Dr. Islam Elgasim Abdalla Dafalla

Dr Islam Dafalla is a Specialist Anaesthetist at NMC Specialty Hospital Al Ain, with 3 years of clinical experience. He trained in Sudan, completing his MBBS at the University of Gezira and a Clinical MD in Anesthesia and Intensive Care from the Sudan Medical Specialization Board. Before joining NMC, he held leadership roles in cardiac and paediatric anaesthesia at Medani Heart Centre as ICU Team Leader, and worked as an Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Specialist at the National Paediatric Surgery Centre in Sudan. He has also worked at private medical centres in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Dafalla manages patients across both the operating theatre and intensive care settings. His expertise spans general anaesthesia (induction, maintenance, and emergence), regional techniques including epidural and nerve blocks, critical care management with mechanical ventilation, pain control using multimodal approaches, and emergency airway management. He has particular experience with high-risk cardiac cases and paediatric patients requiring specialized anaesthetic care.

He is actively engaged in academic medicine, having published research in international journals, including a recent case report on cardiac complications in the Sudan Journal of Paediatrics. He is well-suited for families and adults requiring anaesthesia for surgery or intensive care monitoring, particularly those with cardiac conditions or paediatric needs.