Consultant pediatrician with expertise in critical care, infections, allergies and child development
Experience
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Languages
Arabic, English, French
Location
Al Barsha, Dubai
Sees
children
Dr. Habib Sammouh is a Consultant Pediatrician at Al Zahra Hospital in Dubai, where he has worked for more than 10 years. He graduated from Damascus University as one of the top 10 medical students in his class, then trained in pediatrics at Damascus University before pursuing advanced specialization. He worked at the Children's Hospital in Damascus, a referral center for rare and complicated cases, before moving to France to study at Claude Bernard University in Lyon, where he trained at leading hospitals including Edouard Herriot and Lyon-Sud, and earned a certificate in prenatal medicine.
Dr. Sammouh brings extensive experience in pediatric intensive care (PICU), having worked as a consultant and head of department at King Fahd Hospital in Al Hufof, Saudi Arabia, for 6 years, where he managed critically ill children. He has broad expertise across general pediatrics, including immunization, respiratory infections, allergies, growth and development, and developmental disorders. In Dubai, he has held leadership roles as head of department and conference chairperson, organizing national and international pediatrics conferences while teaching residents and examining medical students at Al Sharjah University.
Special interests: pediatric critical care, child development and developmental disorders, infections and allergies, immunization, medical education and training.
Extracted from the doctor's hospital profile — patient-friendly terms
General Medicine certificate
Damascus University, Syria · 1987
High studies in Pediatrics certificate
Damascus University, Syria · 1990
Arab Board in Pediatrics
Arab Board · 1991
Certificate of Fetal and Prenatal Medicine
Claude Bernard University Lyon, France · 1993
General Medicine graduate (top 10 student)
Damascus University, Syria
Pediatrician
Children's Hospital, Damascus, Syria
Trainee in Pediatrics and Prenatal Medicine
Claude Bernard University and teaching hospitals (Edouard Herriot, Lyon-Sud), France · 1990-1993
Pediatrician
Private Hospital, Syria
Consultant PICU, then Head of Department PICU
King Fahd Hospital, Al Hufof, Saudi Arabia · 6 years
Consultant Pediatrician, Head of Department
Al Zahra Hospital, United Arab Emirates · 10+ years
Consultations are available in Arabic, English, French.
Al Zahra Hospital, Al Barsha, Dubai.
Yes — this doctor sees children.
Commonly treated: Allergies, Asthma, Critical Illness in Children, Developmental Delays, Fever in Children, Growth Disorders, Immunization Needs, Respiratory Infections.
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