Samar Al-Emadi, MBBS, FRCPC, FACR, ABIM
Dr. Samar Al-Emadi is a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Fellowship Program Director in Rheumatology, and is the Head of Rheumatology Division at Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha - Qatar. She is also an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar and is a faculty member for Clinical Teaching Program in Hamad Medical Corporation and Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, and Stanford Faculty Development Center for Clinical Teachers.
Dr. Al-Emadi received her medical degree from the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She had her internship and part of her residency at Hamad General Hospital followed by residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Western in London Ontario, Canada. She then completed her Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She afterwards completed her fellowship training in pregnancy and rheumatic disease for six months with Professor Carl Laskin.
She has been certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology from the Royal College of Physician and Surgeon of Canada, and the American board of internal medicine and Rheumatology. In 2005, she was able to establish a pregnancy and rheumatic disease clinic in Hamad General Hospital.
Currently, Dr. Samar Al-Emadi is a member of multiple corporate committees, member of the Governance and Strategy of Hamad Medical Corporation Research Committee, Hamad Medical Corporation IRB, and Steering Committee for OPD Development. She is also a member of multiple committees locally and regionally, multiple advisory boards.
Dr. Al-Emadi has received multiple research grants one of which is the QNRF grant to study Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Arab countries, a multinational study. She already has several publications in peer reviewed journals, and is also involved in multiple randomized control trials as a principal investigator and co-principal investigator.
Dr. Al Emadi has been a speaker in multiple local and regional conferences
