Six clinical leaders and researchers from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have been named amongst the top 2% of researchers worldwide in a global list compiled by Stanford University.
They are: Prof Martin Steinhoff (Dermatology and Venereal Diseases), Dr Fahmi Yousef Khan (General and Internal Medicine), Dr Shahab Uddin (Oncology and Carcinogenesis), Dr Aamir Ahmad (Oncology and Carcinogenesis), Prof Stephen Thomas (Emergency and Critical Care Medicine) and Prof Adeel Butt (Microbiology).
The list was published by John Loannidis of Stanford University in the prestigious journal PLoS Biology. The Stanford University Team analysed millions of scientists worldwide to systematically rank the most influential by scientific field.
HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari commended the HMC scientists named in the list.
“Congratulations to all who have been named in the prestigious global list - this is a tangible representation of our commitment to becoming an academic health centre and integrating health, research and education,” Dr al-Kuwari said. “It is a great achievement to be recognised as being at the forefront of world leading research that truly makes a difference to the lives of our patients.
“Innovation and a commitment to research drives improvement of health outcomes and has clear patient benefits and this is something we are continually striving towards.”
Prof Steinhoff said it was an honour to be included on the list – which was taken from almost seven million active researchers and scientists worldwide.
“Considering more than 200 fields of scientific study and 176 subfields were included in this list, this represents an unbiased vindication from a very credible external source of the high quality and high impact research that is being undertaken here at HMC,” Dr Steinhoff added.
