Ms. Shaikha Ali Al Qahtani, MSc, RN
Director of Nursing – Wound Care Management (ACS) and Outpatient Department
Ambulatory Care Service, Hamad Medical Corporation
Ms. Shaikha Al Qahtani is the first Qatari Director of Nursing and Wound Care Management at Hamad General Hospital (HGH). She oversees Nursing and Wound Care Management for ambulatory care services in the hospital’s OPD and surgery unit, as well as Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Bone and Joint Center and Fahad Bin Jassim Dialysis Center. She is a member of the American College of Wound Care and Tissue Repair (AWCT).
Ms. Al Qahtani has previously worked as a subspecialty wound care nurse in the Patient and Family Education Unit at HGH, also covering Women’s Hospital.
She has conducted many wound care awareness programs for schools and held numerous wound care workshops for students and faculty at the University of Calgary (UCQ). Shaikha has also attended and participated in many international courses and conferences.
Ms. Al Qahtani completed her Diploma in Nursing in 2007 through the High Institute of Nursing – Doha, Qatar, and completed an International InterProfessional Wound Care course from the University of Toronto (IIWCC) in 2009.
Ms. Al Qahtani received her BSN in 2013 from University of Calgary – Qatar and followed that with a Masters in Science of Skin Integrity Skills and Treatment from the University of Hertfordshire (2014). She recently completed her Master of Nursing – Thesis at University of Calgary – Qatar (2016).
She is the first UCQ student to complete the MN thesis program. Her research is already making an impact – the model of collaborative interprofessional practice in the outpatient wound clinic at HMC was rated very highly by her research respondents. Shaikha is disseminating her findings about the contributions of a well-developed interprofessional team who support holistic approaches to healing wounds. She has also published a number of articles and abstracts and has presented in national and international conferences.
