Dr. Hanadi Rafii El Ayoubi is a clinical hematologist and a stem cell transplantation physician, Board certified in Clinical Hematology from the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, and in Clinical Oncology from the University of Paris IX, France. She completed a Cancer research fellowship at the Gustave Roussy Institute. In 2005, she joined the National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) in Qatar as program director to implement the Stem Cell Transplantation program and Medical Director till 2013. She was primary Investigator of many international collaborative basic research projects with Qatar Foundation.

Since November 2014, she joined the Hematology department of Saint-Louis hospital, Paris, France and the Eurocord team as research physician.

Her main research interest includes stem cell transplantation and stem cell research. Her current research activity focuses on umbilical cord blood transplantation and innovative therapies.