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Prof. Medhat Askar, MD, PhD, MSHPE, FRCPath, F(ACHI), D(ABMLI), HCLD(ABB), serves as the Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Immunology at Qatar University’s College of Medicine and leads the Division of Clinical Immunology at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. He also serves as a Clinical Professor at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, and as an Advisor for Clinical Services at The National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Previously, he directed several labs at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and served as a consultant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, and the University of Chicago, IL. Currently, Dr. Askar is the Senior Treasurer of The Transplantation Society, Treasurer of The Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists, and a Board Member of the Worldwide Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Askar has previously served as President of The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and The American College of the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and positions on the executive committees of the United Network for Organ Sharing and The Arab Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics. He has published and lectured extensively on transplant immunology, cell and gene therapy, quality systems, accreditation, and health professions education.