Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre
SSMC's IBD Centre provides holistic management by a multidisciplinary IBD team, from first consultation and specialised endoscopy through a personalised care plan and ongoing monitoring. Alongside drug treatment it runs group education sessions, counselling on advanced targeted therapy, IBD-specific dietary therapy for active disease and dietary management in remission, and a pre-conception counselling clinic for women whose care plans are drawn up with the high-risk obstetrics, neonatology and pharmacy teams. It names a director for the centre and holds clinics on the first floor of the clinic building.
What this unit is strong at
- A pre-conception counselling clinic for women, with plans made jointly with high-risk obstetrics, neonatology and pharmacy
- IBD-specific dietary therapy for active disease, and separate dietary management in remission
- Group education sessions for patients
- Counselling specifically on advanced targeted therapy
- Specialised endoscopy within the centre
- Access to clinical trials
- A named director of the IBD Centre
Services
The team
Dr. Mohammed Nabil Quraishi
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre; Consultant Gastroenterologist
inflammatory bowel disease
Dr. Ahmad Al-Rifai
Consultant Hepatology and Gastroenterology; Chair of the Department of Medicine
Where this came from
Everything on this page was read on the centre’s own published pages. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is filled in where we could not find it.
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