Hussein Saadi, MD, FACP, FACE
Chair, Medical Subspecialties Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Ajmal Kazman MD
Consultant Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Mahmoud AlHawamdeh MD,MBA, FACP
Chair, Department of Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Benazir Hakkim MD
Consultant Internal Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Rand Farran
Associate Administrator,
Clinical Operations,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Ajmal Kazman MD
Consultant Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Mahmoud AlHawamdeh MD,MBA, FACP
Chair, Department of Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Benazir Hakkim MD
Consultant Internal Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Saaid Abdel-Ghani MD
Consultant Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Fawad Khan MD
Section Head, Family Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
DNP, CNP,Nurse Practitioner,
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Dr. Iyaad Hasan, DNP, CNP, has been a clinician for almost twenty years. He obtained his Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Case Western Reserve University specializing in Family Practice.
He joined the Cleveland Clinic in 2003, expanding his clinicall and administrative role at the Taussig Cancer Center. In 2007, he became the founding Director of Tobacco Treatment Center within the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. He served under the Secretary of Health in the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness as a Program Management Officer. In addition, he has served as a consult on several television shows, as well as being part of the core clinical team for the "Most Unhealthy American" on the Dr. Oz show.
His desire for health promotion and disease prevention comes from the lack of health knowledge in his Cleveland Arab community. He strives to help all people lead the healthiest lives through presentations that they can understand and share with their family and friends.
He left Cleveland Clinic main campus in 2016 to join Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He hopes to engage Abu Dhabi and the UAE to have better health literacy and knowledge through leading the CCAD Community Outreach Initiative in creating stronger and healthier Emirati lives.
Designation: Staff Physician, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Dr. Abdullah Shatnawei, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Shatnawei was a Staff Physician in the Center for Human Nutrition and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, DDSI at Cleveland Clinic. He was also appointed as Medical Director at the Center of Gut Rehabilitation and Transplant.
Dr. Shatnawei received his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Surgery and Medicine in 2000. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine from 2002 to 2005 at Fairview hospital, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio. He also completed a Clinical Nutrition fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio in 2007 and a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 2012.
Dr. Shatnawei resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. His hobbies include playing soccer and reading.
MD, MSCR, SFHM
Current President, Society of Hospital Medicine
USA
Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR is an adult Hospitalist physician, Professor of Medicine, and Chief Quality Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health System. She completed undergraduate studies at Emory University, medical school at The University of Tennessee, and Medicine-Pediatrics residency training at Duke University. She then joined MUSC as a Hospitalist, and completed her Masters in Clinical Research. She then practiced as a Hospitalist and Medical Director of the Inpatient Medicine Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for 5 years, before returning back to MUSC in 2010. She is also a certified trainer in Just Culture and TeamStepps, is a Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt, a Baldrige National Examiner, and a certified mediator. As System Chief Quality Officer, she oversees all Quality-Safety, Patient Engagement-Experience, Population Health, and Value-Based Payment models for the system. She is passionate about instilling High Reliability principles throughout the healthcare system, to improve safety and quality across all sites for all patients, while simultaneously enabling team engagement for performance excellence.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Deputy CMO,
Head of Psychiatry Department American Center Psychiatry and Neurology
UAE
Dr. Samer has joined the American Center as a Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Samer has a wide and rich experience gained from his years of training in the UK where he has obtained the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrist (MRCPsych) and higher specialized training (CCT) in adult psychiatry and addictions. Dr. Samer has complemented his training with a certificate of Psychopharmacology from the British Association of Psychopharmacology as well as a Postgraduate Certificate (PGcert.) in Autism from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. These years of training were followed by working as a substantive consultant psychiatrist in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK until he moved to the UAE.
Dr. Samer’s commitment to excellence in patient care and improving the wellbeing of the communities in which he works at led to many campaigns to improve awareness about mental health problems.
Dr. Samer is also an approved aviation specialist by the General Civil Aviation Authority in the UAE
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Yousif Hassan, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine Department of the Medical Subspecialty Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hassan served as a Hospital Medicine Consultant at Inova Alexandria Hospital, Virginia, US.
Dr. Hassan received his medical degree from Khartoum College of Medical Sciences, Khartoum, Sudan. He completed his residency at Howard University Hospital, Washington DC, US.
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Saqib Aziz, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Aziz has practiced as a Hospital Medicine Physician for more than ten years. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Aziz served as Director for the Hospital Medicine Department at Johnston Health in Smithfield, North Carolina, US.
Dr. Aziz has extensive experience in the field of Hospital Medicine and takes pride in caring for hospitalized patients.
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Salah AlSalahi, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. AlSalahi was an Assistant Clinical Professor and Hospitalist in the University of New England. He was also part of the teaching team ECHN site where third year medical students have their internship rotation. During this time, he also helped open a family practice residency program
Dr. AlSalahi received his medical degree from Aden University in Aden, Yemen and completed his Internal Medicine Residency program in Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and American College of Physicians.
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Jamshed Khan, MD, FACP, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Khan worked as a Hospitalist and a Palliative Care Consultant at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, US. He is an American Board Certified consultant physician with extensive experience in hospital medicine.
Dr. Khan received his medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in the US. Following this, he completed his fellowship in geriatrics at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US.
He maintains American Board Certifications in both internal medicine and geriatrics. He previously maintained certification in palliative care from 2006 to 2013 and is a certified hospice medical director.
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Abed Hmaid, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hmaid was a Hospitalist at INOVA Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia where he helped improve the quality of care and experience for hospitalized patients.
