Teebi founded the first Arab neonatal screening program in Kuwait. He also greatly advanced the activities of Kuwait Medical Genetic center. The center was started in February 1979, and was officially inaugurated in November 1980, but his arrival in 1981 broadened its study of medical genetics, as he worked to establish genetic services in the Middle East. He spent eight months in Saudi Arabia to develop medical genetics services, including the foundation of clinical genetics training programs and genetic counseling programs—the first of its kind in the Middle East.