Shakeel Ahmed Khan

Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan recently joined Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar as a Senior Clinical Dietician. He is specialised in diabetes, and provides evidence based dietary advice and nutritional counselling to patients diagnosed with type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as with gestational diabetes. His other areas of interest are coronary heart disease, dyslipidemia, obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Additionally, Mr. Khan has extensive experience and skills in teaching and has been regularly involved in developing and teaching nutrition modules to doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals. The modules enhance their knowledge and understanding on current dietary trends and practices, and enables healthcare professionals to provide up-to-date quality care to patients.

Mr. Khan has undertaken ‘The Student Supervisory Skills’ course, which enables him to provide training to students and facilitate transition of newly qualified dieticians to autonomous qualified practitioners. He utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and motivational interviewing techniques in providing a patient-centered and holistic approach to nutrition care with favorable outcomes in patients with chronic diseases.

Mr. Khan graduated with a Master of Science (M.Sc) degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Wollongong, Australia in 2004. He worked full time as a registered dietician in the UK since 2005 and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) since 2004.