Dr. Hmaid received his medical degree from I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy in Moscow, Russia. He completed his residency at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Case Western Reserve Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Hmaid is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also a member of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).
Dr. Hmaid resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and three children. He enjoys playing football and traveling the world.
Staff Physician,
Hospital Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Ajmal Kazman, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine Department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kazman worked as a Hospitalist at Aurora Health Care in Green Bay, Wisconsin and before that, Yakima Valley Medical Center in Yakima, Washington.
Dr. Kazman received his medical degree from Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan after which he completed his residency at Unity Health System in Rochester, New York.
Dr. Kazman resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. He enjoys reading, traveling and learning about other cultures.
Staff Physician,
Primary Care-Family Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Dr. Benazir Hakkim, MD, MRCGP, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialities Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hakkim was working as a Consultant Family Medicine Physician in the National Health Service, UK running her own family practice clinic in Coventry, UK (Holyhead Surgery, Coventry).
She has extensive experience with management of chronic diseases like Hypertension, Asthma, COPD and Diabetes. She has a special interest in Women’s Health and has obtained the DRCOG (Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK) and DFSRH (Diploma of the Faculty Of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare). She has also completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Diabetes from Leicester, UK and has a special interest in the management of Diabetes.
Dr. Hakkim received her medical degree from the Academy of Medical Sciences, University of Calicut, in Kerala, India in 2002. She obtained her Certificate of Completion of training in General Practice (Family Medicine) in 2010 after doing her training in West Midlands Deanery, United Kingdom. She also obtained the MRCGP UK from the Royal College of General Practitioners as part of completion of her training.
Dr. Hakkim resides in Abu Dhabi with her husband and three children. She enjoys trying out new recipes, reading and meeting new people.
Staff Physician, Endocrinology
Medical Subspecialities Institute
UAE
Dr. Hussain received his medical degree from The Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan.
He completed his residency at University of Pittsburgh Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He subsequently completed fellowships in Geriatrics at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina and Endocrinology and Metabolism at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Dr. Hussain has experience in general endocrinology and a special interest in thyroid disease, disorders of calcium and osteoporosis. He has his Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU) that validates a physician’s ability to perform neck ultrasound and thyroid biopsy. He is also certified to read bone mineral density reports and has vast experience in the latest technologies for managing diabetes, including insulin delivery pumps and continuous glucose monitors.
Staff Physician Allergy & Immunology, Respiratory
Institute Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Mohamed Abuzakouk, MBBCh, is a Staff Physician in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Abuzakouk worked as a lecturer in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Trinity College Dublin and then as a Consultant Immunologist and Allergist in the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Hull Royal Infirmary in the UK. During this time he also served as the Director of Clinical Studies in Hull-York Medical School and the Clinical Lead for the Northern Autoimmunity Educational Quality Assurance Group. In addition, he provided immunology consultancy services to a number of teaching hospitals in Ireland for accreditation purposes.
Dr. Abuzakouk has participated in a number of international studies and has published widely on many aspects of immunologic and allergic diseases in quality journals. He was also a principle investigator in a number of European multicenter research projects and has been active in national and regional medical organizations in the UK.
Dr. Abuzakouk was awarded his PhD degree in Immunology from Trinity College Dublin.
MD, SFHM
President, Society of Hospital Medicine
USA
Dr. Frost serves as the National Medical Director for LifePoint Health (Brentwood, TN). In this role his responsibilities include oversight of Hospital Based Physician Services as well as leadership over Regulatory & Accreditation, Medical Staff Governance, Patient Safety Organization and Peer Review. He is a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine and on the Board of Directors for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM); Dr. Frost is the immediate past President for SHM. He has worked as an ED physician, hospitalist and medical director for large community hospitalist programs. Prior to his current role with LifePoint, Dr. Frost served as the Chief Medical Officer of Hospital Medicine Services for a multi-state management group and as the Chief Medical Officer of Hospital Based Providers for HCA Physician Services.
Dr. Frost attended Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, earning a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Psychology. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia, then completed his internship and residency in the Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics residency program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Frost was a Chief Resident for the Division of Internal Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine. He also served as a physician for United States Air Force and completed his time with the Air Force as a Major and currently serves on the board of 4:13 Strong in Nashville, TN as well as Special Olympics-Tennessee.
Chief of Hospital Medicine, Regions Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Ultrasound Director, Hospital Medicine, HealthPartners
USA
Dr. Benji Mathews graduated from the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his internal medicine residency and Chief Residency through the University of Minnesota. He joined HealthPartners and holds the titles of Chief of Hospital Medicine at Regions Hospital and Director of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for Hospital Medicine at HealthPartners. He is known as a master clinician with extensive expertise in diagnostic reasoning, diagnostic error, and point of care ultrasound.
Dr. Mathews has a passion for medical education, care delivery, and quality. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and served as a core faculty of the University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program. He led the development of the Resident Assessment and Coaching Program (RAC) as part of the Clinical Competency Committee for the residency program. Dr. Mathews is active locally and nationally with the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) where he has served on many national committees. He is the course director for the 2020 SHM annual meeting and is a past President of the Minnesota Chapter. As the director of hospital medicine point of care ultrasound (POCUS), Dr. Mathews co-created and co-leads the HealthPartners training program that has since been nationally recognized as the standard for hospitalist training and assessment by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and the American College of Chest Physicians. He has completed the Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine (CLHM) and has completed a fellowship in Diagnostic Safety through the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM). His work in diagnostic error and POCUS has been well recognized with multiple workshops, presentations and publications.
