Official Welcome for New Physician in Two Hills

Official Welcome for New Physician in Two Hills

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The Two Hills Health Centre hosted a meet and greet to welcome Dr. Faris Matloub on Sept. 28. Town of Two Hills Mayor Leonard Ewanishan and County of Two Hills Reeve Don Gulayec were both on hand for the event and later commented on the arrival of the new physician.

“We’ve been waiting for over a year for the new physician to finally arrive, and now that he’s on the ground here, and one more will be starting at the end of October it’s just a relief for other physicians…they’ve been running full out during Covid and our emergency room is now open 24 hours a day. So, that’s just fantastic news for the community and surrounding area.

Back Row L-R: Dr. Qureshi, Two Hills County Reeve Don Gulayec, Mayor of Two Hills Leonard Ewanishan, Dr. Matloub, Site Manager Tammy Tarkowski, Dr. Akwu-Ude and Dr. van Wyk. Front Row L-R: Tony Thomas, (Acute Care/SAGE/ER Unit Manager) and Lynard Higoy, Continuing Care Manager.

Another physician is expected to be practicing by the end of October, added Ewanishan. “That’s over a year from the time the papers were signed that they were going to come here.”

Reeve Gulayec stated, “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Matloub to our community and county. We look forward to providing him and his family the support needed to make the transition towards residing in our community. It was an inspirational moment to hear all the plans that that doctors and hospital administration now have for providing medical health services for our rural and urban residents.

Plans such as continual 24/7 emergency room care and plans to provide seamless health care for our Seniors residing with in our boundaries and the Eagle Hill Foundation Lodges.”

According to Dr. Matloub’s biography, “Following graduation from the from the University of Baghdad, Faris joined the family medicine training program at the Jordan University of Science & Technology, accredited by Brown University, USA. He was Board certified in Family Medicine, 1999.

In 2000 he was appointed as Specialist Family Physician at the Ministry of Health, Sharjah, UAE, as well as a trainer at the Arab Board Training Program of Family Medicine. He moved to Dubai in 2006 where he is working as a Consultant Family Physician at the Dubai Health Authority, Trainer in Arab Board Family Medicine Residency Program as well as a Senior Lecturer at Dubai Medical College until present. In 2014 Faris gained a Postgraduate degree in Diabetes from the University of Leicester. Dr. Matloub is a member of RCGP, he is a certified examiner for the MRCGP. In 2017 he was chosen to represent Dubai/UAE in the International and Overseas Network of the RCGP.

His main interest is in diabetes, cardio metabolic disorders and obesity. He has three published articles concerned mainly with patient care and management of diabetes in the primary health care.