Abdulrazzaq Ali Al Madani

Dr. Abdulrazzaq Ali Al Madani is Consultant in Medicine and Endocrinology at Al Borj Medical Centre in Dubai. After graduating in Medicine from the Ain Shams University in Cairo, Dr. Madani pursued his Postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology from Munich, Germany and obtained his Fachartz in both specialties. The Royal College of Physicians endowed Dr. Madani Honorary Fellowships from their Colleges in Edinburg and Glasgow.
Dr. Madani joined Dubai Health Authority in 1980 and from the year 1993, has held the post of Consultant in Medicine and Endocrinology in Dubai Hospital. He was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dubai Hospital – a tertiary care facility under the Dubai Health Authority – from October 2009 to March 2014.
He has vast experience in the management of diabetes and endocrine disorders, especially thyroid gland, he has carried out more than 40,000 thyroid sonography and over 10,000 fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules, and he has been trained in Radio Frequency ablation and laser ablation of benign thyroid nodules.
Dr. Madani was awarded the Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Achievement in 1988 and was honored with the Dubai Government Excellence Award (DGEP) in 2002 under the Category – Distinguished Employee. Dr. Madani is the President of the Emirates Diabetes Society and the President of the Gulf Group for Study of Diabetes. He is the Editorial Board Chairman of the “Diabetes Positive Living Magazine” a social initiative of the Emirates Diabetes Society.
He has acted as the chairman of the local organizing committee of IDF Congress in Dubai 2011 and is the chairman of the local organizing committee at the coming IDF Congress in Abu Dhabi 2017. His publications in Clinical Diabetes include “Recommendations for Management of Diabetes During Ramadan”, “Diabetes Care, Algorithm for Management of Type 2 in the Middle East”, “Diabetes Education in the Arab World, A Call for Action” , Driving and diabetes mellitus in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Call for action. and “UAE National Diabetes Guidelines 2008 and 2011”, and Diabetes and Ramadan: Practical Guidelines (IDF/DAR).