Archives: Specialized Doctors

Dr. Majed Alghamdi is an accomplished consultant Radiation Oncologist, holding both the American and Canadian boards in radiation oncology and subspecializing in Central Nervous System Cancers, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (CNS, SRS, SBRT). With extensive expertise in the field, Dr. Alghamdi has proven himself as a leader in the medical community through his diverse roles and contributions. Dr. Alghamdi’s commitment to advancing medical knowledge is evident through his active involvement in numerous academic and other activities. He currently holds the position of the chairman of the board at the Saudi Association of Radiation Oncology (SARO), which is a scientific non-profit society aiming to advance the safe and effective practice of radiation oncology in Saudi Arabia. As an experienced medical educator, Dr. Alghamdi serves as a member of the Examination Committee at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, contributing to the growth and development of Radiation Oncology Saudi residency programs. Dr. Alghamdi’s academic pursuits have also extended to the business realm, where he has pursued an MBA at Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College, exemplifying his multifaceted approach to professional development. Throughout his career, Dr. Alghamdi has been using different and advanced radiotherapy techniques to treat complex cases of cancer. His technical expertise is remarkable, encompassing a wide range of state-of-the-art treatments and technologies such as Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)/Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR), Linac-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Elekta and Novalis units), Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery, CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Spine SBRT, Lung SBRT, IMRT/VMAT/3D-CRT, Liver SBRT, and Pancreas SBRT. He has used different treatment planning platforms, including using Eclipse (Varian), Pinnacle, and Monaco (Elekta). With Canadian and American board certifications and active memberships in organizations such as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS), Dr. Majed Alghamdi consistently demonstrates his commitment to excellence, research, and patient care in the field of Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Srividya Venugopal, a highly skilled Obstetrician, and Gynecologist, has over 20 years of experience in the field. Dr. Srividya completed her MBBS degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, in 2002. She further pursued her DGO from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005 and obtained her MS (OBG) from Sree Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, in 2009. Throughout her career, she has worked in renowned institutions in both India and the UAE, gaining valuable experience and honing her skills. As a certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist by the Medical Council of India, Dr. Srividya possesses a wide range of proficiencies. Her areas of expertise include advanced labor ward skills, performing obstetrics-related procedures and surgeries, conducting gynecological surgeries, managing medical disorders during pregnancy, and utilizing transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasonography. Moreover, she has exceptional teaching skills. Dr. Srividya is adept at independently handling diverse OB&G cases, from pre-pregnancy counseling and antenatal care to managing complications during all stages of pregnancy. She is proficient in performing vaginal and instrumental deliveries, as well as cesarean sections and laparotomy for ectopic pregnancies. Her expertise also encompasses cervical cerclage and peripartum hysterectomy. In the realm of gynecological conditions, Dr. Srividya specializes in managing menstrual disorders, recurrent pregnancy loss, infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and menopausal problems. She is well-versed in performing exploratory laparotomy, abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies, myomectomies, pelvic floor repairs, colposcopy, and hysteroscopy.

Dr. Sangeetha Anamalamudi Vilvanathan has more than 13 years of experience and expertise, including teaching, routine & molecular microbiological testing & reporting, clinical research, infection control, Antibiotic stewardship, Audit & Accreditation related activities, and quality control practices. She has been trained in Quality Management Systems and Internal Auditor’s Training as per ISO 15189-2012, accredited by NABET.

Her expertise includes teaching, routine & molecular microbiological testing & reporting, clinical research, infection control, Antibiotic stewardship, audit & accreditation-related activities, and safety and quality control practices. She is also interested in research in the areas of antimicrobial drug resistance, emerging and re-emerging Infectious Diseases, and Healthcare-associated infections. She has published 14 papers in renowned national and International journals and has presented papers at various national and international medical conferences. She holds membership in the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP), the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organization (CAHO), Member of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Member of Indian Association of Leprologists. She is also a reviewer of many reputed journals in the field of Microbiology. Before joining Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, Dr. Sangeetha Anamalamudi Vilvanathan was doing Informal Observership Program in Laboratory Department at NMC Specialty Hospital, Al Ain. She was also working as a Specialist and teaching faculty in Microbiology in various reputed organizations in India. She has guided MBBS students under ICMR STS (Short Term Studentship) projects.