Dr. Mathews also has a passion for global health, rooted in his commitment to reducing health care disparities both locally and globally. He has worked with medical missions, NGOs, and orphanages in Nepal, India, Bolivia, Honduras, and Costa Rica. More recently, he has served with a longitudinal ultrasound training program in Haiti and training physicians who work with refugees with the International Organization of Migration in Uganda.
UK
Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Zaher Koutoubi, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Koutoubi was a Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain for nine years from 2005 to 2014. He also served as the Chairman of the Clinical Peer Review Committee from 2008 to 2014 in the same institute. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Director of Outpatient Department and Chairman of Patients Relation Committee at Kingdom Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2005.
He earned his medical degree at Cluj-Napoca University School of Medicine, Romania. He undertook his Internal Medicine Residency training at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, US. He carried out his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, where he also served as Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Koutoubi has been American Board Certified in Gastroenterology since 2000 and was re-certified in 2010. He is also American board-certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Koutoubi is interested in all aspects of gastroenterology, hepatology, liver transplantation and endoscopy, with special interests in the field of hepatology and inflammatory bowel disease. He is also very active in research and has been involved with many projects focused on Hepatitis B and C and gastrointestinal bleeding. He has presented his research findings at international gastroenterology meetings and conferences.
Dr. Koutoubi currently serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) and Gastroenterology & Hepatology Open Access.
UK
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Chief, Hospital Medicine Division
Saudi Arabia
Director, Consultant
Endocrinologist,
Dubai Diabetes Center
Dubai Health Authority
UAE
Consultant
Hospital Medicine
Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital
UAE
Dr Christos is a Consultant in Internal Medicine with more than 20 years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. He previously served as the Acting Medical Director for Mediclinic Al Noor and as the Department Head of Internal Medicine since March 2019. He has been involved in clinical education both at pre and post-graduate levels and has been responsible for the specialty training in Acute Medicine for East Yorkshire. He has been appointed to lead clinical services and committees in his previous employment and thus gained valuable healthcare management experience. He joined Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital in August 2015.
Dr Christos received a medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and completed a specialist training in General Internal Medicine from the same university. He worked in the UK as a Consultant in Acute and Stroke Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and holds a Diploma in Geriatric Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin. He is a member of the Society of Acute Medicine and of the British Association of Stroke Physicians.
Dr Christos enjoys trying to address complex problems and has a soft spot for the care of the elderly and palliative medicine.
Chief of Staff
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Jorge A. Guzman, MD, is Chief of Staff at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, as well as Attending Staff at the Department of Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Ohio.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Guzman was Cleveland Clinic's Vice President of Regional Hospital Medical Operations.
Dr. Guzman is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care and led ICU operations and the development of the ICU telemedicine program (eHospital) at the Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed to Cleveland Clinic's medical staff in 2007.
Dr. Guzman received his medical degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, in 1988. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata in Argentina, he completed an additional fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, he served as Chief of Medicine at Harper Hospital, the flagship hospital of the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Guzman has served in many leadership positions at Cleveland Clinic and at hospitals throughout the United States. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals, book chapters, and holds two patents registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Chief Medical Operations,
Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Madhu Sasidhar, MD, is the Chief Medical Operations in the Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Sasidhar was the Section Head for Enterprise Respiratory Therapy of the Respiratory & Critical Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
Dr. Sasidhar received his medical degree from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India. He completed his residency at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
He resides in Abu Dhabi with his family and enjoys reading and football.
Staff Physician, Infectious Diseases
Medical Subspecialties Institute
UAE
Dr. Nusair obtained his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1997. He did his internship in internal medicine and worked as a Trauma House Officer between 1998 and 2002. In 2005, Dr. Nusair completed training in Internal Medicine at Western Reserve Care System/ Northeast Ohio Medical University. Upon completion of Fellowship in Infectious Diseases in the combined program at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2007, Dr. Nusair joined the faculty at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in Huntington, WV. Dr. Nusair returned to Marshall University in 2011 after completing fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011.
In addition to his academic and clinical responsibilities at Marshall University Dr. Nusair served as the Chief for the section of Infectious Diseases at Marshal University. He also served as the medical director for Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and the medical director for the Intensive Care Unit at the affiliated institution; Cabell-Huntington Hospital.
Dr. Nusair received many awards for excellence in clinical mentoring and practice. He is an active member of a number of national and international medical societies. Dr. Nusair is recognized as a Fellow of prestigious medical societies including: The American College of Physicians, The Infectious Diseases Society of America and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Dr. Nusair has numerous academic contributions including peer reviewed publications, multiple national and international presentations and lectures and research projects in infectious diseases and critical care medicine. His special interests include device related infections and quality improvement and resource utilization in the critical care setting.
Consultant Physician,
Medical Subspecialities Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Dr. Saaid Abdel-Ghani, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialities Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Abdel-Ghani was a specialist in hospital medicine at the Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford, North Carolina, US. He was previously an academic hospitalist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC), in Columbus, Ohio, US, in the Division of Hospital Medicine. During his time at OSU he provided specialized care to hospitalized patients, while also devoting time to point-of-care ultrasound research and education.
Dr. Abdel-Ghani received his medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies. He completed his internal medicine residency at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, in affiliation with The University of South Carolina, in Columbia, South Carolina, US.
