Dr. Omar Ghazanfar

Dr. Omar Ghazanfar, MBBS, is a General Practitioner within the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. 

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ghazanfar was an Emergency Physician at the Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Ghazanfar completed his medical degree at Karachi University, Pakistan. He then worked for 13 years in the UK in surgery initially, and then in emergency medicine, before moving to the UAE in 2015 as an Emergency Medicine Physician.

Dr. Ghazanfar’s sub-specialty interest is disaster medicine, and he has completed an Advanced Masters in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) from the University of Del Piemonte, Italy. and the Vrije University, Brussels. He has also completed a fellowship from Oxford in appraisals and performance management before working for the NHS England in an advisory role. He was Co-Chair of Trauma at the Zayed Military Hospital and is the Chief Editor of the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine Newsletter published monthly. He has also authored several book chapters which reiterates his commitment to education.

Dr. Ghazanfar has a keen interest in medical leadership and has completed the Edward Jenner Leadership degree from the NHS Leadership Academy. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management UK.

Dr. Ghazanfar has presented widely in international conferences and has more than 40 poster presentations. He is also a member of the IFEM NATSIG committee looking at the use of technology in emergency medicine, as well as a member of the Disaster Committee at the European Society of Emergency Medicine. He was also recently appointed to the IFEM Research Committee and invited to be a faculty member on the ECREM/BEEM emergency resident research group.

Dr. Ghazanfar resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two children and enjoys playing football and cricket.