SCOPE International Fellowship awarded to Dr Sara Suliman
Dr Sara Suliman, Abu Dhabi, was awarded a SCOPE International Fellowship in 2024.
Sara received her specialist clinical and research training at the world-renowned Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, culminating in a DPhil (PhD) from Oxford University on the genetics and physiology of regional adipose deposition and insulin resistance. Her career has been shaped by her interest in genetic endocrine disorders (particularly in diabetes and obesity), physiology, insulin resistance and obesity.
Since 2012, she has been a Consultant Endocrinologist, Diabetologist and Obesity Physician at Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, where she currently leads the Genetics and Obesity services. The multidisciplinary obesity-trained team provides the whole spectrum of obesity management, ranging from dietary and lifestyle interventions, to medication, to pre-, peri- and post-metabolic bariatric surgery care.
Sara has authored several papers, and presented her research at major international conferences.
She contributed to the Oxford Handbook for Diabetes and Endocrinology and is a reviewer for leading medical journals. She co-authored the UAE guidelines for T2DM management (2020) commissioned by the Emirates Diabetes and Endocrinology Society; and the GCC and Lebanon obesity guidelines (2022), commissioned by the World Obesity Federation.
She has been elected as Chairperson of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) obesity working group, and the first president of the soon to be launched MENA obesity society. Dr Suliman has also co-chaired the UAE Obesity conference since inception (2018), and helped develop it into the main regional conference for obesity.
SCOPE Fellowship is the most prestigious award offered by SCOPE, recognising outstanding healthcare professionals in the field of obesity management.
International Fellows are world-class experts in the field of obesity management, identified by a SCOPE search committee.
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