Dr. Sherif Bakir

Dr. Sherif Bakir is a Senior Consultant in Cardiology at Medcare Medical Centre.  He obtained his MBBCh from Cairo University, Egypt and then did his MSc in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt. Later, he completed an MD in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). Additionally, he has enriched his knowledge with several certifications and courses from across the globe. Some noteworthy ones are a certification in Echocardiography/Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound from the Advanced Health Education Center in Houston, USA, a Clinical training in non-invasive Cardiology from the Monash Medical Center in Australia, an Investigator Training Programme from Facilitating Global Excellence in Clinical Trials, Dubai, UAE, an Advanced Resuscitation Training (ART) from the UCSD Center for Resuscitation Science, California, USA and the Adult Critical Care Ultrasound Course (instructor) from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), USA.

Dr. Bakir is a member of the American Heart Association for High Blood Pressure Research,  the  European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE), the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Emirates Cardiac Society (ECS) and the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (EgSC).

Dr. Bakir is a well-known Consultant in Cardiology, who has worked at prestigious hospitals across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. He started his career as a House officer at the Cairo University Hospital and then as a Resident Cardiologist at Ain Shams University in Egypt. After this, he moved to Saudi Arabia to join the King Fahad Hospital as a Specialist Cardiologist in the ICU, CCU and SICU, got promoted as a cardiac transplant project team member and then as the Deputy Chief of SICU, Heart Centre. He also worked as a Cardiologist with the National Heart Insurance and the Health Insurance Organisation in Egypt. Subsequently, he relocated to the UAE and has spent over three decades working as a Consultant with the Ministry of Health, Head of Medical and Cardiac Department, Al Qassimi Hospital, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Ministry of Health, Sharjah, Consultant Cardiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, Consultant Cardiologist at the Mafraq Hospital, Consultant Cardiologist at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City/Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi and as Consultant Cardiologist, Head of Adult Cardiology at Kidsheart Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. 

Dr. Bakir is an expert at managing disorders and diseases of the cardiovascular system and performs non-invasive cardiac investigations like Echocardiography, Doppler studies, TTE and TEE, stress Echo study, stress test and Dobutamine stress test. He interprets cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, and MIBI scans and conducts cardiovascular early-detection screenings and outlines preventive measures. He treats diabetes mellitus, hypertension, lipid disorder and cardiac involvement in systemic diseases like amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias (e.g., atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia), valvular heart disease (e.g., aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation), cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, Endocarditis, sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity, syncope of suspected cardiac origin, aortic diseases (e.g., aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection) and peripheral artery disease.  

He provides pre-operative cardiac evaluation for cardiac and non-cardiac interventions and prescribes medicine and coordinates referrals for other specialities, performs pre-participation cardiovascular screening in athletes or individuals starting intense exercise and cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. He also runs Smoking Cessation Clinics. He is a published researcher and regularly lectures at conferences and participates in scientific committees.  He speaks Arabic and English.