Dr. Jubair Poovankavil
MBBS from the Government Medical College, Kannur, India, Diploma in Child Health and Paediatrics (DCH) from the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India, Certification from the European Board of Paediatrics (EBP), Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH), UK
Specialist paediatrician with 14 years' experience in acute care, immunisation, and neonatal resuscitation
Children's Doctor (Pediatrics)SpecialistChildren's Health (Pediatrics)
Experience
14 years
Languages
Arabic, English, Hindi, Malayalam
Location
Al Barsha, Dubai
Sees
children
- ✦14 years' clinical experience in paediatrics across India and UAE
- ✦Trained in paediatric advanced life support and neonatal resuscitation
- ✦Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH), UK
- ✦Certified by European Board of Paediatrics
About Dr. Jubair Poovankavil
Dr. Jubair Poovankavil is a Specialist Paediatrician at Medcare Medical Centres in Dubai. He completed his medical degree (MBBS) at Government Medical College, Kannur in India, followed by specialist training in child health and paediatrics. He has worked for over 14 years across India and the UAE, starting as a junior doctor in Kerala's government health services and progressing through registrar and specialist roles at leading hospitals including Saudi German Hospital, Al Zahra Private Hospital, and Mediclinic City Hospital.
Dr. Poovankavil's clinical expertise spans general paediatrics with a particular focus on acute illness, emergency care, and newborn health. He treats common childhood infections (ear, throat, and chest infections, diarrhoea), allergies (hay fever, eczema, asthma), jaundice in newborns, growth concerns, anaemia, nutritional deficiencies, and urinary tract infections. He is trained in paediatric emergency life support and neonatal resuscitation, and regularly performs vaccinations and developmental assessments.
He is well suited to families seeking a general paediatrician for routine care, vaccination, growth monitoring, and management of common childhood illnesses. His bilingual fluency in English and Hindi, along with conversational Arabic, helps him communicate with diverse families across the region.
Special interests: infectious diseases in children, neonatal resuscitation, paediatric immunisation, acute paediatric emergencies.
A good choice if you…
- ✓routine child health checks and vaccinations
- ✓treatment of common infections and fever
- ✓newborn jaundice assessment and follow-up
- ✓growth and development monitoring