Dr. Mustafa Abbas has is a highly qualified and experienced Consultant Interventional Radiologist who joined Burjeel Medical City. He brings with him an impressive array of qualifications and certifications, including the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) obtained in October 2022. He also holds a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Interventional Radiology, received in August 2020. Dr. Abbas has is skilled in a wide range of interventional radiology procedures. His expertise encompasses emergency and elective vascular procedures such as embolization for trauma, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, and bronchial bleeding. He is proficient in peripheral angioplasty and stenting for peripheral vascular disease, as well as fistula works, including angioplasty, stenting, and declotting. Additionally, he is experienced in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) thrombolysis and declotting, IVC filter insertion and retrieval, and central venous access procedures like Porta Cath, Hickman lines, and PICC lines insertion. His expertise extends to various aortic procedures, including TEVAR (thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair), EVAR (endovascular aneurysm repair), and CERAB (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency angioplasty and stenting). Dr. Abbas as is also skilled in mesenteric and renal artery stenting, pulmonary artery angiogram and thrombolysis, TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) placement, and trans jugular liver biopsy. He has experience in procedures such as uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), varicocele embolization, pelvic venous congestion treatment, varicose vein treatment, PAVM (pulmonary arteriovenous malformation) treatment, and TACE (transarterial chemoembolization). Furthermore, he has some experience with carotid artery stenting. Before joining Burjeel, he worked as Vascular Interventional Radiology Consultant at STH and was an IR fellow Sheffield teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(STH). Apart from vascular work, Dr. Abbas also has proficiency in non-vascular procedures, including imaging-guided biopsies and drainage. He is skilled in percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), gastrostomy, as well as esophageal, duodenal, and colonic stenting. He has expertise in performing nephrostomy, cystostomy, and ureteric stenting procedures. Furthermore, he is experienced in diagnostic OGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy). 

Dr. Priya Ishwar has more than seven years of experience and has expertise in general surgery, obstetrics, pediatric anesthesia, trauma, and intensive care unit, with a particular interest in neuro-anesthesia. Her other interests include complex airway management, labor/epidural anesthesia, general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, low-flow anesthesia, and pediatric surgery. Before joining Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, Dr. Priya worked as a Specialist Anesthesiologist at NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah, and International Modern Hospital, Dubai, UAE. Her areas of expertise include.

General surgery
Obstetrics
Pediatric anesthesia
Trauma
Intensive Care Unit
Neuro-anesthesia
Difficult airway management
Labor/epidural anesthesia
General anesthesia
Regional anesthesia
Low-flow anesthesia
Pediatric Surgery

Doctor Dawood holds an MBBS degree and experience of 4 years as an attending doctor in the Cardiology department. He has supported and attended various urological procedures. and addressed the issues of passing the nasogastric tube in patients, pleurocentesis, abdominocentesis, debridement and dressing of wounds as well as the skin closure procedures under supervision. He is HAAD qualified and received special awards at the SDYU School of Medicine and the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.

Dr. King Jee Dhar has joined Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi as a Specialist in Anesthesia. He holds a comprehensive educational background, having successfully completed his MBBS and MD degrees from prestigious institutions in India. In addition to his primary qualifications, he has pursued further specialization by obtaining certifications in DNB (Diploma of National Board), EDAIC (European Diploma of Anesthesia and Intensive Care), and FRCA (Fellow of the Royal College of Anesthesia). Before joining Burjeel, Dr. King Dhar worked as a Specialist in Anesthesia, in Abu Dhabi and as a Specialist in Anesthesiology at International Modern Hospital in Dubai. He possesses extensive expertise in trauma, obstetrics, ICU, neuro anesthesia, pediatrics, and general theaters. He is exceptionally skilled in conducting cardiopulmonary assessments, providing labor epidural analgesia, performing circumcision, handling ENT and laparoscopic procedures, administering neonatal resuscitation, and delivering transverse abdominal plane blocks for all laparoscopic surgeries and cesarean sections. His areas of expertise include,

