Dr. Noura Al Thani

Dr. Noura Al Thani is a consultant pediatric neurologist at Sidra Medicine in Doha — Qatar's premier women and children's hospital, established under the Qatar Foundation's health initiative and affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Sidra represents one of the most significant investments in specialty pediatric healthcare in the Middle East, and Dr. Al Thani's pediatric neurology program exemplifies the hospital's commitment to world-class children's medicine.

With 18 years of pediatric neurology practice, Dr. Al Thani has built expertise in childhood epilepsy — including the complex genetic epilepsy syndromes that are overrepresented in consanguineous Arab populations — and in neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and developmental delay. Her epilepsy program at Sidra Medicine applies comprehensive diagnostic evaluation including high-resolution brain MRI, video-EEG monitoring, genetic panel testing (including epilepsy gene panels and whole exome sequencing), and metabolic investigations.

For neurodevelopmental disorders, she works within Sidra's multidisciplinary Child Development Team, collaborating with developmental pediatricians, psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and special education specialists to provide comprehensive assessment and treatment planning for children with ASD, ADHD, learning disabilities, and intellectual disability.

Dr. Al Thani trained in North America and holds the FAAN (Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology) designation. She communicates in Arabic and English and is experienced with Qatar's exceptionally multicultural patient population.

Dr. Al Thani obtained her MD from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and completed Pediatrics residency at Sidra Medicine and Hamad Medical Corporation. She completed Pediatric Neurology fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London — the world's most renowned pediatric hospital — followed by an Epilepsy Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada. She holds FAAN (Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology) and FRCPCH (Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) designations and maintains active ICNA membership.

Dr. Al Thani's pediatric neurology practice covers epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. In epilepsy, she diagnoses and manages all childhood epilepsy syndromes from benign Rolandic epilepsy through Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and other drug-resistant genetic epilepsies, using multi-drug antiseizure medication combinations and ketogenic diet therapy. She coordinates presurgical epilepsy evaluation for children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. In neurodevelopmental medicine, she evaluates children with developmental regression, global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and learning disabilities, coordinating comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and therapy referrals. She performs and interprets pediatric EEG and video-EEG, and conducts lumbar puncture for CSF metabolic and infectious evaluation.

Dr. Al Thani has published in Epilepsia, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, and the Journal of Child Neurology on genetic epilepsy syndromes in consanguineous Qatari families, autism spectrum disorder evaluation, and pediatric epilepsy outcomes at Sidra Medicine. She participates in international pediatric epilepsy research networks and presents at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting and the International Child Neurology Association World Congress.

Sidra Medicine is internationally recognized for pediatric specialty care and receives children from the Gulf region and beyond for complex neurological evaluation. Dr. Al Thani consults in Arabic and English and is experienced managing children with complex epilepsy syndromes who travel for specialist assessment. Video consultations are available for initial pediatric neurology assessment and follow-up, particularly useful for families managing children with chronic epilepsy or neurodevelopmental disorders who cannot travel frequently.

Dr. Al Thani has received the Sidra Medicine Clinical Excellence Award and recognition from the Qatar Medical Association for her contributions to pediatric neurology in Qatar. She serves on the International Child Neurology Association Arab World Chapter committee and is a faculty member at regional pediatric neurology education programs.