He completed a primary care ultrasound fellowship, the first of its kind, at the Ultrasound Institute at The University of South Carolina. During his fellowship, he served as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine, as a faculty member within the Department of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Abdel-Ghani has continued interest in the applications of point-of-care ultrasound, helping the Society of Hospital Medicine develop national guidelines on its use for diagnostic purposes, as well as procedure guidance.
Dr. Abdel-Ghani's interests include football, music, travel and enjoying quality time with his wife and two kids.
Chief, Hospital Medicine
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Dr. Al-Hawamdeh, MBBS, is Chief of Hospital Medicine in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Al-Hawamdeh has a long standing experience in Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine for more than 14 years in US-based hospitals. He has excellent academic and administrative achievements, and is eager to provide the highest quality of care to his patients.
Consultant Physician Hospital Medicine Department,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Ajmal Kazman, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine Department of the Medical subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kazman worked as a Hospitalist at Aurora Health Care in Green Bay, Wisconsin and before that, Yakima Valley Medical Center in Yakima, Washington.
Dr. Kazman received his medical degree from Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan after which he completed his residency at Unity Health System in Rochester, New York.
Dr. Kazman resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. He enjoys reading, traveling and learning about other cultures.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialty Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Rumman Abbas Khan Langah MD, FACP, FHM is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialty Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Langah served as Associate Site Director for Hospital Medicine Division (2016-2018), and Medical Director for Progressive Care Unit at Emory University Hospital (2015-2018), Atlanta, GA where he was a staff physician (2009-2018).
At Emory, Dr. Langah led many administrative and quality projects not limited to inception of monthly faculty education conference, incorporation of revised scope of practice for progressive care unit, leading COPD power plan initiative which was adopted across Emory healthcare system, innovating a unique interdisciplinary rotation for medical students, chairing divisional CPC committee who conducted several successful case conferences at divisional and departmental level and winning the best internal medicine grand rounds presentation of the year 2017. In appreciation of his efforts, he was presented the highest divisional award, Mark V. Williams Overall Excellence in Hospital Medicine, for the year 2016.
Dr. Langah received his medical degree from King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at East Tennessee State University and nuclear medicine residency at Medical University of South Carolina.
He is board certified in Internal Medicine/Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Langah resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and three kids. He enjoys reading, playing squash & football, and working out at the gym.
Consultant Physician
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Ali Saeed Wahla, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Wahla worked as a consultant physician in the Department of Intensive Care at King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a year. Prior to his role in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Wahla worked as a Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center in Lahore, Pakistan. It was here that he co-established the first Interventional Pulmonary program in the country. During this time, he also served as the Director of the Intensive Care Unit, where he established and ran a respiratory therapy training program.
Dr. Wahla received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, where he also completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Wahla completed a one-year fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology.
Dr. Wahla is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, with additional specialty certification in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He specializes in advanced pulmonary procedures focused on complex airway and pleural disorders.
Consultant Physician
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Sobia Farooq, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. She specializes in the treatment of respiratory diseases and sleep disorders.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Farooq worked as a Consultant Physician at the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Washington, D.C., US.
Dr. Farooq received her medical degree from the Rawalpindi Medical College in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, US. She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Metrohealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US. Dr. Farooq also specialized in sleep medicine and has done fellowships in Sleep Medicine at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US.
Consultant Physician
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Zaid Zoumot, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He specializes in interventional pulmonology, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, asthma, lung cancer, sleep disordered breathing, lung failure and bronchiectasis.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Zoumot worked as a Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. In addition to caring for patients with a wide spectrum of respiratory conditions, Dr. Zoumot was heavily involved in research, hospital management and the training of physicians, particularly in the field of bronchoscopy.
Dr. Zoumot has published original research, reviews and editorials in peer reviewed medical journals and is currently an associate editor of European Respiratory Journal Open Research. He is regularly invited to speak and moderate at international scientific meetings and conferences.
Dr. Zoumot received his medical degree from the King's College London School of Medicine in London, UK. He completed his residency in General Internal Medicine in the London Deanery and then completed his fellowship in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine and later subspecialized in Interventional Pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He undertook a part-time MSc in Respiratory Medicine during his fellowship, and he was awarded a PhD by Imperial College, London, UK for his thesis examining lung volume reduction for the treatment of severe emphysema.
Dr. Zoumot enjoys sports including tennis, football, and swimming. He maintains his love of basketball having been part of the Jordanian national team that took part in the finals of the FIBA Basketball World Championship for Junior Men in Greece, 1995.
Dr. Zoumot resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two young children.
Consultant Physician
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Aydamir Alrakawi, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Alrakawi was a Gastroenterologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Manchester, New Hampshire, US.
Dr. Alrakawi received his medical degree from Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1990. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Ohio, US.
After completing his residency, Dr. Alrakawi practiced as a Primary Care Physician in Mississippi until 1996. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Washington University in St. Louis and another fellowship in Biliary Endoscopy (ERCP).
Staff Physician
Primary Care - Family Medicine,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
UAE
Dr. Fawad Khan, MD, is a Section Head at the General Medicine department in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Khan served as a Medical Director for Ambulatory clinics at Mediclinic Alnoor Hospitals Group. He continued his clinical practice as a Physician while establishing a Family Medicine program and a strong clinical governance system across the network of clinics. He played a key role in developing Best Practice Guidelines, Policies, Physician Appraisal process and CME program to provide high standards of care.
