Usama Al-Kanani Dip PEM Edin,Msc MedTox Cardiff,CCT,FRCEM,MBCHB,MRCEM
ED Attending Physician Clinical Lead for Disaster Medicine Years Of Experience: 16-
About the Physician
Dr. Usama Al-Kanani has worked and trained in London since 2008 before joining Sidra Medicine in 2019 as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending physician. He works in the pediatric emergency department, treating a variety of trauma and non-trauma cases.
Dr. Usama is affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar as an instructor in clinical emergency medicine and clinical pediatrics.
Languages Spoken English, Arabic
Years Of Experience 16Education - Born in Baghdad 1977, he obtained a medical degree (M.B.Ch.B) from Baghdad College of Medicine 2001. His residency was in Baghdad, North London, Kent, Nottingham, and Bristol. Heh completed membership and fellowship training in Emergency Medicine with a subspecialty in Pediatric emergency medicine in London in 2018. Obtained a diploma in pediatric EM from Edinburgh University and a master’s degree in medical toxicology from Cardiff University.
Affiliations - Sidra Medicine: Attending Physician
- Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar: Instructor in Clinical Emergency Medicine and Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics
Areas of Interest - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Medical Toxicology
- Regional anesthetic block
- Procedural Sedation
- Point of Care Ultrasound
Educational Interests - ACLS, PALS, procedural sedation, POCUS instructor
- Regional block course organizer and instructor
- Royal college of EM and Qatari EM board examiner.