Dr. Assem Eid Youssef

A pulmonology specialist, Dr. Assem Eid Youssef completed his Masters Degree in Chest Diseases from Cairo University in Egypt. He is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK (MRCP). Dr. Youssef has been accredited and professionally registered and licensed as a pulmonary medicine specialist by the Saudi Commission of Health Specialities. He has worked at the King Abdulazis Medical City, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is also certified as a respiratory medicine specialist by Dubai Health Authority. He is an active member of a number of medical associations, including the Egyptian Society of Chest Diseases & Tuberculosis, the Saudi Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.

Dr. Assem Eid Youssef is an expert at the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of bronchial asthma and allergy in adults and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). He conducts pulmonary function tests, treats obesity hypoventilation syndrome, provides non-invasive ventilation for sleep disorders and treats sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea.

He helps in smoking cessation and manages the screening, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients and those in contact with them along with conducting pulmonary rehabilitation programmes.

Dr. Youssef conducts various diagnostics such as pleural tap and biopsy, bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage with transbronchial biopsy. He performs minor thoracic surgery procedures.

Dr. Youssef is an avid reader, and speaks Arabic and English.