdelrahman Hassan Ali, MD., Specialist, Associate Consultant, NBC
  • Jassim Fakhro, MD, Senior Consultant, The View Hospital
  • Hamed Hammoud, MD, Specialist, NOTC, QMI, HMC
  • Yassmin Ibrahim, MD, Specialist, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Mohammed Al-Kuwari, MD, Senior Consultant, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Marwa Mokhtar, MD, Consultant, NOTC, QMI, HMC
  • Rana Nakchou, MD, Specialist, NOTC, QMI, HMC
  • Davit Sargsyan, MD, Senior Consultant, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Mohammed ElSherif, MD, PhD, Consultant, NBC, QMI, HMC, and Associate Director, Bariatric Fellowship Program, HMC
  • Yasmin Tolaymat, MD, Specialist, NOTC, QMI, HMC
  • Mahmoud Zirie, MD, Advisor to the QIMBS, Director, National Diabetes Center, QMI, HMC
  • Anas Al Halabi, MSc, A/ED Clinical Services, Corporate Quality & Patient Safety, HMC
  • Ioanna Skaroni, MSc, MBA, Senior Policy Manager, QMI, HMC / Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
  • Mary Anne Tourette, BSc, MA, MPH, Assistant Executive Director Business Development, QMI, HMC, and 4th QIMBS 2025 Project Manager

Abstract Review Committee

  • Wahiba Elhag MD, Bariatric Fellow Program Director, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Tawheeda Babiker Hamid Ibrahim MD, Specialist, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Odette Chagoury, PhD, Director of Operations, Qatar Diabetes Research Center, QMI, HMC
  • Asaad Fayrouz Ali Salama, MD, Consultant, NBC, QMI, HMC
  • Hamed Mohamed Hammoud MD, Specialist, NOTC, QMI, HMCs
  • Noor Suleiman MD, Consultant, NOTC, QMI, HMC​