Prior to Mediclinic Alnoor, Dr. Khan worked at Malling Health Group in England as a Lead Clinician. He was involved in various Clinical Quality activities and served as Lead Clinician at Dartford and Gravesham Commissioning Group for Malling Health. He developed a Special Interest in Musculoskeletal Medicine.
Dr. Khan went through Family Medicine Training Program at Grampian University Hospitals, UK after earning a medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan.
He lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two children
Consultant Physician
Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Faisal Hasan, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He also serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hasan was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He was a member of the Academic Interventional Cardiology practice at Yale New Haven Hospital, where he treated a spectrum of cardiac and peripheral vascular diseases and performed a high volume of interventional cardiology procedures. He was also involved in the training and education of Yale Cardiology fellows.
Dr. Hasan is trained in advanced coronary and peripheral vascular interventions, with a focus and interest in minimally-invasive complex cardiac and vascular procedures. His specialty expertise includes the treatment of ischemic heart disease, structural heart and valve disease, invasive coronary imaging, cardiomyopathy, coronary interventions and endovascular therapies for peripheral artery disease.
His recent focus is on endovascular therapies for complex peripheral artery disease and has published multiple book chapters on this topic. He has given a number of invited lectures on both percutaneous coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. Dr. Hasan also serves as peer reviewer for several cardiovascular journals, as well as reviewer for international meetings and peer-reviewed abstracts.
He has maintained active research activities, leading to national and international recognition, including key publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Circulation, American Heart Journal and Journal of American College of Cardiology. He has presented multiple abstracts at American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association meetings, and is an invited Faculty Member at multiple international cardiovascular conferences.
Dr. Hasan currently resides in Abu Dhabi. He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and four children.
Staff Physician
Primary Care - Family Medicine, Medical Subspecialties Institute
UAE
Mourad Habib Kirollos, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Family Medicine department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kirollos worked in IHC Abu Dhabi. Prior to his move to the UAE, he worked for NHS England for 10 years where he was the Medical Lead of Eden Unit in Penrith Hospital in North England.
Dr. Kirollos received his medical degree from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt after which he completed his residency at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, United Kingdom. Post-residency, Dr. Kirollos continued his training to receive certification in the Medicine of The Elderly in Glasgow University, United Kingdom. Dr. Kirollos has a special interest in a holistic medical approach to find the root cause of diseases, chronic disease management, biomolecular medicine, hormonal imbalance and mental health.
Dr. Kirollos currently resides in Abu Dhabi and enjoys reading, swimming, table tennis, and fishing.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Hanan Sheikh Ibrahim, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. She specializes in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ibrahim worked as an Internist and Geriatrician at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Dr. Ibhrahim trained at Cleveland Clinic in the US under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Palmer, concept originator of the Acute Care of Elderly (ACE) unit, which is now an internationally recognized model of hospital care for geriatric patients. She is a pioneer in the field of geriatric care in the UAE, having implemented the first Mobile Acute Care of Elderly (MACE) program of its kind in the region.
Dr. Ibrahim received her medical degree from the Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in Damascus, Syria. She completed her residency in Pulmonology at the University Hospital, Syrian Red Crescent Hospital, in Damascus, Syria, and in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. She completed her Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, US.
Transplant Nephrologist
Nephrology Department
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Nizar Attallah, MD, is a Transplant Nephrologist in the Nephrology Department in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Attallah worked as an attending physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, US, from 2006 to 2008. While he was at Henry Ford Hospital, he became a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University.
In July 2008, Dr. Attallah moved to Louisville, Kentucky, US, where he became Director of Home Dialysis and a Transplant Medical Co-director with Nephrology Associates of Kentuckiana. In 2012, he became a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the University of Kentucky.
During his career, Dr. Attallah has been involved in the evaluation and management of more than 1,000 new kidney transplants and 80 new pancreas transplants. He has a special interest in managing patients with renal hypertension and on home dialysis. In addition to kidney transplants, Dr. Attallah focuses on critical care nephrology and halting the progression of chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Attallah earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan, in Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension, and another fellowship in Kidney Transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, in the US.
Dr. Attallah resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and three children.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialities Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Dr. Seher Ahmad, MBChB, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialities Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, specializing in Family Medicine.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ahmad worked as a consultant in family medicine for the North Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group, Manchester, UK, part of the UK National Health Service. In her role, she oversaw care for a broad range of illnesses in adults, children, and in women's health.
Dr. Ahmad completed a pre-clinical medical degree at the University of Cambridge, with a master's degree in infectious pathology. This was followed by a clinical degree from the University of Manchester, UK, with specialty training at North Manchester General Hospital. She has completed further diplomas in child health, obstetrics, and gynecology, and holds a master's degree in medical leadership.
Dr. Ahmad is UK-board certified and is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has served as national chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Training Committee, which included contributing to the family medicine curriculum and exam development for trainee doctors. She has also been an advisor to the UK Department of Health on developing policy for drug treatment services, and served as chair of the North West GP Trainee Forum.
Dr. Ahmad has a keen interest in global public health, having served on the board of trustees for international NGO, Doctors Worldwide. Her role has included disaster relief work in Pakistan, and development work in Gaza and Japan. She also received The Abbas Khan Memorial Award for Services to Medicine, during the British Muslim Awards in 2014.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Dr. Maguy Chiha is a Staff Physician specialized in Endocrinology at the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Chiha worked at Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago where she headed the division of endocrinology. She was the physician champion of the Diabetes Center for Excellence.
