Growing from strength to strength...

Welcome to SHAMS Journal of Medical sciences, the journal published from the Sheikh Hamdan Award for Medical Sciences. Arabic for ´the sun´, SHAMS is both the acronym for the award and symbolic in its meaning. It will be our endeavor to enlighten, through it, the medical community of the world about the latest development in the field.

Since the foundation was established eight years ago, it has been our deepest desire to recognise the immense effort and tell the story that is at the root of every new discovery. We often read about new diseases or medications, but rarely grasp the hard work, patience and persistence that go into every one of those projects.

At the time we began, however, we were not sure we would have sufficient material to publish on a regular basis. As the years passed, we began receiving a lot of scientific material of a very high quality and international standard through the nominations we invited for the various subjects considered for the awards. We had promised that all works nominated for an award would be recognised by the foundation, whether the nominee won an award or not, by publishing these in our journal.

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