Trauma
Obstetrics
ICU
Neuroanesthesia
Pediatrics
General Theaters

Dr. Panayotis Kaloyannidis has joined Burjeel Medical City as Specialist Hematologist in the Adult Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant department. He has 25 years of experience, mainly in the field of malignant hematological diseases and their treatment with conventional chemotherapy and cellular therapies, including hemopoietic stem cell transplantation. Since 1998 he has been actively involved in more than 2000 hematopoietic stem cell transplants (autologous and allogeneic) from any source of hematopoietic cells (bone marrow, peripheral blood, and umbilical cord blood). In 2012-2013 he was trained in cellular therapies with chimeric antigen receptors T cells (CAR T-cells) and specific T-cells against viral infections and relapse post allogeneic stem cell transplantation. His Expertise and areas of interest include diagnosis and treatment of malignant hematological diseases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, post-transplantation complications (Graft vs. Host disease, infections, relapsed disease), cellular therapies, and immunotherapy for malignant hematological diseases. Dr. Kaloyannidis has held a senior Consultant Hematologist position at the Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit at the “G. Papanicolaou” General Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 1998-2014 and as a senior Consultant Hematologist at the Adult Oncology/Hematology and SCT department at King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam, S. Arabia from  June 2014-  March 2023. Dr. Kaloyannidis is a member of the Hellenic Society of Hematology, the European Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), and the Saudi Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (SSBMT). His areas of expertise include,

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Hematological Diseases
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Post-Transplantation complications (Graft vs. Host disease, Infections, Relapsed Disease),
• Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapy for Malignant Hematological Diseases

Dr. Lakshmanarajan Karuppasamy Mariyamma has 12 years of experience in the field of anesthesia. His expertise is In Neonatal Spinal Anaesthesia/Caudal Anaesthesia, Labour Epidural/Analgesia, Spinal Anaesthesia/ Complex Cardiac Surgical Anaesthesia, Neuro Anaesthesia, Procedural Sedation, etc. Dr. Lakshmanarajan graduated from the KAPV Government Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his M.D. in Anaesthesiology from Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu. He holds membership in several professional bodies, a Life member – of the Indian Medical Association, a Life member – of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiology, a Member of the national academy of medical sciences (MNAMS), etc. Before joining Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, Dr. Lakshmanarajan was a Specialist Cardiac Anaesthetist at NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah, and Al Ahalia Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He started his career as a Senior Resident at Government Roya Pettah Hospital, Kilpauk Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India. His areas of Expertise include,

BLS/ACLS/PALS provider
Combined carotid endarterectomy and CABG anesthesia management
Independent anesthesiologist for descend in thoracic aneurysm repair under left heart bypass
Heart transplantation — donor and recipient management
Neonatal cardiac and non-cardiac surgery
Renal transplantation-donor and recipient management
TEE
Difficult airway management
Fiberoptic intubation
Percutaneous cricothyroidotomy
Neonatal spinal anesthesia/caudal anesthesia
Labor epidural/analgesia
Spinal anesthesia/peripheral nerve blocks
Complex cardiac surgical anesthesia
Neuro anesthesia
Procedural sedation
Invasive arterial/swan Ganz catheter insertion
Mechanical ventilator management & ICU care

