Ruba Benini MD, PhD, FRCPSC
Pediatrics Neurology
Doha, Doha, Qatar
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Dr. Ruba Benini is an Attending Pediatric Neurologist at Sidra Medicine and an Assistant Professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill-Cornell Medicine Qatar.
Dr. Benini completed a combined MD Ph.D. training at McGill University in 2008 where she pursued her Ph.D. studies in Neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute studying GABAergic signaling in animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy. She subsequently went on to complete her pediatric neurology residency training at McGill University in 2014 and an additional fellowship in pediatric epilepsy and electroencephalography at the University of Montreal in 2016.
She is the recipient of many awards and scholarships and has published a number of peer-reviewed articles. Prior to joining Sidra Medicine, Dr. Benini worked as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the Children’s Care Clinic in Montreal (2014-2016), the Montreal Children's Hospital in Canada (2015-2016), and at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh (2016-2017).
Dr. Benini has a longstanding clinical and research interest in pediatric epilepsy, specifically in children with intractable epilepsy. She also has a strong interest in medical education and continues to be actively involved in teaching.
Dr. Benini completed a combined MD Ph.D. training at McGill University in 2008 where she pursued her Ph.D. studies in Neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute studying GABAergic signaling in animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy. She subsequently went on to complete her pediatric neurology residency training at McGill University in 2014 and an additional fellowship in pediatric epilepsy and electroencephalography at the University of Montreal in 2016.
She is the recipient of many awards and scholarships and has published a number of peer-reviewed articles. Prior to joining Sidra Medicine, Dr. Benini worked as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the Children’s Care Clinic in Montreal (2014-2016), the Montreal Children's Hospital in Canada (2015-2016), and at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh (2016-2017).
Dr. Benini has a longstanding clinical and research interest in pediatric epilepsy, specifically in children with intractable epilepsy. She also has a strong interest in medical education and continues to be actively involved in teaching.
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