Rana Jaffer
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Biography
Rana Jaffer is an Emergency Medicine Consultant, working at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar. She has completed her Medical School from Aden University, Yemen, followed by Residency in Emergency Medicine from Arab Board of Medical Specialties. She is a Member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK. Further, she has completed her Post-graduate Diploma in Toxicology from Cardiff University, UK. She is an active Member of the Toxicology Team at her hospital besides being a Faculty Member at Emergency Medicine Residency Teaching program at Hamad Hospital and at Qatar University. Her professional focus has always been to teach Emergency Medicine and Toxicology to residency students and improve their skills for better patient care. She has special interest in talking about khat abuse (Catha edulis) which is a common practice in the Middle-East and North Africa. She thinks a conference is a good media for sharing knowledge and cultures from different parts of the world
Abstract
Abstract : Khat (Catha edulis) Abuse in the MENA region