Salwa Abdulla Alsuwaidi MD, MBBS, Dip.Ger, MRCP

Dr. Salwa Alsuwaidi, a graduate of UAEUniversity in 1997. She started her career in Dubai Health Authority (DHA) since 1999 to specialize in Internal Medicine. Currently holds MRCP (UK) and Ph.D. Arab Board of Internal Medicine as well as a Post Graduate Diploma of Gerontology & Geriatrics from the University of Malta. She was the first Emirati Geriatrician in DHA and had a great role in establishing the first geriatric unit in Rashid Hospital in Dubai in 2007. In addition, she was a pioneer in establishing the firstDubairehabilitation center for the elderly, taking care of all the responsibilities related to it as a Project Manager.

Currently, she is the Director of the Family Gathering center; which is a nursing home for the inpatients and a daycare center for the outpatients. Dr. Salwa was a member of many committees at DHA and had chaired some of them. Has excellent experience caring for the elderly both in the acute hospital settings as well as at long-stay facilities. An active member; attended many courses and conferences, and was a speaker in many of them, and represented DHA in many international conferences.

She had joined the Middle East Academy for the Medicine of Ageing (MEAMA) as a board member after completing 4 sessions in 2012. Dr. Salwa was a winner of the Emirates Women Award in 2012 for the category of Financial & Strategic Planning. She was a winner of the Shamsa Bint Suhail Award for creative women in 2013. She was shortlisted for the final stage of the Dubai Government Excellency Program in 2014 for the category of Distinguished Female Employee. Moreover, she received the Medal Pride of UAE in 2014 as part of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Excellence in Government Performance.