Khaled Emadi, the CEO of Al Ahli Hospital, and Dr Robert Crone, Vice-Dean for Clinical and Faculty Affairs at WCM-Q, during the signing ceremony, yesterday. Pic: Hussain Sayed
DOHA: Under a new initiative, medical students at the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) are now able to receive training at the Al Ahli Heart Center.
An education affiliation agreement was signed yesterday, between the two entities in this regard.
The open-ended agreement allows selected students from WCM-Q to learn about cardiac clinical investigations and procedures as well as surgical procedures conducted at the Al Ahli Heart Center.
The agreement was signed by Khaled Emadi, the CEO of Al Ahli Hospital and Dr Robert Crone, Vice-Dean for Clinical and Faculty Affairs at WCM-Q.
Jamal Hamad, the Deputy CEO, Al Ahli Hospital, Dr Abdul Azziz Abdul Wahab Hussain, Chief of Medical Staff, Dr Abdurrazzak Gehani, Chairman of Al Ahli Heart Center and Dr Thurayya Arayssi, Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education, WCM-Q were also present at the event.
The training programme will be directed by Dr Gehani and the team at the Al Ahli Heart Centre.
“Al Ahli Hospital has included training and education among its goals. We aim to play an important role in medical education and support students in Qatar,” said Emadi addressing media persons.
“Being a private institution we see our contribution to medical education as part of our social responsibility,” he added.
One or two students at WCM-Q who choose to pursue a career in cardiology will be trained on monthly basis, though the campus has a total of 100 students eligible for the programme.
“Private medicine has become an increasingly important component of the healthcare system. The agreement with Al Ahli Hospital Heart Center provides a new training dimension for our students, allowing them to learn from experts and to experience both complex and basic medical procedures provided to the people of Qatar in the private sector,” said Dr Crone.
He also said that the collaboration between WCM-Q and Al Ahli Hospital may further expand from cardiology to other disciplines as well.
WCM-Q has graduated 335 students and many are still in their post graduate training. While, 20 have completed training and are practicing medicine in different disciplines.
