WCM-Q alumnus appointed program director of endocrinology fellowship - ZAWYA

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Doha – More than 500 graduates of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) are presently serving palmy careers arsenic physicians, scientists, and academics astatine starring institutions successful Qatar and internationally. Amongst them is Dr. Mustafa Kinaan, who was precocious appointed programme manager of the University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship.

As portion of his caller role, Dr. Kinaan is liable for overseeing the fellowship program, curriculum, and grooming aboriginal endocrinologists. He is besides tasked with ensuring the programme meets the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) criteria and assessing trainee competencies and readiness for autarkic practice, amongst different responsibilities.  

After receiving his aesculapian grade from WCM-Q successful 2014, Dr. Kinaan joined the inaugural interior medicine residency people astatine the University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME. He past served arsenic a main aesculapian nonmigratory astatine the Orlando VA Medical Center, aft which helium continued his aesculapian grooming with the University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME arsenic some an endocrinology chap and main fellow. During his training, Dr. Kinaan received respective awards, including the Resident Humanitarian Award, the Fellow Clinical Skills Award, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Young Investigator Award.

Following his graduation from the fellowship program, Dr. Kinaan joined the University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME arsenic an adjunct prof of medicine and a halfway module subordinate astatine the endocrine fellowship and interior medicine residency programs. He was aboriginal promoted to adjunct programme manager of scholarly enactment with the interior medicine residency and subordinate programme manager of the endocrinology fellowship anterior to his astir caller assignment arsenic programme manager of the endocrinology fellowship. As a module member, Dr. Kinaan received the Osler Award and GME Teaching & Mentorship Award successful appreciation of his skills.  

Dr. Kinaan said: “I fell successful emotion with endocrinology during my aboriginal aesculapian pupil days astatine WCM-Q due to the fact that it combined my passions for basal subject and diligent care. I was fortunate to enactment with Dr. Christopher Triggle astatine WCM-Q during the Student Summer Research Program (SSRP). My enactment with Dr. Triggle connected the cellular mechanisms of hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction sparked my archetypal involvement successful endocrinology. WCM-Q provided maine with each the tools and experiences indispensable to execute my vocation goals, and for that, I americium eternally grateful. With my existent caller appointment, I consciousness that I person reached a afloat ellipse infinitesimal successful my career, wherever I not lone assistance patients suffering from analyzable endocrine and metabolic disorders but simultaneously bid the adjacent procreation of endocrinologists.”

Dr. Thurayya Arayssi, vice dean for world and curricular affairs, said: “At WCM-Q, we connection a world-class aesculapian acquisition that equips our graduates with the champion knowledge, support, skills, and tools indispensable to go large doctors, scientists, and academics. However, it remains up to our highly talented alumni to instrumentality the leap and construe their qualifications into a palmy and personally fulfilling vocation in       medicine. We are highly arrogant of what Dr. Kinaan has achieved implicit specified a abbreviated play of time.”

Dr. Kinaan is an progressive subordinate of the Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Thyroid Association, Pituitary Society, and different nonrecreational organizations. He has a peculiar involvement successful aesculapian acquisition and is proactive astir teaching learners of antithetic levels and program development. Dr. Kinaan is besides engaged successful probe and prime betterment projects that absorption connected diabetes and glucometrics.

WCM-Q offers an integrated Six-Year Medical Program that leads to the highly reputable Ivy League Cornell University M.D. degree. The instauration is astatine the forefront of aesculapian education, biomedical research, and colonisation wellness successful the Middle East and internationally.

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About Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is simply a concern betwixt Cornell University and Qatar Foundation. It offers a broad six-year aesculapian programme starring to the Cornell University M.D. grade with teaching by Cornell and Weill Cornell module and by physicians astatine Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Aspetar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, the Primary Health Care Corporation, the Feto Maternal Center, and Sidra Medicine, who clasp Weill Cornell appointments. Through its biomedical probe program, WCM-Q is gathering a sustainable probe assemblage successful Qatar portion advancing basal subject and objective research. Through its aesculapian college, WCM-Q seeks to supply the finest acquisition imaginable for aesculapian students, to amended wellness attraction some present and for aboriginal generations, and to supply precocious prime wellness attraction to the Qatari population.

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Hanan Lakkis
Associate Director, Media and Publications
Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar
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