Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has appointed Dr Jassim Mohamed al-Suwaidi as chief of scientific, academic and faculty affairs in addition to his current role as senior consultant, cardiology with immediate effect.
Dr al-Suwaidi started his career at HMC in 1991 after graduating from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Honors) and subsequently rejoined HMC in 2000 after completing postgraduate training at Mayo Clinic, USA and becoming American Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology (received Mayo Clinic Outstanding Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Research 2000).
Dr al-Suwaidi has been actively involved in HMC’s academic strategies and developments as executive director of Cardiovascular Research since 2013.
Dr al-Suwaidi has also been a professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar since 2018, is past president of the Gulf Heart Association and to date has more than 300 peer reviewed publications in addition to research presentations in most of the prestigious international cardiology meetings.