Professor Alawi Alsheikh-Ali is the Provost of Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and the founding Dean of MBRU’s College of Medicine and the Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the College of Medicine (MBRU). He is a Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist, an accomplished clinician and researcher, and a recognized leader in the field of arrhythmia management and cardiovascular research in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf.
Dr. Alsheikh-Ali completed his high school education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), then pursued his college education and medical training in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), further received two Master of Science degrees, the first in Applied Physiology from Boston University (USA) and the second in Clinical Research from Tufts University (USA). Dr. Alawi Alsheikh-Ali completed his internship, residency and fellowship training at Tufts Medical Center, a leading academic institution in Boston (USA). He”s one out of a handful of physicians in the Gulf region to become triple-boarded by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Academic Appointments
Provost
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences - College of Medicine, Dubai, UAE
Founding Dean and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences - College of Medicine, Dubai, UAE
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clinical Associate - Division of Cardiology,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clinical Associate
Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Professional Education
Master of Science in Clinical Research,
Tufts University – Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Fellow in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology,
Tufts Medical Center,Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine,
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Doctor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Master of Science in Applied Anatomy and Physiology,
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Bachelor of Science in Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,
Teaching
- Facilitator – Problem Based Learning for medical students
- Small group leader – Cardiovascular pathophysiology course
- Instructor – Electrocardiogram curriculum for cardiology fellows
- Instructor – Clinical research curriculum for cardiology fellows
Honors and Awards
Abu Dhabi Medical Distinction Award in Clinical Research
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Pfizer-Tufts Medical Center Faculty Development Award
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Louis Lasagna Graduate Student Award in Translational Research
Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Kos Pharmaceutical Fellow in Preventive Cardiology,
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
EDAAD Scholar.
Dubai, The United Arab Emirates
The Martin J. Loeb Memorial Prize in Medicine.
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Scholarship Recipient Abu Dhabi,
The United Arab Emirates
Certificate of Academic Distinction Embassy
The United Arab Emirates, Washington DC, USA
Rashid Award for Academic Achievement
Dubai, The United Arab Emirates
Ranked First in the Country
UAE National High School Examination
Publications
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Emirates Cardiac Society
- Gulf Heart Association
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- American College of Cardiology
- Heart Rhythm Society
- American Heart Association
- American Board of Medical Specialties – Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- American Board of Medical Specialties – Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Medical Specialties – Internal Medicine
Research interests
Dr. Alsheikh-Ali’s research interests span a broad range in cardiology including clinical electrophysiology and device therapies, preventive cardiology, and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the developing world. An avid researcher and collaborator, Dr. Alsheikh-Ali is a key investigator and is on the steering committees of several large prospective disease-based registries in the Gulf. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications on record, including widely cited publications in leading international journals. He is the recipient of the Louis Lasagna Graduate Student Award in Translational Research (Boston, USA), and was the inaugural recipient of the Abu Dhabi Medical Distinction Award in Clinical Research (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Clinical and Community Service
- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Mediclinic City Hospital – Dubai, UAE
- Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Wakefield, MA, USA
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, MA, USA