Dr. Sumaya Ali Al-Maadeed Professor of Computer Science, QU

Prof. Somaya Al-Maadeed is a professor at Computer Science Department, Qatar University. She holds a PhD degree in computer science from Nottingham University. She supervised students through research projects related to computer vision, and AI. She is the Coordinator of the Computer Vision Research Group, Qatar University. She enjoys excellent collaboration with national and international institutions, and industry. She is a principal investigator of several funded research projects related to Pattern Recognition, Medical Image processing and AI. She published extensively in computer vision and pattern recognition and delivered workshops on teaching programming. In 2015, she was elected as the IEEE Chair of the Qatar Section. She filled IPs related to cybersecurity, and cancer detection from images and light. Recently, she received the prestigious State Award, from His Highness the Amir of Qatar for her work in Computing.

Dr. Ali Ait Hssain​ Senior Consultant Intensivist ECMO Team, Hamad Medical Corporation

Dr. ​Ali Ait Hssain, MD, DESAR, MSc is a Senior Consultant Intensivist and ECMO team member at Hamad General Hospital (Doha, Qatar) and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Trained in France, he previously served as Assistant Clinical Professor and Consultant Intensivist in Clermont-Ferrand, where he launched the hospital’s first ECMO program. His work focuses on sepsis, ECMO, clinical nutrition, simulation, and medical innovation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and contributes to global ECMO standards through ELSO guideline and infection working groups, as well as international ECMO education initiatives.

Dr. Ghaya Al Rumahi Senior consultant Neurosurgeon, Hamad Medical Corporation​​

Dr. Ghaya Al-Rumaihi is a senior neurosurgeon and national leader in cerebrovascular, endovascular, and complex spine surgery. She currently serves as Head of the Neurosurgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation, overseeing one of the region’s most advanced neurosurgical services, and leads the Qatar Board of Medical Specialties Examination Committee, where she drives national standards in surgical competency, OSCE development, and assessment innovation.

A strong advocate for integrating technology into healthcare, Dr. Al-Rumaihi is at the forefront of AI-driven neurosurgical diagnostics, spearheading projects that combine multiparametric MRI, clinical data, and biomarkers to enhance the accuracy and timeliness of brain tumor and stroke diagnosis. She collaborates with Qatar University and international partners to develop advanced machine-learning models aimed at real-world clinical deployment.

Her academic contributions span neurosurgical education, neuro-oncology, stroke care, and minimally invasive neurosurgery, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and leadership roles in multidisciplinary programs. As an executive leader trained through Harvard, Cambridge, and the Qatar Leadership Center, she continues to champion innovation, quality, and patient-centered transformation across the neuroscience ecosystem in Qatar.

Dr. Al-Rumaihi combines clinical expertise, system leadership, and applied AI research to advance the future of AI-enhanced neurosurgical care.

Dr. Susu Zughaier Associate Professor of Microbiology, QU

Dr. Susu Zughaier is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and the Chair of Infectious Diseases Research Network at Qatar University College of Medicine. Trained as a clinical microbiologist at University College London; MSc and PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Cardiff University, UK. Postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA and was Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, USA. Her research interests are focused on antimicrobial resistance, host-pathogen interactions, nanovaccine development, nanotechnology for rapid detection of bacterial infections and artificial intelligence for medical applications. Her translational research is focused on vitamin D immune modulatory effects and related translational studies. Dr. Zughaier published more than 120 scientific research papers with H-index 39 and awarded four patents on her discoveries. She has been listed among the top 2% of highly cited authors with impact in their field. She is an active member of various international societies and serves as Associate Editor, Editorial board member and ad-hoc reviewer for multiple international journals.