International Speakers

Dr. Alamiri completed her general psychiatry and subspecialty training in child
and adolescent psychiatry at Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals and
MGH/McLean child and Adolescent psychiatry Residency Program. She is Diplomate of
the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology in both General Psychiatry and Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Alamiri also successfully accomplished the Fellowship in
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. She
holds memberships at several professional societies including the American Psychiatric
Association and the American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She
successfully established and designed Almanara in 2012, the only dedicated center for
child and adolescent mental health in Kuwait. Almanara offers comprehensive
management plans for all children, adolescents and their families with different
psychiatric conditions. Dr. Alamiri is also an epidemiologist who obtained a Doctor of
Science degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in psychiatric
epidemiology. Her research interest is on the overlap between neurodevelopment and
psychiatric disorders. She has more than 100 publications in peer reviewed journals and
is a sought-after speaker at regional scientific conferences and public events.
In addition to her current role as chairperson of Almanara, Dr Alamiri founded
Tawasol, a private practice, a mental well-being oasis for all.