Abdulla Ali Al-Ansari

Dr. Abdulla Al-Ansari MBBCh, FRCSI, FRCSE, is the Acting Chief Medical Officer for Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main provider of healthcare in the State of Qatar. A graduate of both The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and The Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He trained in United Kingdom (UK) and Qatar in the field of Urology. Dr. Al-Ansari worked in other specialties such as Trauma, Orthopaedics and Vascular (all of which has helped him when dealing with complex cases), before specializing in Urology. 

Dr. Abdulla Al-Ansari became the head of the Urology section in 2004. During his tenure, the department of Urology made big leaps forward in its service provision, reducing waiting times, technological advancement, research and publications. This greatly improved the status of Urology as a successful and highly performing specialty. 

In 2008, he became the Assistant to the Chief of Surgery and in the same year, he was promoted to Chief of Surgery department taking full charge of all 13 surgical specialties across the HMC Corporation. Dr. Al-Ansari is a strong believer in sub-specialization and the benefits it delivers to patient care. In his new role as the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Abdulla Al-Ansari continues to emphasis on the importance of sub-specialization, within healthcare delivery in Qatar (e.g. Acute Care, Breast Surgery, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Colorectal, Geriatric medicine, Hepatobiliary surgery, Oncological service and Transplant surgery etc). He became an Associate Professor of Clinical Urology at Weill Cornell Medical School in Qatar since April 2009. 

Dr. Al-Ansari is very passionate about healthcare systems in Qatar and strives for Qatar (HMC) to be recognized amongst the best healthcare systems internationally. With this vision in mind, he has also been actively involved in the inception and development of Robotic Surgery in Qatar, as well as being the Director of the Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) at the Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), a dedicated innovative development of surgical technologies, research and training of staff since 2010. Dr. Al-Ansari the pioneer of Robotic Surgery in Qatar, it was through his dedication and perseverance that Robotic Surgery is now a common procedure in the State of Qatar. 

Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) has participated in training of all HMC Surgical Consultants, Specialists and Residents in laparoscopic and robotic techniques via the Surgical Skills Advancement program. For Dr. Ansari, patient care is a priority and he does not allow his administrative duties to take him away from his patients and research. He continues to find time in his busy schedule for publications, simulation, workshops and conferences. He has special interest in teaching and mentoring the surgeons of the future. Recently, Dr. Al-Ansari won the first prize in 3D printing of organs from Texas AM University. This is a testament of Dr. Al-Ansari’s relentless efforts to improving patient care. 

Dr. Al Ansari’s hard work gained further recognition as he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic & Research Affairs for Surgical Services in 2013, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Surgical Services in 2016 and in 2017 he became the Chief Medical Officer for Hamad Medical Corporation. 

In these capacities, he has helped influence and shape the growth of the hospital into a JCI-accredited world class Academic Health System, by contributing to the successful growth of the three pillars of the organisation namely Health, Education and Research, through various initiatives. 

Dr. Al Ansari continues to work very hard and diligently to ensure the best care always strategy of the organisation is attained throughout the corporation. To this extent he introduced robotic surgery (2016) to Al Wakra hospital as part of the ongoing development of surgical services in Qatar.

Dr. Al Ansari is one of a few leaders in Hamad Medical Corporation who have recently completed the New and Emerging Academic leadership course (NEAL) in Toronto, the course is aimed at fostering a productive, visionary and collaborative academic leadership in the Academic Health Science Network. He is widely known as “Triple A” amongst his peers for his tirelessness in wanting to continually develop a just and fair service provision.