October 18 and 19, 2025


The Power of Connection: Leveraging Technology for Humanistic Medical Education

InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa

Speakers

Dr. Javaid Sheikh

Dean
Professor of Psychiatry and of Population Health Science
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Dr. Thurayya Arayssi

Vice Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Dr. Anna Halama

Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Areas of Concentration Course Co-Director
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

 

Dr. Mange Manyama

Assistant Professor of Anatomy in Radiology
Co-Director of the Anatomy Lab
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Dr. Julie Youm

Associate Dean, Education Compliance and Quality
Director, Educational Technology
UCI School of Medicine

Mr. Ayham Boucher

AI Program Director 
Director - AI Innovation Lab
Cornell Unversity

Dr. Thomas Caruso

Co-founder and Co-Director of the Stanford Chariot Program
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Stanford Medicine

Dr. Curtis L Cole

Vice President and Chief Global Information Officer
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Katherine Elkins

Professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities
Director, Integrated Program of Humane Studies
Kenyon College

Dr. Matteo Zallio

Assistant Professor
University of Cambridge
Adjunct Faculty, Dublin City University

Dr. Anna Cianciolo

Editor in Chief, Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Professor, Medical Education
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 

Dr. Ladd Spiegel

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Adam Rodman

HMS Director of AI Programs 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dr. Marlies Schijven

Full Professor of Surgery
University Chair on Digital Health
Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Dr. D. Graham Burnett

Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and History Science
Princeton University

Dr. Suhaila Ghuloum

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Qatar University and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Dr. Muhammad Usman Javed

Chief Resident
General Surgery Services Hospital - Pakistan

Dr. Salman Riaz

Director of Simulation Education
Program Director HMC Fellowship in Healthcare Simulation
Itqan Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Ms. Nasnass Nassir

Anatomy Lab Assistant
Medical Education Division
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar 

Mr. Monsur Ahmmad

Anatomy Lab Assistant
Medical Education Division
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar