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REVIEWERS FOR THIS ISSUE


The Editorial Board would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of those reviewers who have been involved in selecting manuscripts for this issue of the JEMTAC. The strength of this Journal lies in the peer review process that our colleagues provide. Our acknowledgement and appreciation goes to:

 
• Dr Ramsey Abduljabar, Consultant Emergency Physician,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Hatem Abdulrahman, Consultant Paediatrician,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Yassir Suham Abdulrahman, Specialist Trauma
Surgeon, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Amr Abul Wafa, Consultant General Surgeon, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Khalid S. Abuhadra, Consultant, Orthopaedics, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Jim Alonzo, Director of Women’s Hospital Emergency,
Women’s Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Mazin Alias S. Askar, Consultant Dental Surgeon,
Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Rami Assad, Specialist Oral & Maxilliofacial Surgeon,
Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Azhar Bin Abdul Aziz, Consultant Emergency
Physician, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Prof. Abdulbari Bener, Dept. of Medical Statistics &
Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha,
Qatar

• Dr Tariq Butt, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Kadavil Chacko, Specialist in Infectious Diseases,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Abdul Aziz Darwish, Consultant Oral & Maxilliofacial
Surgeon, Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Dirk Theophiel O. Deleu, Consultant Neurologist,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Muotaz Derbala, Consultant Gastroenterologist,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Osama Ellamy, Consultant Neurologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Mohammad Asif Fazil, Consultant, Medicine
Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Kailash Chand Garg, Consultant Radiologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Salah Elddin Gehani, Consultant Surgeon, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Jafar Faraj, Consultant Anaesthetist, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Hassan Jassim Al Hail, Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Mr John Hartley, Quality Improvement Co-ordinator,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Ismail Helmi, Asst. Director of Medical Education,
Hamad medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Shatha Ali Al Hilli, Consultant Radiologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Ussama Al Homsi, Consultant & Head of Hematology,
Al Amal Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Abdul Nasser F. Howaidi, Specialist Emergency
Physician, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Samira Al Hussein, Consultant Obstetrician &
Gynaecologist, Women’s Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Abdulsalam Saif Ibrahim, Consultant MICU, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Javaid Iqbal, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Adel Ismail, Consultant Paediatrician, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Sabah Al Kadhi, Consultant Urologist, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Hussein Kamel, Consultant Radiologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Prof. Ozgur Karcioglu, Emergency Physician, Bakirkoy Dr
Sadi Konuk EAH Research & Training Hospital, Turkey

• Dr Marie Anne Kettern, Consultant Anaesthetist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Muayad Khalid, Consultant Emergency Physician,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Ravi Kumar, Consultant Radiologist, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Fareed Abdulmuhsin Warid Al Latfah, Specialist
Ophthalmologist, Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Samawal Lutfi, Consultant Neonatologist, Women’s
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Ahmed Emad Mahfouz, Consultant Radiologist,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr El Fadil M.A. El Malik, Consultant Urologist, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Yousef Al Maslamani, Asst. Chairman of Emergency,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr John Mathew, Specialist Neurosurgeon, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Kimball Maull, Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Hijran Mehdi, Consultant Surgeon, Al Khor Hospital,
Qatar

• Dr Ahmed Ali Al Mohammed, Consultant, Medicine
Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Tasleem Raza N. Mohd, Consultant, Medicine
Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Najat Mohsen, Asst. Chairman of Obs & Gynae,
Women’s Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Mark Munk, Medical Director, EMS, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Anas Ahmed Omer, Consultant Cardiologist, Al Khor
Hospital, Al Khor, Qatar

• Dr Ahmed Mohammed Own, Consultant Radiologist,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Fahad Al Qahtani, Consultant Ophthalmologist,
Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Marwan Ramadan, Consultant Geriatrician, Rumailah
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Kakil Ibrahim Rasul, Consultant Oncologist, Al Amal
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Salem Abo Saleh, Consultant Emergency Physician,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Hussam El Saoub, Consultant Medicine Department,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Maha Mohd El Shafie, Consultant Ophthalmologist,

Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Douraid Khalid Shakir, Consultant Cardiologist,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Essa Mubarak Al Sulaiti, Chairman of Geriatric
Department, Rumailah Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Firas A. Tawfiq, Specialist Emergency Physician,
Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Christian Tomaszewski, Consultant Emergency
Physician, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Mitchell West, Healthcare Manager, UPMC Project,
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Rafie Yakoob, Consultant Endoscopist, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Abdulla Zaid, Consultant Radiologist, Hamad General
Hospital, Doha, Qatar

• Dr Ahmad Masoud Zarour, Specialist General &
Laparoscopic Surgeon, Hamad General Hospital, Doha,
Qatar

• Dr Mahmoud Ali Zirie, Head of Endochrinology, Hamad
General Hospital, Doha, Qatar..