Dr. Sanah Merchant Soomar

Dr. Sanah Merchant Soomar is a Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Medcare Women & Children Hospital in Dubai. She completed her MBBS from Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth in Mumbai, India, followed by paediatric residency training in New York, USA, and a paediatric cardiology fellowship at Schneider Children's Hospital, also in New York. She is American Board Certified in both Paediatrics and Paediatric Cardiology. With almost two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Soomar has worked across the United States, Singapore, and India, building a strong foundation in managing children's heart conditions.

Dr. Soomar specializes in diagnosing and treating both congenital (present from birth) and acquired heart disease in children. She performs transthoracic, foetal, and transoesophageal echocardiograms (ultrasound scans of the heart), and is experienced in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterisation—a procedure to examine or treat heart problems. She can perform balloon valvuloplasty (widening narrowed heart valves), coarctation angioplasties (treating narrowed aorta), and insertion of ASD and PDA devices (closing abnormal heart openings). She is also trained in managing critically ill children after heart surgery, including pacing, draining fluid around the heart, and cardioversion (electrical treatment for irregular rhythms).

Dr. Soomar is particularly noted for her substantial expertise in foetal cardiac diagnosis and counselling for complex heart defects detected during pregnancy. She previously managed the Foetal Cardiac Programme at the National University Hospital of Singapore. Her background and breadth of experience make her a strong choice for families seeking comprehensive, specialist-level care for children with complex or rare heart conditions.