Graduation ceremony honours WCM-Q Class of 2024

Doha, Qatar: Elite medical college Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCM Q) has graduated 50 new doctors committed to providing world class patient care a...

Doha, Qatar: Elite medical college Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has graduated 50 new doctors committed to providing world-class patient care and advancing the practice and understanding of medicine through cutting-edge research.

The graduation ceremony of the Class of 2024 saw the newly qualified physician-scientists presented with their Cornell MD degrees before an audience of family, friends, WCM-Q faculty, and faculty visiting from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. The Class of 2024 is WCM-Q’s largest graduating cohort to date.

In attendance to witness the special occasion were H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Minister of State and President of Qatar National Library; Dr. Hareb Mohammed Said El Gaberi, Assistant Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs, representing H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi, Minister of Education and Higher Education; H E Timmy Davis, the United States Ambassador to Qatar; and H E Khaled Badr Al Mutairi, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Qatar.

The Class of 2024 comprises 26 women and 24 men, hailing from 13 different countries: Qatar, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, and the US. WCM-Q has now produced 596 medical doctors serving patients and pursuing research in leading healthcare institutions in Qatar, the US and all over the world since the college’s inaugural graduation ceremony in 2008. Eighteen of this year’s new doctors are Qatari nationals. This year’s class valedictorian is Turki F. Almutairi.

Dr. Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCM-Q, warmly congratulated the new doctors, and implored them to seek support from the ‘WCM-Q family’ as they embark on their new careers: “Class of 2024, I want to leave you with a reminder that while you are now moving on to pastures new, you will remain a member of the WCM-Q family for good. Keep in touch, share your challenges and struggles, for in this family you will find you can give and receive humor, strength and support that will nourish your lives and careers in many ways, and which will help you all to be the best physicians you can be.”