Dr Rayaz Malik of WCM-Q examining a patient.
Dr Rayaz Malik of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has been named the UK’s second most influential clinical researcher in a list of ‘Leaders in Diabetes Complications’ compiled by Expertscape, the world’s leading index of academic achievement and expertise in healthcare.
Expertscape ranks the performance of researchers impartially, using a series of objective metrics to judge the number and quality of research papers and the impact factor of the journal they have published in over the last ten years.
Dr Malik, Professor of Medicine at WCM-Q, left the UK to join WCM-Q in 2014, but still holds an honorary professorship at his previous institution, the University of Manchester.
Dr Malik’s success and the strong links with internationally renowned research institutions underlines WCM-Q’s now well-established capacity and reputation for conducting world-class research. In addition to his research efforts, Dr Malik is also a practicing physician, treating patients with diabetes at Hamad Medical Corporation.
“I am really pleased to have been placed so high up this list, especially as I had no idea it was being compiled and it came as a complete surprise. It’s very gratifying to be named alongside some exceptionally talented and prolific researchers in the UK, especially as the top researcher was my mentor, Professor Andrew Boulton,” he said.
Dr Malik has pioneered the technique of ‘Corneal Confocal Microscopy’ (CCM) over the last 15 years. CCM enables real time imaging of the corneal nerve fibers and identifies nerve damage in a growing list of peripheral and central neurodegenerative conditions including diabetic neuropathy, hereditary neuropathies, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia and autism.
The test takes a few minutes, is non-invasive, utilizes existing ophthalmic equipment and can be done in the clinic.
