Dr Suhail A. R. Doi
Dr Suhail A.R. Doi is a Professor of Population Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at the Qatar University College of Medicine, where he heads the Department of Population Medicine. He is a Clinical Endocrinologist by training and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland. He transitioned from clinical practice in endocrinology to clinical epidemiology once he became a consultant.
After obtaining a master’s and PhD in clinical epidemiology from Australia, he has established himself as a leader in this area, proceeding to write two books on clinical epidemiology and many methodological papers dealing with methods of interest to researchers.
He has a keen interest in the methods used in evidence synthesis and key examples are methods for aggregate data-meta-analysis (QE model), dose-response meta-analysis (REMR method), network meta-analysis (generalized pairwise modelling), diagnostic meta-analysis (split component synthesis method) and the Doi plot for bias assessment. Many of his methods are available as Stata modules for researchers.
In addition to methods development, he has a keen interest in outcomes research in the area of endocrinology, metabolism, obesity and diabetes and has led important clinical studies in this broad area including on gestational diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, thyroid cancer and related areas. He has over 250 publications listed on PubMed and is highly cited and listed amongst the top 2% scientists in his field.
