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Dr. Nadir Dawood

Specialist Internal Medicine

Speaks: English, Arabic and Assyrian

Clinics: HealthHub - Barsha Heights, HealthHub - Discovery Gardens, HealthHub - Festival City Day Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics,

Dr. Nadir Dawood

Speaks: English, Arabic and Assyrian

Clinics: HealthHub - Barsha Heights, HealthHub - Discovery Gardens, HealthHub - Festival City Day Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics,

Core Expertise

A patient advocate, and a team player with excellent communication skills; working in harmony with multidisciplinary medical team, patients, and caregivers to deliver high quality medical attention consistent with organizational standard operating procedures
Extensive experience in the field of Internal Medicine, both at In-patient as well as Out-patient settings, in addition to mentoring students and training residents both in the field of Internal Medicine, Diabetes and General Endocrinology
Vast experience in the management of Diabetes Mellitus and its complications, both T2DM as well as T1DM patients, as well as management of Gestational DM and Diabetes during pregnancy
Management of Obesity and Obesity-related problems. Worked as a member of the Bariatric Surgery team at two private hospitals in Abu Dhabi during the last 6 years
Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid diseases as well as Hypercalcemia and Osteoporosis
Management of patients with other chronic conditions like Hypertension, Hyperlipidaemia, Heart problems, gout and other joint problems
Respiratory Diseases including chest infections, asthma, COPD, Bronchitis, Pneumonias
Abdominal problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Gastritis, Peptic Ulcers, Helicobacter pylori infection, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhoea, vomiting, Urinary tract Infections, Abdominal pain, dehydration

Summary

Dr. Dawood obtained his M.B.Ch.B. from Mosul University Medical College/Iraq. He then did his residency in Yarmouk teaching Hospital, Baghdad/Iraq to earn his Arab Board in Internal Medicine in 1990. He practiced Medicine in Erbil and later went back to Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. He was running Internal Medicine Clinic as well as The Diabetes Clinic at Yarmouk Hospital and a specialized clinic for Gestational Diabetes and Diabetes during Pregnancy Clinic in Elwiyah Teaching Hospital/Baghdad. He was also mentoring undergraduate medical students as well as Residents doing Arab Board as well as Iraqi Bord studies.

He joined the Diabetic Clinic at Rashid Hospital/DHA in 1999 where he was actively engaged in the management of patients with Diabetes as well as other medical problems, and mentoring students of the Dubai Medical School for Girls. In 2005, he moved to supervise the Diabetic Mini-clinics recently opened in the Primary Care/DHA, where he would train the Physicians and nurses on how to manage the patients with Diabetes. Since 2015, Dr. Dawood has been practicing in the private sector in different hospitals in Abu Dhabi as well as in Dubai.

Dr. Dawood participated in many clinical studies in Iraq as well as in UAE and gave many talks and presentations on Diabetes and other medical subjects.