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Dr. Nehad Nabeel Mohamed Al Shirawi is a UAE-based Consultant Intensivist specializing in Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care. He has been associated with Al Fujairah Hospital under Emirates Health Services (EHS), where he has served as Head of the Intensive Care Department. He has also held a leadership role as Chairperson of the National Antibiotic Stewardship Program at Al Fujairah Hospital.
His documented qualifications include MD, MRCP (UK), EDIC, and a Saudi Fellowship in Intensive Care/ICU. These qualifications reflect postgraduate training in internal medicine and advanced specialization in intensive care medicine. The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has specifically identified him as “Dr Nehad Al Shirawi, MD, MRCP (UK), EDIC, Saudi Fellowship (ICU), Consultant Intensivist, Al Fujairah Hospital.”
Institution: Al Fujairah Hospital – Emirates Health Services (EHS)
Location: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Specialty: Intensive Care / Critical Care Medicine
Position: Consultant Intensivist; Head of Intensive Care Department
Additional leadership: Chairperson, National Antibiotic Stewardship Program, Al Fujairah Hospital
His role also extends beyond direct intensive-care practice. He has participated in UAE national antimicrobial-resistance initiatives; the UAE National AMR Surveillance Report 2024 lists him among the focal points participating in the national AMR surveillance program.
The most reliable publicly available UAE government source documents the following qualifications:
The available sources do not provide enough verified information to confidently state the medical school, exact graduation year, or dates of each postgraduate training position, so I would not add those details to his professional profile without further documentation.
Dr. Al Shirawi's professional and academic activities indicate expertise in:
He was specifically appointed as Course Director for the CRRT Course at the 2nd EHS International Critical Care and Organ Donation & Transplant Conference. The conference program lists him as a Consultant, Intensive Care Unit; Head of Intensive Care Department; and Chairperson of the National Antibiotic Stewardship Program at Al Fujairah Hospital.
Dr. Al Shirawi has contributed to international critical-care research. He is a co-author of the 2025 Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica study “Preferences for thromboprophylaxis in the intensive care unit: An international survey.” The study included intensive-care clinicians from multiple countries and examined preferences concerning thromboprophylaxis in ICU practice. His affiliation in the publication identifies him as Nehad Nabeel Mohamed Al Shirawi.
He also contributed to the book Neurointensive Care: A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety, co-authoring the chapter “Care for Complications After Catastrophic Brain Injury.”
His earlier academic work includes participation in the Saudi Thoracic Society guidelines for diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, where he is listed as Nehad N. Al Shirawi among the contributing experts.
Dr. Al Shirawi has been involved in UAE medical education and professional conferences, particularly in critical care and antimicrobial resistance.
2nd EHS International Critical Care and Organ Donation & Transplant Conference
He served as Course Director for the CRRT Course, held in Dubai in February 2025.
Emirates Society for Clinical Microbiology (ESCM) Annual Conference
At the 2022 conference hosted by Khalifa University, he was listed as Consultant Intensive Care and Head of Intensive Care, Al Fujairah Hospital. He delivered a presentation titled “Antimicrobial stewardship – The UAE experience.”
National AMR initiatives
He has participated in the UAE's national antimicrobial-resistance surveillance activities, as documented by the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
| PeriodCareer / Achievement | |
| Postgraduate training | Completed advanced medical and critical-care training, including MRCP (UK), EDIC and Saudi Fellowship in ICU. |
| Earlier academic work | Contributed to Saudi Thoracic Society clinical guidelines concerning non-CF bronchiectasis. |
| 2015 | Contributed to Neurointensive Care: A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety, including a chapter on complications after catastrophic brain injury. |
| 2022 | Participated in the ESCM Annual Conference and presented on antimicrobial stewardship in the UAE. |
| 2022–2024 | Listed among participants/focal points in UAE national AMR surveillance activities. |
| 2025 | Served as CRRT Course Director at the 2nd EHS International Critical Care and Organ Donation & Transplant Conference. |
| 2025 | Co-authored an international ICU thromboprophylaxis study published in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. |
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