Dr. Amnah Al Hanaee
MBBS, MRCPI, Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Board Certified in Liver Transplant Hepatology, Arab Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist specializing in liver transplantation and advanced endoscopy
Stomach & Digestion (Gastroenterology)ConsultantOrgan & Internal Medicine
Experience
15 years
Languages
Arabic, English
Location
Abu Dhabi
Sees
adults
- ✦Board certified in gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplant hepatology
- ✦Faculty member and examiner for UAE and Irish medical boards
- ✦Active researcher with publications on liver transplant outcomes and gastrointestinal conditions
- ✦Frontline physician during COVID-19 pandemic, leading clinical response in Al Ain
About Dr. Hanaee
Dr. Amnah Al Hanaee is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Burjeel Medical City in Abu Dhabi with 15 years of clinical experience. She holds board certifications in gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplant hepatology, and completed her medical degree in 2006 followed by extensive postgraduate training across Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the USA. Her career reflects a commitment to both clinical excellence and medical education, serving as a faculty member in the UAE Board of Internal Medicine Residency Program and as an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
Dr. Al Hanaee's clinical expertise spans complex liver conditions and advanced endoscopic procedures. She manages liver transplant patients, viral and autoimmune hepatitis, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and inflammatory bowel disease. Her procedural skills include diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, polypectomy, fibroscan imaging, and treatment of bleeding varices and peptic ulcers. She also specializes in obesity and metabolic medicine, offering weight-loss therapies including newer metabolic treatments.
As an active member of international societies including the European Association for the Study of the Liver and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, she contributes to research and peer review. Dr. Al Hanaee is Emirati, fluent in English and Arabic, and serves on the Organ Donation Committee at Tawam Hospital. She is a good fit for patients needing specialist liver care, advanced endoscopy, or support with complex gastrointestinal and liver conditions.
Special interests: liver transplant outcomes, clinical nutrition, weight-loss therapies including GLP-1 receptor agonists, COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease, clinical research in gastroenterology.
A good choice if you…
- ✓need evaluation or treatment for liver disease, cirrhosis, or hepatitis
- ✓require advanced keyhole procedures for bleeding or polyps in the stomach or bowel