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About the Physician
Dr. Abdelrhman graduated from Khartoum University’s Faculty of Medicine. He had his Arab board training program at Hamad Medical Corporation, then got his MRCP and FRCPCH from Royal College of Physician and Royal College of Pediatric and Child Health in London, United Kingdom. He obtained his Master in Medical Education (Joint master in health professional education) from Suez Canal and Maastricht University.
Dr. Jawad Abbasi is an Attending Physician at Emergency Department at Sidra Medicine. He received his MBBS from Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan in 2003. He trained in Pediatrics in United Kingdom from 2007 onwards working in different pediatric subspecialties and achieved his certificate of specialist training in 2015. Since than he has worked in UK as a Consultant in Ambulatory Pediatrics before joining Emergency Department at Sidra Medicine.
About the Physician
Dr. Tariq O. Abbas, MBBS, IMRCSI, FEBPS, CAB GPS, FEAPU(Int.), Ph.D. is a pediatric surgeon who completed a world-class, highly competitive fellowship program in Pediatric Urology in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a fellowship of pediatric urology in Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar. He later finished a Ph.D. in the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, titled “Development of a tissue-engineered urethral substitute for the treatment of severe hypospadias.”
Dr. Ahmed Abushahin was Arab Board certified in pediatrics in 2004; then, he completed his fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in 2007. Dr. Abushahin is a senior attending pediatric pulmonology at Sidra Medicine and an assistant professor in clinical pediatrics at Weill-Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q).
Dr. Atqah is a senior attending pediatric pulmonologist at Sidra Medicine, an associate professor of pediatrics at Qatar Medical College, and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College.
She is the multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive clinic's director at Sidra Medicine and is in charge of the fellows and rotating residents' pediatric pulmonary educational activities.
About the Physician
Dr Hala joined Sidra in May 2017. She takes an active role in supporting the service provision within the department through the development of several guidelines and as an active member of the Educational, Guidelines and Resuscitation Committees. She leads on the unit simulation training for emergency drills and is involved in many research projects.