Dr. Abdulnabi Al Attar
Consultant Physician / Diabetologist
Medical Consultant
Get to Know You Doctor:
Dr. Abdulnabi Al Attar is a Consultant Physician and Diabetologist with a focused expertise in several critical areas of diabetes care. He has specialized experience in the management of diabetes in pregnancy, a field that requires nuanced care for both mother and child. Additionally, he focuses on the prevention and management of cardiovascular complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Al Attar is also dedicated to diabetes education, playing a vital role in helping patients and the wider community understand and manage the condition. His contributions to medical literature include over 20 publications.
Education & Training:
- MB, B.Ch December 1979 Cairo, Egypt
- Diploma in Nephrology and Hypertension July 1990 Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
- Medical board certificate in Medicine 1995, KIMS, Kuwait
- Training in endocrinology and diabetes, 1998 Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Ireland.
- Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Medicine & Therapeutics (Diabetology) Mater Misericordiae hospital, Dublin. Ireland for one year from 1/4/1998
- AACE (Gulf Chapter) Service Award 2014 for outstanding contribution in the field of diabetes and endocrinology
- From 1980 until 1998 internal medicine- Amiri Hospital
- From 1998 until present diabetes Unit- Amiri Hospital
- From May 2000 running the diabetes and pregnancy clinic – Maternity Hospital
- Clinical tutor for the medical students
- Clinical tutor for the Fellows in the postgraduate diabetes program
- Lecturer in diabetes for the family doctors program
- Lecturer in diabetes for the dietician program
- Founder and (Ex) head of the diabetes in pregnancy clinic in maternity hospital for 10 years
- Founder and chairing the Annual Amiri Academic Day
- Founder and chairing the Annual Amiri Diabetes Conference
- Founder and chairing the Annual Amiri diabetes awareness day
- Publications: 20 publications
