Consultant Internal Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Benazir Hakkim, MD, MRCGP, is a Consultant Physician in the Medical Subspecialities Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hakkim was working as a Consultant Family Medicine Physician in the National Health Service, UK running her own family practice clinic in Coventry, UK (Holyhead Surgery, Coventry).
She has extensive experience with management of chronic diseases like Hypertension, Asthma, COPD and Diabetes. She has a special interest in Women’s Health and has obtained the DRCOG (Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK) and DFSRH (Diploma of the Faculty Of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare). She has also completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Diabetes from Leicester, UK and has a special interest in the management of Diabetes.
Dr. Hakkim received her medical degree from the Academy of Medical Sciences, University of Calicut, in Kerala, India in 2002. She obtained her Certificate of Completion of training in General Practice (Family Medicine) in 2010 after doing her training in West Midlands Deanery, United Kingdom. She also obtained the MRCGP UK from the Royal College of General Practitioners as part of completion of her training.
Dr. Hakkim resides in Abu Dhabi with her husband and three children. She enjoys trying out new recipes, reading and meeting new people.

Chair, Department of Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hawamdeh, MBBS, is Chief of Hospital Medicine in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Al-Hawamdeh has a long standing experience in Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine for more than fourteen years in US based hospitals. He has excellent academic and administrative achievements and is eager to provide the highest quality of care to his patients.

Consultant Physician,
Endocrinology,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Maguy Chiha is a Consultant Physician specialized in Endocrinology at the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Chiha worked at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, where she headed the division of endocrinology. She was the physician champion of the Diabetes Center for Excellence.
Dr. Chiha was actively involved in medical education with students, residents and fellows when she was the Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Chiha received her medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 2005, after which she pursued a residency in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital and served as a Chief Medical Resident. She then completed her endocrinology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois.

Department Chair,
Preventative Medicine & Executive Health,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Nicole Sirotin, MD, is Chair of Preventive Medicine in the Medical Subspecialties Institute and leads the Executive Health Program at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Sirotin is among the first medical professionals globally to be certified as Diplomates of the ABLM/American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Lifestyle Medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as, a predominantly whole food, plant-based diet, physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, tobacco cessation and other non-drug modalities to prevent, treat and reverse chronic disease.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Sirotin was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Sirotin also served as Medical Director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights and conducted research as co-PI of a study on food insecurity in northern Uganda with Cornell University.
Prior to Weill Cornell, Dr. Sirotin was Associate Program Director of the Primary Care/Social Medicine Residency Program Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center. She also co-directed the Global Health course and was an Attending Physician in the Bronx Human Rights Center.
Dr. Sirotin earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School and completed her residency in Primary Care/General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, with a Health Equities Area of Distinction. After residency, Dr. Sirotin completed a research fellowship in Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Sirotin’s greatest accomplishments have always been the positive changes she has helped her patients realize, whether they were UAE nationals struggling with diabetes and obesity, New Yorkers with heart disease, or refugees seeking asylum in the US.

Section Head, Rheumatology,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Rajaie Namas, MBBCh, is a Section Head in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Namas served at the University of Michigan as a Clinical Lecturer for two years and was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. He was then promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Namas received his medical degree from the University of Tripoli, Libya. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, followed by his residency in Internal Medicine at Hurly Medical Center/Michigan State University in Flint, Michigan, US. Dr. Namas completed his clinical and research fellowship in Rheumatology at the Wayne State University/Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, US.
Dr. Namas is currently active in numerous research projects focused on treatment strategies, measures of outcome and translational studies of potential laboratory markers of disease activity.
He has multiple publications and awards in the field of Rheumatology and is a reviewer on multiple peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Namas is a member and fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and American College of Physicians.

Consultant Hospital Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Rumman Abbas Khan Langah, MD, FACP, FHM, is a Consultant Physician in the Medical Subspecialty Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Langah served as Associate Site Director for Hospital Medicine Division from 2016 to 2018 and Medical Director for Progressive Care Unit at Emory University Hospital from 2015 to 2018, Atlanta, GA where he was a staff physician (2009-2018).
At Emory, Dr. Langah led many administrative and quality projects not limited to inception of monthly faculty education conference, incorporation of revised scope of practice for progressive care unit, leading COPD power plan initiative which was adopted across Emory healthcare system, innovating a unique interdisciplinary rotation for medical students, chairing divisional CPC committee who conducted several successful case conferences at divisional and departmental level and winning the best internal medicine grand rounds presentation of the year in 2017. In appreciation of his efforts, he was presented the highest divisional award, Mark V. Williams Overall Excellence in Hospital Medicine, for the year 2016.
Dr. Langah received his medical degree from King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at East Tennessee State University and nuclear medicine residency at Medical University of South Carolina.
He is board certified in Internal Medicine/Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Langah resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and three kids. He enjoys reading, playing squash & football and working out at the gym.