Engineering the Future of

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• Engineering the Future of
• Medical Institutions in Qatar

Global Medical Forum IV New Frontiers in
Healthcare
4 to 6 April 2005
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Qatars Location in the Middle East
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Introduction

• Major reforms in Qatar started in 1995
• Vision
• Enhance society whilst maintaining culture and
  values
• Create an internationally competitive economy
• Strategy
• Invest in human capital
• Establish non-governmental not for profit
  institutions to lead and drive this reform
• Create international alliances with private and
  public institutions from around the world

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Approach

• Comprehensive infrastructural reforms
• Holistic Reform Social, political, institutional
  and physical
• Education reform as the vehicle for change
• Empowerment of human capital through quality
  education and health programs
• Apply international good practice with
  sensitivity to the local environment

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Qatar Foundation
Vision develop and utilize human potential

• Mission to develop abilities and raise the
  quality of life through
• Investments in human resources, technology and
  modern facilities
• Partnerships with world-class institutions

• Investing in human capital, through
• Education intellectual, and spiritual well
  being
• Focus on healthcare physical well being
• Sustainable economic development

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Education City

• Learning, from pre-kindergarten to postgraduate
  and research programs
• Qatar Academy High quality childhood, primary
  and secondary schools
• The Learning Centre for children with learning
  problems
• World Class Multi-Institutional Academic Campus
• Virginia Commonwealth University - Design Arts
• Weill Cornell Medical College - Medical School
• Texas AM University - Engineering School
• Carnegie Mellon University Business
  Administration and IT
• RAND-Qatar Policy Institute - Middle East Policy
  Analysis Research
• Future plans - Islamic studies, Foreign Service,
  music, media communications
• Specialty Teaching Hospital
• Science Technology Park 120 hectares with tax
  free status

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Education City
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Higher Education Branch Campus Concept

• Qatar Foundation has established branch campuses
  as a unique model by partnering with Top Quality
  Institutions of Higher Education in the World
• Objective is to develop, offer and sustain
  academic programs of the highest quality
• Education City becomes home for degree-granting
  internationally recognized institutions
• Comprehensive quality standards
• Autonomous operation Systems, governance,
  management, operations faculty students,
  curriculum
• Confer fully accredited home campus degrees
• Provide integrated research

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Health Higher Education
Biomedical Research
Science Technology Development
Medical Care Delivery
National Health Authority
Medical Education
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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Health Higher Education
Biomedical Research
Science Technology Development
Medical Care Delivery
National Executive Health Authority
Medical Education

• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
• Branch campus of Cornell, New York Medical School
• 355,000 sq. ft.
• identical curriculum, standards, degree to NYC
• external program reviews
• close links with Hamad Medical Corporation and
  other National Health Systems

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Medical Education
Biomedical Research
Science Technology Development
Medical Care Delivery
Health Higher Education
National Executive Health Authority

• Qatar Executive Health Authority
• Health Quality, Standards, Planning, etc.
• Research Agenda
• Public Health

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Qatar Executive Health Authority
National Health Authority

• Monitor and support quality
• Strategic management of resources facilities
  human capital
• Set the medical and public health research agenda
• Manage healthcare finance
• Compile and analyze national health information
• Conduct public health campaigns

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Medical Education
National Health Authority
Science Technology Development
Health Higher Education
Biomedical Research
Medical Care Delivery

• Specialty Teaching Hospital
• Academic Medical Center (North American Model)
• One-Third Research clinical and translational
• 7.9 Billion (U.S.) Endowment
• Close links with Hamad Medical Corporation
• Womens and Childrens Programs

Other Health Educational Endowments being
Created
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Challenges for Healthcare in Qatar

• Profile of major diseases
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular
• Obesity
• Genomic anomalies
• Development of a network of high quality public
  and private hospitals

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Specialty Teaching Hospital
Academic Medical Centre Model Specialty Womens
and Childrens Hospital

• Goals
• To support world-class clinical care, teaching
  and research

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specialty teaching hospital

• Distinguishing Features
• World-Class
• Complementary and Synergistic to the National
  Network of Hospitals
• Sustainable internally and competitive in the
  region
• Supportive of Medical Education

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specialty teaching hospital
Advantages in patient care

• Pediatric services in region are inferior to
  other specialties
• A market gap - no facility with this focus
• Childrens hospitals receive major public support
• Synergies of womens and childrens services

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specialty teaching hospital
Advantages in Teaching and Research

• Demand for OB/GYN and Pediatrics set to grow
• Researchers attracted by a unique gene pool
• Genomics and bioinformatics programs will have
  immediate local and global impact
• Partnerships with top universities in Education
  City
• Platform for cooperation with leading global
  institutions
• Long-range benefits for the population of Qatar
  and the region

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Biomedical Research
Science Technology Development
Medical Care Delivery
National Executive Health Authority
Medical Education
Health Higher Education
Others, in time

• bioinformatics
• medical robotics
• medical devices

• bioengineering

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Science Technology Development
Medical Education
Health Higher Education
Medical Care Delivery
National Health Authority
Biomedical Research
Qatar National Research Fund
Peer Reviewed
Research Education
Research Endowments
Genomics
Global Collaborations
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research commitment

• Selection of research-based universities
• At least 150 million USD of STH operating budget
  for research
• The well of knowledge - at least 50 million USD
  per year
• Revenue from an entire LNG production line
• and

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research commitment

• Qatar National Research Fund
• A mechanism to fund national research agenda
• Emphasis on internal and external collaboration

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Comprehensive View of Health
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar
Medical Education
Health Higher Education
Medical Care Delivery
National Health Authority
Biomedical Research
Science Technology Development
True RD Required Importing Research
Infrastructure 410,000 sq. m. facility Trade Free
Zone Initial Anchor Tenants
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Science Technology Park
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Value Proposition

• Dedicated facilities and services for RC
• Access to world-class research institutes
• Pro-business incentives and environment
• Commercially managed but not-for-profit
• Visibility and exposure to Qatar leadership
• Rapid growth of economy and industries
• Political stability and international relations

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Summary
Engineering Medical Institutions in Qatar

• A new model to drive holistic reform
• Empowerment of the individual and civic
  responsibility
• World-class implants and legacy reform
• Based on partnership and collaboration
• National and international

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Future Collaborations

• International Medical Community Participation
• International research alliances
• Location for applied biomedical RD at STP
• Areas of potential interest
• Genomic Research
• Medical Biotechnology
• Natural pharmacologically active agents
• Molecular evaluation of environmental factors on
  health

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Thank You