Children & Young People’s Services

Jehan Al Rayahi

MD
Acting Division Chief | Pediatric Neuro-imaging
Years of Experience: 17

Dr. Jehan Al Rayahi joined Sidra Medicine in 2018. She is the Division chief of neuro-imaging and an attending pediatric neuroradiologist. She is also the program director of both their pediatric radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology fellowship programs. 

Dr. Jehan is a Weill Cornell Medicine graduate from the inaugural class of 2008. She completed her residency at Hamad Hospital in Qatar. She then completed two fellowships in pediatric radiology and pediatric neuroradiology at the Hospital of Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Her main interests and research are in the genomics of pediatric neuroradiology.

Dr. Jehan is also interested in pediatric epilepsy research and is the lead neuroradiologist in Sidra’s Epilepsy Surgical Program. 

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Jehan Al Rayahi

  • Genomics of pediatric neuroradiology with special attention to pediatric neuro-oncology and inherited central nervous system diseases.
  • Pediatric Epilepsy Imaging.

  1. AlRayahi J, AlWalid O, Mubarak W, Maaz AUR, Mifsud W. Pediatric Brain Tumors in the Molecular Era: Updates for the Radiologist. Semin Roentgenol 2023 Jan;58(1):47-66. doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2022.09.004. Epub 2022 Nov 8. PMID: 36732011
  2. AlRayahi J, Zapotocky M, Ramaswamy V, Hanagandi P, Branson H, Mubarak W, Raybaud C, Laughlin S. Pediatric Brain Tumor Genetics: What Radiologists Need to Know. Radiographics. 2018 Nov-Dec;38(7):2102-2122. doi: 10.1148/rg.2018180109. PMID: 30422762.
  3. Al-Maraghi A, Shaath R, Ford K, Aamer W, AlRayahi J, Hussein S, Aliyev E, Agrebi N, Kohailan M, Hubrack SZ, Palaniswamy S, Kennedy AD, DeBalsi KL, Elsea SH, Benini R, Ben-Omran T, Lo B, Akil ASA, Fakhro KA. Biallelic Loss-of-Function Variant in MINPP1 Causes Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia with Characteristic Severe Neurodevelopmental Disorder. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 May 29;26(11):5213.
  4. Ali S, Aloteiby A, Elsaid I, AlRayahi J, Perez A, Janahi M. Gradenigo’s Syndrome Conservative Management Remains an Option Despite Complications: A Case Report. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Apr 1;44(4):e147-e148.
  5. Shaath R, Al-Maraghi A, Ali H, AlRayahi J, Kennedy AD, DeBalsi KL, Hussein S, Elbashir N, Padmajeya SS, Palaniswamy S, Elsea SH, Akil AA, Yousri NA, Fakhro KA. Integrating Genome Sequencing and Untargeted Metabolomics in Monozygotic Twins with a Rare Complex Neurological Disorder. Metabolites. 2024 Mar 4;14(3):152.

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