Walid Othman AbouGalala

MBBS, EMDM, MSc, JMC(EM), MAcadME

Executive Director for Major Incident Planning

Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. AbouGalala is a consultant of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at Hamad Medical Corporation since 1998. Currently, he is the Executive Director for Major Incident Planning at Hamad Medical Corporation and Consultant in Emergency Preparedness and Response Department at the Ministry of Public Health, State of Qatar.

He is a Board Certified in Emergency Medicine from Jordan Medical Council in 2007, and he is holding a master’s degree in Disaster Medicine, from Italy and Belgium since 2004 and a second master’s degree in Medical Education from Maastricht University (Netherland), in 2010.

He is heavily involved with development of the National Emergency and Disaster Management being the Coordinator of the National Health Emergency Management Committee at Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Qatar.

He also serves as Medical Director, Emergency Medical Service Program and chair of the Advisory Committee, Emergency Health Science of the College of North Atlantic Qatar.

Locally, he is a Member in many National Emergency Management Committees in the state of Qatar such Hamad International Airport Emergency and Safety Committee, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar Petroleum. He is also a member of the National Shelter Committee, Permanent Emergency Committee, Ministry of Interior, Qatar as well as a Coordinator and Member of the Strategic Stockpile Committee; and he is Major Incident drill evaluator in Qatar.

Regionally and internationally, he is a member of the Academy of Medical Educator, UK; Founder and Member of the Scientific Committee of the Arab Diploma in Disaster Management for Health Professional, Egypt; member of the Regional Consultancy Committee for Disaster Safe Hospital, Regional Office for the East Mediterranean (EMRO), World Health Organization (WHO); WHO temporary Advisor and Expert, Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Action Program and International Health Regulation (2005); Regional Office for the East Mediterranean (EMROWHO); Temporary Advisor to WHO – EMRO in Disaster Risk Reduction. Member of the International Working Group Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Manchester -UK; Founding Member of the Arab Resuscitation Council.

Dr. AbouGalala is an International Educator, Instructor and Course Directors and developer of Training courses and modules in Trauma, Adult and Pediatric Resuscitation, and Disaster Management affiliated with many international organizations such American College of Surgeon, European Resuscitation Councils and Advance life Support Groups (UK) and ICRC (Geneva). He also helped in establishing Trauma and Disaster Management training centers in UAE, Oman, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Sudan, and Nigeria.

Recently, he was selected as member of the Global Development Committee, International Trauma Life Support, USA.

He has also served as international speaker regionally and internationally in Major Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Response. He is a supervisor of master’s degree Research for European Master in Disaster Medicine students. He has also been the chief editor of the Hazmat Life Support, 1st Edition.