UAE doctor joins US-based Mayo Clinic
Urologist aims to apply latest developments in the medical field, which rely on AI and the use of robotics, back home
Driven by ambition, resolve, excellence and confidence, Dr Jamal Mohammad Murad Heikal Al Amiri, an Emirati, has joined the US-based Mayo Clinic as a urologist becoming the first UAE resident doctor at this clinic who does not hold an American passport.
Dr Al Amiri is determined to be certified by the American Board of Urology so that he would apply the latest developments in the medical field in his country, relying on artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and the use of robots in complex surgeries. Inspired by his father who was among the early doctors to establish the Urology Department at Al Qassimi Hospital, the doctor, who is younger than 30, told Emirates News Agency (WAM), “I completed my high school in 2007 scoring a high average and was granted a university scholarship in Ireland and Canada, but I chose Canada.
“I wanted a challenge, so I decided to specialise in Biology and successfully completed the Bachelor’s Degree within three years instead of four with distinction. In 2010, I joined the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to pursue my education in the medical field for five years and was eligible for the Dean’s Honours List throughout my education period. By 2016, I completed the internship in Ireland,” Al Amiri added.
After that, I returned to the UAE, joining the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), where I worked as a doctor for several months before I was accepted at the USbased Mayo Clinic.
“January 18, 2017 was the date that changed the course of my life. I was accepted at Mayo Clinic, becoming the first Emirati resident doctor who has no US passport at the Urology department. Later on, I Joined the President’s Mission of Excellent Emirati Doctors’ scholarship which was announced soon after being accepted at Mayo Clinic.”