Scientific Committee
Dr. Khalid Saeed Balaraj
Chair of Oncology Service
Dr. Khalid Balaraj was initially trained in the United Kingdom. He has radiation oncology qualifications from - UK (FRCR (I), Ireland (FFR RCSI) and Canada (FRCPC). He has done 2 Clinical Fellowships from Canada, in Gynecology Brachytherapy and CNS Stereotactic Radiotherapy. He has worked as an Assistant Professor in Al Faisal University, Riyadh, as well as Consultant of Radiation Oncology, for 7 years, treating patients on the latest technology, including IMRT, IGRT, Tomotherapy, Rapid Arc and Cyber- Knife at King Faisal specialist Hospital, Riyadh. Dr. Balaraj has treated patients on international RTOG trials. He has been General Secretary of the Saudi Cancer Society and Oncology Advisor for the CME Oncology Program Middle East. Joined Tawam hospital as a chairman of Radiation oncology department on September 2011 Currently he is an assistant professor at UAE University and the chairman of Tawam hospital Oncology Services and the chair of oncology service line at SEHA.
Dr. Abdulrahman Sulaiman Bin Sumaida
Chief of Radiotherapy
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Abdulrahman Sulaiman Bin Sumaida
Chief of Radiotherapy
Dr Abdul Rahman Bin Sumaida is currently chief of Radiation Oncology at Tawam hospital AlAin, UAE. Dr Sumaida did his medical education From Milan University –Italy. He completed Radiation oncology residency training program from the Cape Town University. He did clinical Research fellowship in head and neck and Gastrointestinal malignancies from South Africa. He further completed Fellowship in SRS and SBRT from Halifax Canada. He is currently caring patient with head and neck and breast cancer .He is involved in multiple ongoing research. and he is involved in teaching junior staff, and involved in multiple committees
Dr. Mouza Mohd Al Ameri
Consultant Physician, Oncology – Breast Care Center (Dep)
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mouza Mohd Al Ameri
Consultant Physician, Oncology – Breast Care Center (Dep)
Mouza Al Ameri is a breast onco-plastic surgeon and assistant professor of surgery in UAE University and Tawam Hospital. She is passionate about breast cancer research, empowering breast cancer survivors and disseminate breast cancer awareness among society members.
Dr. Emad Dawoud
Consultant Physician, Oncology Clinic
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Emad Dawoud
Consultant Physician, Oncology Clinic
Dr. Emad Dawoud is a Consultant Medical Oncologist in Oncology department at Tawam hospital UAE, and Assistant professor of clinical oncology in Al Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Dawoud has been principal investigator and co- investigator for more than 50 clinical trials and abstract published per reviewed journals and he is a member of various associations such as ASCO, ESMO, ESTRO.
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Khanani
Chief of Hematology/Oncology PEDS
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Khanani
Chief of Hematology/Oncology PEDS
Chief of Hematology/Oncology PEDS – Tawam Hospital
Dr. Arif Raza Alam
Chief of Hematology
Chief of Hematology – Tawam Hospital
Mr. Mohammad Mah'D Saleh
Oncology Center Manager
Mr. Saleh is an Oncology Certified Nurse OCN with extensive clinical experience in oncology/hematology. After vast years of experience in nursing from a clinical educator, Nurse Manager and now being the Tawam Oncology Center Manager. He participates effectively in training and developing nursing staff. Mohammad has served as a Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Trainer since 2011 and was the first international trainer at the level of UAE. He was responsible for a variety of quality improvement initiatives and hospital quality measures such as central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI), prevention of chemotherapy error, and improving the safe handling of hazardous drugs, and management of radiation therapy side effects based in the latest evidence based practice. Mohammad, actively participates in oncology service development and collaborate with others in setting the standards in cancer care and improve quality and cancer patient’s outcome through continuum of care, and customer services and be connected with local and international cancer centers.
