Dr. Al-Emadi received her medical degree from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, KSA. She had her internship and part of her residency at Hamad General Hospital followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Western in London Ontario, Canada. She then completed her Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada afterward completed her fellowship training in pregnancy and rheumatic disease for 6 months with Professor Carl Laskin. She has been certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American board of internal medicine and Rheumatology. In 2005, she was able to establish a pregnancy and rheumatic disease clinic at Hamad General Hospital. She has also completed her Master of Business Administration degree at London Business School.

Currently, Dr. Samar Al-Emadi is a member of multiple corporate committees, a member of the Governance and Strategy of Hamad Medical Corporation Research Committee, Hamad Medical Corporation IRB, and the Steering Committee for OPD Development. She is also a member of multiple committees locally and regionally, and multiple advisory boards.

Dr. Al-Emadi has received multiple research grants one of which is the QNRF Grant to study the Genetics of RA in Arab countries, a multinational study. She already has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is also involved in multiple RCTs as a PI and Co-PI.

Dr. Al Emadi is a speaker in multiple local and regional conferences