Dr. Chiha was actively involved in medical education with students, residents and fellows when she was the Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Dr. Chiha received her medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 2005, after which she pursued a residency in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital and served as a Chief Medical Resident. She then completed her endocrinology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Samer El-Kaissi, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. El-Kaissi served as a consultant endocrinologist and Chairman of the Endocrinology Department at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. El-Kaissi earned his medical degree from The Flinders University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Flinders Medical Center, followed by an endocrinology fellowship at Barwon Health in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
After completing his endocrine training, Dr. El-Kaissi developed an interest in thyroid disorders including nodular thyroid disease, autoimmune thyroid disease and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy. This interest was further developed through a PhD research degree at the University of Melbourne, completed in 2008, which looked at risk factors for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy in patients with autoimmune hyperthyroidism.
After earning his PhD, Dr. El-Kaissi has continued to foster his interest in thyroid disease and conditions, and has conducted in-office thyroid ultrasonography and ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration since 2003. The procedure provides patients with a convenient treatment procedure for thyroid disease, and helps reduce waiting times and the need for additional consultations.
Dr. El-Kaissi resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and three children.
Institute Chair,
Endocrinology,
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Hussein Saadi, MD, is the Institute Chair of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, where he oversees nine medical subspecialties including dermatology, endocrinology, hematology and oncology, hospital medicine, infectious disease, general internal medicine, nephrology and rheumatology.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Saadi was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, and Consultant Endocrinologist at Tawam Hospital in Abu Dhabi. He is a former member of the Cleveland Clinic Departments of General Internal Medicine and Endocrinology staff in the US.
Dr. Saadi is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. Dr. Saadi is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. His specialty interests include diabetes mellitus, vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis and general endocrinology.
With a medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Dr. Saadi trained in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in the US.
He enjoys reading, traveling, walking and soccer.
Consultant, Hospital Medicine
Benazir Hakkim (MRCGP) is a Consultant Physician in the Medical Subspecialities Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi since January 2017.
She is the Lead for Quality for Family medicine in Cleveland clinic Abu Dhabi and is also the Activity director for Grand Rounds in the Medical Subspecialities Institute . She has won the Quarterly Q3 2019 CCAD Physician Excellence awards for her role in Quality.
She received her Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice (Family Medicine) in 2010 after doing her training in West Midlands Deanery, United Kingdom. She has also obtained the MRCGP UK from the Royal College of General Practitioners as part of completion of her training. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hakkim was working as a Consultant Family Medicine Physician in the National Health Service UK running her own Family Practice clinic in Coventry, UK.
She has a special interest in Women's Health and has obtained the DRCOG (Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK) and DFSRH (Diploma of the Faculty Of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare). She has also completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Diabetes from Leicester UK and has a special interest in the management of Diabetes.
Dr. Hakkim resides in Abu Dhabi with her husband and 3 children. She enjoys trying out new recipes, reading and meeting new people.
Section Head, Family Medicine
Rahat Ghazanfar , MD, is a Staff Physician in the General Medicine Department in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ghazanfar worked as a Family Medicine Consultant at Intercare Health Center and Kings College Clinic in Abu Dhabi. Her personal mission is to help shape Primary Care and Family Medical care in the UAE. In addition, Dr. Ghazanfar aspires to have a role in shaping a cost effective but world class Community Care for the population of Abu Dhabi.
Prior to her 3 years in Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ghazanfar worked as a Family medicine consultant in Taplow, UK where she was lead clinician for Walk-In services and the Urgent care center. She has a special interest in Obesity and Weight Management.
Dr. Ghazanfar completed her Family Medicine Training at Oxford Deanery, UK after earning her medical degree from Sindh Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Dr. Ghazanfar currently resides in Abu Dhabi with her husband and 2 children. She enjoys baking, swimming, walking and travelling.
MD
Consultant,
Hospital Medicine
Dr. Nazem Hafez, MD is a Staff Physician in the Hospital Medicine Department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hafez worked as a Hospitalist and Internal Medicine Consultant at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio.
In addition, Dr. Hafez also worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at both Cleveland Clinic's Lerner College of Medicine and Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to main campus, he gained experience working as a Hospitalist at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and also at Grand Strand Hospital in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Dr. Nazem Hafez received his medical degree from Damascus University School of Medicine in Damascus, Syria. He also completed his Master's degree in Clinical Pharmacology in Syria after which he transitioned to the United States to complete his internship, research and residency at Woodhull Medical Center / New York University in Manhattan, New York.
Dr. Hafez resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. He enjoys sports, swimming, and travelling. He also enjoys volunteering in the community to help improve health care systems around the world.
Consultant Physician
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Seby John, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in 2018, Dr. John was a Consultant in Neurology and Neurointerventional Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, where he successfully developed the first stroke and neurointerventional program.
Dr. John completed his medical school at the acclaimed St. John’s Medical College. Subsequently, he completed extensive training in Neurology and Vascular Neurology at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He then underwent additional training in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, also at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. John is board-certified by the American Board of Neuology and the American Board of Psychiarty.
Dr. John has extensive experience in the medical and interventional management of cerebrovascular diseases. He is an active researcher and has been an investigator in numerous international cerebrovascular clinical trials. He has to his credit, more than fifty peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the field of stroke and neurointerventional surgery. He has also co-edited the third edition of "Ultimate Review for the Neurology Boards".
