Dr. Majid Ali Al Abdulla
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Chairman of Psychiatry and Medical Director of HMC's Mental Health Service
Hamad Medical Corporation
Chair of the 9th Qatar International Mental Health Conference



Majid Ali Al Abdulla is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Chairman of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Mental Health Service at Hamad Medical Corporation. He is a pioneer in the field of psychiatry nationally and has introduced many innovative services and structures within psychiatry, improving standards of service delivery to develop a world class mental health service in Qatar.

He obtained his higher training in psychiatry at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Majid represents Qatar at both the regional GCC (Gulf Corporation Council) Committee for Mental Health and at international UN (United Nations) office for Drugs and Crime. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of Clerkship at Qatar University.

Majid has widely published in peer reviewed journals and his areas of interest include epidemiology of mental health disorders and their socio-demographic correlates in Qatar and the Middle East.