Sumeja Zahirovic
MD
Rheumatologist
Years of Experience: 2
Dr. Sumeja Zahirovic is a consultant adult rheumatologist. She obtained her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. She completed her training in internal medicine at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey, USA and her Rheumatology Fellowship training at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Her research focuses on rheumatoid arthritis, exercise, and motivational interviewing.
She is currently employed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. She regularly delivers Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education workshops on competency, assessment, and feedback in medical education. She also provides in-patient rheumatology consultation services at Hamad Medical Corporation.
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- Internal Medicine Residency, Englewood Hospital, New Jersey, US, /13/2011 – 6/30/2014
- Rheumatology Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2016
- Consultant in Rheumatology at Aspetar Hospital (outpatient services) and Hamad General (inpatient services)
- Rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis
- Dargham SR, Zahirovic S, Hammoudeh M, Al Emadi S, Masri BK, Halabi H, Badsha H, Uthman I, Mahfoud ZR, Ashour H, Gad El Haq W, Bayoumy K, Kapiri M, Saxena R, Plenge RM, Kazkaz L, Arayssi T. Epidemiology and treatment patterns of rheumatoid arthritis in a large cohort of Arab patients. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 19;13(12)
- Arayssi T, Harfouche M, Darzi A, Al Emadi S, A Alnaqbi K, Badsha H, Al Balushi F, Dib C, Elzorkany B, Halabi H, Hammoudeh M, Hazer W, Masri B, Merashli M, Omair M, Salloum N, Uthman I, Zahirovic S, Ziade N, Bannuru RR, McAlindon T, Nomier MA, Singh JA, Christensen R, Tugwell P, Schünemann H, Akl EA. Recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis in the Eastern Mediterranean region: an adolopment of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology guidelines. Clin Rheumatol. 2018 Nov;37(11):2947-2959.
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