WCM-Q’s Aspiring Doctors Program for High School Students
Twenty-eight high school students completed the Qatar Aspiring Doctors Program (QADP), run by Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q) and designed to show promising high school students a window into…
Type 2 Diabetes Patients with High Blood Pressure Face Less Risks, Says WCMQ Research
Patients with both Type 2 diabetes and acute heart failure face a significantly lower risk of death but a higher risk of heart failure-related hospitalisations if they had high systolic…
WCM-Q Grand Rounds Focus on Anti-Cancer Side-Effects Of Diabetes Drug
The possible anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of the most widely used diabetes medication in the world were discussed at the latest instalment of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Grand Rounds. Dr…
WCM-Q’s Ask the Expert Event Offers Advice on Child Nutrition
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) paediatrician Dr Amal Khidir offered parents valuable advice on how to ensure their children eat a healthy, balanced diet at the latest WCM-Q Ask the Expert…
WCM-Q Boosts Physician’s Training, Assessment Skills
A training programme run by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is providing medical professionals with the skills to develop sophisticated practical examinations and comprehensively assess the skills of trainee physicians. The course, showed physician-educators…
WCM-Q Seminar Explores Impact of Amended Healthcare Law in Qatar
The impact of legislation on the delivery of healthcare services in Qatar was scrutinised and explained at a seminar recently held in Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). More than 150 physicians, nurses and…
WCM-Q Students Experience Life of a Doctor at HMC
Pre-medical and foundation students at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar learned about the realities of a career in medicine after shadowing doctors at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). The annual HMC…
Annual Research Retreat Focuses on Success
The seventh Annual Research Retreat hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q) focused on the transformation of biomedical research in Qatar and the accomplishments of WCM-Q’s scientists over the…
Experts Speak at WCM-Q Grand Rounds
Three leading healthcare experts gave individual presentations on paediatric imaging, polycystic ovary syndrome and the impact of gut bacteria on human health in the latest installments of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q)…
WCM-Q Study Pushes Boundaries of Genetic Medical Research
A groundbreaking study by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) researchers has revealed many previously unknown links between genetic variations and a series of debilitating conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, autoimmune…