Dr. Samar Al-Emadi, Senior Consultant Rheumatology
Dr. Samar Al-Emadi is a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Fellowship Program Director in Rheumatology, and the Head of the Rheumatology Division at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. She is also an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. APLAR convenor for women health and Auto Immune Rheumatic Diseases.
Dr. Al-Emadi received her medical degree from the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, KSA. She had her internship and part of her residency at Hamad General Hospital, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Western in London, Ontario, Canada. She then completed her Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and her fellowship training in pregnancy and rheumatic disease for six months with Professor Carl Laskin. She has been certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
In 2005, she established a pregnancy and rheumatic disease clinic in Hamad General Hospital, the first in the Middle East. She has also completed her Master of Executive Business Administration degree from London Business School, London-UK.
Dr. Al-Emadi is a member of multiple corporate committees locally and a member of multiple regional committees as well as advisory boards.
She has received multiple research grants, including the QNRF Grant to study the Genetics of RA in Arab countries, a multinational study. She has over 55 peer-reviewed publications and is involved in multiple RCTs as a PI and Co-PI. Dr. Al Emadi is a speaker at various local, regional, and international conferences.
Dr. Al Emadi is the Chair of APLAR Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases, the President of Qatar Rheumatology Association and Qatar Osteoporosis Association as well as a Board Member of APLAR and ARLAR.
