Dr. Soha Albayat
Dr. Soha Albayat, is the director of Health Emergency department since June 2023. She was the head of the Vaccination Section at the Ministry of Public Health, Qatar for 7 years from 2016-2023. Dr. Soha held several positions. She was the head of medical services at Qatar Airways from 2008-2016. To her, public health and vaccination is not a job, but a passion and she is a strong advocate of vaccination.
She is a community medicine consultant but also holds several other degrees. She is trained in aviation medicine, occupational medicine, holds a master’s degree in healthcare management from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Diploma in travel medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow and is a fellow in the same college. She also holds the Arab board in community medicine. She is the national coordinator for IHR 2005 for WHO and GCC.
During the covid-19 pandemic, she was appointed as national lead to the track and trace team. During FIFA WC 2022, she was also the national lead for rapid response team.
