Javaid I. Sheikh, MD, MBA
Dean Javaid Sheikh is an internationally renowned medical executive and creative thought leader in global academic medicine and population health. Since beginning his tenure as Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) in 2010, Professor Sheikh has pioneered and implemented innovative biomedical educational and research programs enabling WCM-Q to become widely acknowledged as a leading institution preparing “Global Physicians” for the 21st century.
Professor Sheikh co-founded Innovations in Global Health Professions Education (https://www.innohealthed.com/), a globally interconnected forum providing an international platform for profiling conceptual and technological innovations in health professions education. He also serves on the Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education forum of the National Academy of Medicine in the US.
Prior to joining WCM-Q in 2007, Dean Sheikh built a distinguished career as a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean, and Chairman of the Board at the Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in California