Consultant Physician
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Mahmoud Traina, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Traina was an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California, US. He was also Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, where he doubled the capacity of the laboratory and introduced complex coronary interventions and the radial catheterization approach. During this time, Dr. Traina performed over 6,000 cardiac catheterizations, using advanced techniques and minimally invasive approaches.
Dr. Traina was the Associate Program Director of the Cardiology fellowship at UCLA, overseeing the training of over thirty fellows annually. He also served as core faculty of Internal Medicine Residency, supervising over eighty residents every year. He is known as a dedicated educator and has won several teaching awards.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, US and received his medical degree from the University of California, Davis, California. His postgraduate training was at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he completed his training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Traina’s research interests include optimization of radial access approaches, evaluation and management of cardiomyopathies and novel management of acute heart failure and atrial fibrillation. He has participated in multiple international multicenter trials and has over forty publications and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals. He has also been an invited speaker at both national and international conferences.
Dr. Traina enjoys spending his free time with his wife and two children.
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Dr. Mohamad Mooty, MD, FACP, is Chief of Infectious Diseases in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He specializes in the treatment of bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial and parasitic infections.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Mooty worked as the Head of the Infectious Diseases Division at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, US.
Dr. Mooty received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, US, where he also completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases.
Consultant Physician
Medical Subspecialties Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Rajaie Namas, is the Section Head of Rheumatology at the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Namas served at the University of Michigan as a Clinical Lecturer for two years, and was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. He was then promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Namas received his medical degree from the University of Tripoli, Libya. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, followed by his residency in Internal Medicine at Hurly Medical Center/Michigan State University in Flint, Michigan, US. Dr. Namas completed his clinical and research fellowship in Rheumatology at the Wayne State University/Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, US.
Dr. Namas is currently active in numerous research projects focused on treatment strategies, measures of outcome, and translational studies of potential laboratory markers of disease activity.
He has multiple publications and awards in the field of Rheumatology, and is a reviewer on multiple peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Namas is a member and fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and American College of Physicians.
Consultant Physician
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Staff Physician, Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology,
Digestive Disease Institute
UAE
Dr. Ammar Kheir, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kheir was a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Therapeutic Colonoscopist at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee. He was also a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Dr. Kheir received his medical degree from the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan. He completed his foundation medical training at James Cook University Hospital, UK. Following that, he completed Basic Physician Training at John Hunter Hospital and the University of Newcastle, Australia. He then completed his Core Gastroenterology and Hepatology Training at the Central Coast and Northern Sydney hospitals. After that, he completed an advanced Therapeutic Colonoscopy fellowship at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. He also completed an advanced Endoscopic Training at Kyushu University Hospital, Japan.
Dr. Kheir has a particular interest and expertise in image-enhanced endoscopy, high-quality colonoscopy, bowel cancer screening in adults, inflammatory bowel disease, management of colonic polyposis, advanced endoscopic resection techniques, Barrett’s esophagus and screening for early gastric cancer. He presented at international meetings, was published in peer reviewed journals and authored endoscopy textbook chapters.
Consultant Physician
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Ayesha Ahmed, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ahmed practiced as a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Lincolnshire Partnership National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Lincoln, UK. She has extensive experience helping patients manage psychiatric conditions and has provided consultations in liaison psychiatry, early intervention in psychosis, psychiatric intensive care, community & rehabilitation psychiatry, assertive outreach, crisis resolution & home treatment, perinatal mental health and adult ADHD.
Dr. Ahmed earned her MBBS from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan and completed her residency and fellowship training in National Health Service (NHS) Trust teaching hospitals in London and Leicester, both in the UK. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in teaching medical students and is an advocate of patient education.
She has a keen interest in studying and minimizing stigma associated with psychiatric care.
MD
Institute Chair, Endocrinology
Medical Subspecialties Institute
UAE
Institute Chair, Endocrinology, Medical Subspecialties Institute
Hussein Saadi, is the Institute Chair of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, where he oversees nine medical subspecialties including dermatology, endocrinology, hematology and oncology, hospital medicine, infectious disease, general internal medicine, nephrology and rheumatology.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Saadi was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, and Consultant Endocrinologist at Tawam Hospital in Abu Dhabi. He is a former member of the Cleveland Clinic Departments of General Internal Medicine and Endocrinology staff in the US.
Dr. Saadi is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. Dr. Saadi is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. His specialty interests include diabetes mellitus, vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis and general endocrinology.
With a medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Dr. Saadi trained in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in the US.
He enjoys reading, traveling, walking and soccer.
Institute Chair
Breast Surgical
Oncology Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer is the Institute Chair of the Oncology Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Grobmyer was Professor of Surgery, Section Head of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Grobmyer received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas and completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York. He completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2004.
Dr. Grobmyer’s innovative clinical care and research focuses on developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat breast cancer. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed manuscripts, twenty book chapters and edited a textbook on innovative cancer therapies. Additionally, he has given over one hundred invited lectures nationally and internationally.
Dr. Grobmyer has been elected to Best Doctors in America every year consecutively since 2007 and has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including, The Lester Dragstedt Physician Scientist Award, The Society of Surgical Oncology Clinical Investigator Award and The American College of Surgeons Japan Travelling Fellowship. His influential clinical care and research has been featured widely in the Unites States media including NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, The New York Times and Vogue.
Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Consultant
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Adnan Alatoom, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Alatoom is a Clinical Pathologist with expertise in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Serology.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Alatoom was an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, US. He also held the role of Director of Clinical Microbiology, Serology and Test Referral at the affiliated William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Dallas, Texas, US. During his time serving there, he was responsible for diagnostic services in bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology.
Dr. Alatoom received his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. He later received his PhD in Medical Microbiology from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, US.
Dr. Alatoom currently resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two children.
Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ahmad Nusair, MD, obtained his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1997. He did his internship in internal medicine and worked as a Trauma House Officer between 1998 and 2002. In 2005, Dr. Nusair completed training in Internal Medicine at Western Reserve Care System, Northeast Ohio Medical University. Upon completion of his Fellowship in Infectious Diseases in the combined program at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2007, Dr. Nusair joined the faculty at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in Huntington, WV. Dr. Nusair returned to Marshall University in 2011 after completing his fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011.
In addition to his academic and clinical responsibilities at Marshall University, Dr. Nusair served as the Chief for the section of Infectious Diseases at Marshal University. He also served as the medical director for Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and the medical director for the Intensive Care Unit at the affiliated institution, Cabell-Huntington Hospital.
Dr. Nusair received many awards for excellence in Clinical Mentoring and Practice. He is an active member of a number of national and international medical societies. Dr. Nusair is recognized as a fellow of prestigious medical societies, namely, The American College of Physicians, The Infectious Diseases Society of America and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Dr. Nusair has numerous academic contributions including peer-reviewed publications, multiple national and international presentations, as well as lectures and research projects in infectious diseases and critical care medicine. His special interests include device related infections and quality improvement and resource utilization in the critical care setting.
Internal Medicine Hospitalist
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Mujtaba Ali, MD, is a staff physician in the Hospital Medicine Department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ali served as a Hospitalist at Hawaii Pacific Health in Oahu, USA.
Dr. Ali received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in the West Indies. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Seton Hall University, NJ, USA and completed his fellowship in Geriatrics at New York University, NY, USA.
Dr. Ali worked as a hospitalist at Intermountain Medical Center in Utah and incorporated his training in Geriatrics to bring exceptional care to his patients.
Dr. Ali resides in Abu Dhabi, with his wife and a child. He enjoys traveling, photography, hiking, and making memories with his family.
Staff Physician
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ronney Shantouf, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Shantouf was a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he has served as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization lab of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center since 2016. He further served as the Cardiology Education Course Chair for the Olive View-UCLA Internal Medicine Residency program. As an Interventionalist, he specializes in transradial coronary interventions, intravascular imaging and invasive hemodynamic assessment. He has also performed thousands of cardiac catheterizations throughout his career.
Dr. Shantouf is American Board certified. He received his medical degree from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at the UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Shantouf enjoys spending his free time with his wife and son. When not at work, he enjoys playing the guitar, listening to music, discovering new travel destinations and reading.
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
Dr. Shiva Kumar is the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kumar served as Medical Director of Liver Transplantation and Primary Liver Physician at two liver transplant centers in the US for more than eight years. He was also Director of Hepatology sub-specialty fellowship training at Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana, US. He also served as Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, US.
Dr. Kumar graduated from the University of Kerala Medical School, India and completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Our Lady of Mercy University Medical Center, New York, US. He then pursued sub-specialty fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, US. He completed additional clinical and research training in Hepatology at the Liver Unit of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, US. He also received a master's degree in Healthcare Management from the University of Texas, Dallas, Jindal School of Management in Richardson, Texas, US.
He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology. His primary areas of clinical and research interests include general-transplant hepatology and liver and hepatobiliary endoscopy.
He is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) American College of Physicians (ACP), American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), American Association for the study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
Staff Physician,
General Anesthesiology,
Anesthesiology Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
Silvia Mulero was born and raised in Barcelona, got her Medical Degree in Universitat de Barcelona and engaged in the Post-Graduate Education in Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of the finest institutions Spain, where both clinical and academical excellence are part of the daily routine along with an outstanding research record. In 2006, she moved to a different setting in Mallorca, a gorgeous island in the Mediterranean Sea with a great life-work balance. There she co-Directed the postgraduate training program, supervised the Anesthetic Activity in the Procedural Areas, and got involved in Patient Safety Enhancement and Chronic Pain Management. After 5 years she felt it was time for a change and moved to Madrid, where she worked in private practices with special interest in Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Mulero set the grounds and directed the Chronic Pain Treatment Unit in the Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos.
Looking for new challenges she then moved to Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013 where she experienced the thrill of working in a massive trauma center and got some exposure to pediatric and obstetric complex anesthetics. Dr. Mulero participated as well in the Liver Transplant Team both in the Preoperative Selection and Optimization as in the intraoperative management.
In 2015 she joined Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi that was at the time a very young institution aiming to bring the best of European and American ways of practicing medicine together. Dr. Mulero got more involved in Perioperative Medicine through my practice in the Pre-Anesthesia Clinic and in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. The knowledge that what we do in the preoperative phase can have significant impact in patient’s long-term outcomes motivated Dr. Mulero to set up a whole new service making the UK motto “fitter, better, sooner” ours.
UAE
Dr. Fadi Hamed, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hamed worked as Associate Staff in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Hamed is a Diplomate in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Internal Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
He is also a member of several organizations including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society. His specialty interests include advanced lung disease, lung transplant and medical intensive care.
Dr. Hamed earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan in Amman. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, US, where he also served as a Chief Medical Resident for one year on completion of his residency training. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, US.