JULY.AUG 2022

34 Choosing the right hospital

NEWS

8 Emirates Health Services Discusses Committee Recommendations, Showcases Strategic Projects at 3rd Board Meeting of 2022 10 Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah Performs Rare Surgery to Remove Tumor from the Skull of a 40-Year-Old 12 NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Develop New Tool That Brings Missing Sense of Touch to Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures 16 Cleveland Clinic Children’s Ranked Among the Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report 18 Geltec Healthcare FZE officially rebrands as Bioventure Healthcare FZE to reflect strengthened position in supplements and pharmaceuticals manufacturing 20 Transasia unveils a range of IVD solutions with enhanced user experience at Medical Fair 2022 22 Emirates Health Services Signs MoU with Johnson & Johnson to Strengthen Healthcare Sector 26 Multidisciplinary team at SSMC successfully reconstructs neck of UAE patient 28 The 25th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Lipids (LSEDL) 30 Dubai Health Authority electronic medical record initiative to further bolster the health sector 78 Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City launches new interventional neuroradiology service to treat stroke 80 WCM-Q training program provides a boost for budding local researchers 84 Cleveland Clinic Performs First-In-World Full Multi-Organ Transplant to Treat Rare Appendix Cancer 92 Success stories written by MEDICA – how a small developer team with a prototype in their pocket became one of the biggest exhibitors

INTERVIEWS

40 Dr. Sohaila Cheema, Assistant Dean for the Institute for Population Health, Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences