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Essa Hamadan Al Awad

Essa Hamadan Al Awad MD

Neonatal and Perinatology
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Dr. Essa Al Awad is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and staff Neonatologist with Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone. He obtained his undergraduate and postgraduate pediatric (MD) training from the University of Damascus Children's Hospital and subsequently completed fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.

He is a fellow of the Arab Board of Pediatrics, Saudi Board of Pediatrics, the Royal College of Paediatrics & Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK). In 2011 he was appointed Medical Director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Peter Lougheed Center and in 2014, he was also appointed the Medical Director of the Pediatrics unit at the Peter Lougheed Hospital. His main research interests include neonatal health outcomes, neonatal hemodynamic studies, and point of care application of ultrasonography in neonatal intensive care.

Dr. Al Awad is an executive member and the NICU and Pediatrics Education Medical Leader for UME & PGME at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. In addition, to providing excellent clinical care, he has a strong passion for the enhancement of education at Calgary Zone. He started and continues to lead an excellent education program at the Peter Lougheed center and continues to provide education to fellows, residents, clerks and Clinical Assistants and has received many awards of excellence for his teaching.