Dr. Safa Hegazin

Dr. Safa Hegazin is a Staff Physician in the General Surgery Department at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's Digestive Disease Institute. She holds an MD from Mu'tah University in Jordan and completed her internal medicine residency at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. With 14 years of clinical experience, she has worked across multiple healthcare settings, including critical care medicine at Ohio State University and humanitarian roles with the International Organization for Migration, where she led medical escort teams for refugees requiring specialized care.

Dr. Hegazin specializes in obesity and lifestyle medicine, with American Board certification in both fields. She focuses on comprehensive, patient-centered care that emphasizes lifestyle modification to help people lose weight and reverse obesity-related conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. She provides bariatric surgery and weight-management services through Cleveland Clinic's Comprehensive Obesity & Metabolic Center.

She is a strong advocate for using evidence-based lifestyle changes as the foundation of treatment. Dr. Hegazin is well suited for patients seeking medical support for weight loss, metabolic health, and the prevention or management of weight-related diseases, particularly those who prefer a non-surgical or combined approach.