Dr. Amal Idris A. Ahmad
Clinical Supervisor of Speech Therapy Department
HMC
Dr. Amal Idris graduated with Medical Degree from Mosul University and completed her Master’s degree in Speech & Audiology from Baghdad University Iraq.
She joined the Speech Therapy department /HMC for more than 20 years back dealing with speech, language, and swallowing disorders in patients and was previously the acting chief for the department for more than five years.
Her areas of interest include communication intervention for neurogenic disorders, evaluation and management of swallowing disorders, and vocal rehabilitation in patients with tracheotomy. During this period, she worked hard to develop guidelines, policies and pathways in the field of swallowing and communication. She has also offered education for physicians and nurses and other healthcare staff in this field.
Dr. Idris has presented many papers related to rehabilitation for speech and language internationally and across the Middle East. She has also written numerous articles which have been published in Arabic and English newspapers and magazines. She has conducted multiple research studies in the area of speech and language which have been published in local and international journals and was a principal research investigator with the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) for a project of developing Arabic symbols dictionary in collaboration with MADA and University of Southampton in UK.
