Qualifying at the University of Dundee, Scotland with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry in 1973 before completing his medical degree in 1978, Dr. Verjee has remained single-minded about family medicine. He continued his postgraduate training in Oxford when teaching and academic medicine developed as an interest. Entering general practice as a primary care physician in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, he established a new clinic which became a formal Oxford University teaching site for medical students. In 1994, he first moved to Newfoundland and Labrador to experience rural practice before relocating to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1996. He was subsequently appointed the Clerkship Director for Family Medicine in 2003 at the University of Calgary, later also appointed in the role of one of the Chief Examiners in Alberta for the Medical Council of Canada. In 2007, Dr. Verjee joined Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar as the inaugural Director for the Primary Care Clerkship. A full-time faculty member, teacher, educator, and researcher, he is also an active family physician. Being a writer, motivational speaker, and promoting music and the arts in learning medicine, his academic fields of interest are widespread and include exploring the real and metaphorical spaces of narrative medicine. Alum of the Harvard Macy Institute in Boston, Massachusetts since 2009, he completed his MBA in Leadership & Sustainability in 2015. He was accorded Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2014, and in 2017, appointed a Senior Fellow in Research at the Bedfordshire Mental Health Care Research (BMHCR-CU), a body associated with Clare College, Cambridge University, England. He is a Board member of the Regional Scientific Committee for the Middle East Academy for Medicine of Ageing. Dr. Verjee is now the Assistant Dean for Medical Student Affairs at WCM-Q, the Co-Director of the Primary Care Clerkship, and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine in Clinical Medicine. A number of publications have resulted from research grants and can be seen on his profile.