Dr. Abdullah Bennakhi
Consultant Diabetologist
Medical Consultant
Get to Know You Doctor:
Dr. Abdullah Bennakhi is a highly distinguished Consultant Diabetologist with over 40 years of clinical and consultative experience in Diabetology and Endocrinology, covering the diagnosis, treatment, and research of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Bennakhi is a prominent figure at DDI, where he has served as a Consultant Diabetologist and the Chair of the Ethics Review Committee. As a respected authority, he has contributed to the field with over 60 publications.
Education & Training:
- MBBCh from Medical School Alexandria, Egypt 1975.
- MSc MD Glasgow University, UK 1986
- 1975-1976: intern in Alexandria university hospitals
- 1977-1980: SHO, medical department, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait
- 1981-1984: Medical Registrar, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait
- 1984-1986: Registrar in Diabetes & Endocrinology in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK
- 1987-1993: Senior Registrar in Diabetes, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait
- 1993-2006: Consultant Diabetologist and in-charge of the Diabetes Unit, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait
- 2006- 2009: Member of Board of Trustees of Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait
- 2006- to 2025: Chair Ethics Review Committee, and consultant diabetologist, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait
- Founding member and vice president of the Kuwait Diabetes Society (1996-2010).
- Chief of the Editorial Board of the Newsletter of Kuwait Diabetes Society, 1997 – 2000
- 60+ publications
