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About the Physician
Dr. Wessam is an Attending (Consultant) Physician in the General and Obstetric Anesthesiology department with more than 24 years of experience as an anesthesiologist. He worked at Guy's and St Thomas, and Kings College Hospitals in London and Ipswich General Hospital (UK) before joining Sidra Medicine in 2018.
About the Physician
Dr. Najla Wehbe joined Sidra Medicine in November 2021 as an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine. As a pediatric emergency physician, she evaluates and treats medical and surgical emergencies in acutely ill patients. Prior to working at Sidra Medicine, Dr. Wehbe worked as a pediatric Emergency Physician in Tawam Hospital, Alain Abu Dhabi.
About the Physician
Dr. Maria Mohammed joined Sidra Medicine in December 2017 as a Hospital Neonatologist. Before this, she was a senior registrar at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
Dr. Mohammed trained in Pediatrics and Neonatology in the Republic of Ireland.
About the Physician
Doctor Bilal is a pediatric otolaryngologist with a special interest in ear surgery with hearing restoration, in addition to endoscopic sinus surgery and pediatric tracheostomy care.
After earning his medical degree from the Lebanese University in 2008 and completing his residency program in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Bilal did Fellowship training in Otology and Pediatric Otolaryngology at CHU-Toulouse in France (2013-2015).
About the Physician
Dr. Al-Tamimi is a Cleft and Craniofacial Consultant Orthodontist specializing in complex orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics. She qualified from the prestigious King’s College London and then commenced her post-graduate specialist training in Orthodontics at Guy’s Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital. She simultaneously completed a Masters in Orthodontics from King’s College London as well as her Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) at the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
About the Physician
Dr. Hani Bibawi is a consultant clinical Scientist in Hematopathology. He joined Sidra Medicine in 2017. Prior to Sidra Medicine, Dr. Bibawi worked at the Haemto-Oncology Diagnostic Services (HODs) at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and the Department of Haematology at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK.
About the Physician
Dr. Ghalib has worked as a hospital Neonatologist at Sidra Medicine since October 2018. He did a fellowship in Neonatology at the American University of Beirut and joined Sidra Medicine after graduation.
Since then, he has been taking care of premature babies, newborns with congenital malformations, and babies requiring surgical procedures. He also takes care of healthy newborns on the postnatal floor.
About the Physician
About the Physician
Dr. Ahmed Elhamed has been a Pediatric Attending Physician in Diagnostic Imaging at Sidra Medicine since 2020.
Dr. Elhamed earned his MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree at Belarusian State Medical University in 2005. He completed his pediatric residency at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar in 2013. He also completed two pediatric fellowship programs, one at Hamad Medical Corporation in 2015 and another in 2018 at Sick Kids Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
About the Physician
Dr. Hamdoun is a consultant pediatric endocrinologist and former assistant professor of medicine with American Board certifications in Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Endocrinology. He joined Sidra Medicine's endocrinology and diabetes division in 2022 and was recently appointed Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program.