Dr. Jafaru Abu is a Consultant Gynecological Oncology Surgeon who, before joining Burjeel Medical City, Burjeel Holdings, occupied a senior position at Nottingham University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. In a career span of nearly three decades, he worked in the field of obstetrics and Gynecology and as a consultant for almost 20 years in gynecological oncology. During his post graduate training years, he worked in a chain of leading Teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom. Following his general training in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr Abu decided to undergo a focused and highly specialised surgical training in gynecological oncology between 2003 to 2006 and worked as Subspecialty Fellow at the University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom. He was also a visiting Fellow in Gyn Oncology to The Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, Queensland, and The Royal Northshore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Abu undertook all of his postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the UK and worked as a House Officer, Senior House Officer, Specialist Registrar,  Senior Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow. He was a brilliant academic performer throughout his undergraduate and postgraduate training, qualifying with excellent grades. After gaining his first degree in medicine (MBBS) from the University of Benin Medical School, Nigeria, Dr. Abu moved to the United Kingdom, where he undertook all his postgraduate medical training and qualified as a Member (and later a Fellow) of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK, (MRCOG, FRCOG) and gained Colposcopic accreditation from the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP). He also studied for and gained a Master’s degree in clinical sciences from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom and earned double qualifications during his Specialist training years initially in Obstetrics and Gynecology and later in Gynecological Oncology: the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in obstetrics and gynecology from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK, and the Certificate of Completion of Sub-specialty Training (CCST) in Gynecological Oncology, jointly from the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK. Following the completion of his sub-specialty training in gyn oncology, he was appointed as a Consultant Gynecological Oncology Surgeon in 2006 at Nottingham University Hospitals, one of UK’s largest teaching hospitals. Immediately following his appointment,  he began and led a significant transformation in the surgical management of gynecological malignancies in Nottingham and its surroundings by pioneering the introduction of several innovative surgical procedures. He was instrumental in the introduction of advanced laparoscopic procedures in the management of cancers of the uterus (womb), cervix (neck of the womb), and in carefully selected cases of ovarian cancer. He is well known for his exceptional ability to perform complex minimally invasive procedures, both laparoscopically and with the DaVinci robot. He became one of the first Gynecologists in the UK to perform single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), a “scarless” procedure. He is also highly acknowledged in performing extensive cyto-reductive surgery for advanced stages of ovarian cancer and led the Department of Gynecological Oncology at Nottingham University Hospital, UK, to become an Accredited Advanced Ovarian Cancer Cytoreductive Surgical Centre by the European Society of Gynecological Oncologists (ESGO). He was the Head of Gynecological Oncology Department at Nottingham University Hospitals,  until he joined Burjeel Holdings in April 2022. Committed to the training of other consultants, he established the annual Nottingham Advanced Laparoscopic Training course for gynecology consultants across the United Kingdom in 2008, where he trained and mentored other consultant colleagues and Senior Trainees to acquire the skills needed to safely perform complex gynecological laparoscopic surgery. The masterclass course later became extremely popular across the United kingdom amongst many Gynecologists. He also teaches advanced laparoscopic surgical skills as a member of an international Faculty of experts in the IRCAD minimally invasive surgical Training Center in Strasbourg, France. In March 2023, Dr Abu was 1 of 114 Gynecological Oncologists in Europe that was granted the “Special Professional Recognition” for his contribution to the field of Gynecological Oncology by the European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO). His areas of expertise include,

All diagnosed or suspected gynecological cancers

• Ovarian masses
• Postmenopausal bleeding
• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Abnormal PAP smears
• Suspicious vulvar lesions
• Suspicious cervical lesions
• Cervical abnormalities
• Cervical cancers
• Uterine or womb cancers
• Ovarian cancer
• Vaginal cancers
• Vulvar cancers
• Post coital bleeding
• Irregular menstrual bleeding
• Uterine fibroids
• Keyhole hysterectomy (laparoscopic or robot assisted)
• Abdominal hysterectomy
• Cytoreductive surgery (ultraradical surgery) for advanced stages of ovarian cancer
• Pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy (open/laparoscopic/robotic)
• Radical hysterectomy (open/laparoscopic/robotic)
• Pelvic exenterate surgery for locally recurrent gynecological cancers
• Colposcopy
• Hysteroscopy
• Myomectomy (open/laparoscopic/robotic)
• Vaginectomy (open/laparoscopic/robotic)
• Fertility preservation surgery for cervical cancer (trachelectomy – simple or radical)
• Laparoscopic cervical cerclage
• Ovarian transposition procedures (laparoscopic or robotic)
• Sentinel lymph nodes for cervical and endometrial cancers (laparoscopic or robotic)
• Sentinel lymph nodes for vulvar cancer
• Vulvectomy (radical or simple)
• Groin nodes dissection