Consultant and Director of Oncology Services at Burjeel Holdings

The Founder and Director of the Cancer Institute at Burjeel Medical City, part of VPS Healthcare. Dr Al Shamsi also serves as the President of the Emirates Oncology Society and is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Oncology at the College of Medicine, University of Sharjah.

He graduated with honours from University College Cork - National University of Ireland in 2005, then completed his internal medicine training at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He further pursued an Advanced Fellowship Programme in General Oncology, followed by Gastrointestinal Oncology and Palliative Care. Later, he joined the MD Anderson Cancer Centre at the University of Texas as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology.

Dr Al Shamsi is recognised as one of the leading oncologists in the United Arab Emirates.

Doctor - Specialist in Neurosurgery

Dr Georges Haddad is a neurosurgeon with a deep passion for the humanities. He has had the privilege of delivering numerous lectures in the UAE and internationally, focusing on the intersection of medicine and the humanities.