Dr. Azeem is Inaugural Chair of Psychiatry at Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar. He established the department of psychiatry  from scratch in 2015 including two divisions: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2. Perinatal Psychiatry. These services were almost nonexistent in the country. Sidra Medicine also established world's first and only ACGMEI Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship in 2020.
Dr. Azeem's major clinical and research interests include Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disorders, psychiatry co-morbidity in medical conditions, genetics, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training, Global Mental Health and reduction of restraints and seclusions in inpatient child and adolescent settings.
Dr. Azeem served on various committees at National and International level including: Qatar's National Mental Health Task Force, Chaired the Qatar National Autism Plan Working Group, Member National Mental Health Research Committee, Member of World Psychiatric Association Task Forces on Capacity Building, Medical Students and Autism.