Dr.  Arayssi  is Professor of Clinical Medicine  and Vice Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at Weill Cornell Qatar.  She completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine and her geriatrics fellowship at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. She then joined the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders (NIAMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, completing a second fellowship in Rheumatology with a focus in the area of early arthritis.

Dr. Arayssi has been working in the area of International Medical Education for almost two decades and has held multiple leadership positions, including Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and CPD.

Her area of research is focused on Rheumatoid arthritis and Behcet disease in LMIC and in international medical education.