The Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), Abu Dhabi, is a centre for perioperative clinical care, pain management, general anaesthesia, paediatric and congenital heart anaesthesia, cardiothoracic anaesthesia, critical care and regional practice. SSMC’s Anaesthesia Department integrates three shields of Practice, Research and Education into its operating model, making it a premier destination for residency training, opportunities and clinical training.
Why choose SSMC
Our team of American, Australian and UK board-certified physicians combines expertise from various subspecialities to determine the safest and most effective anaesthesia options for each patient’s unique case and condition. In addition, we are equipped to manage complex chronic pain syndromes and acute pain for oncology and palliative care patients.
Areas of expertise
- Acute trauma and chronic pain management
- Bariatric procedures
- Brain surgeries, complex spine (trauma, scoliosis) and brain tumour excision surgeries
- Cardiac anaesthesia
- Complex robotic-assisted procedures (urology, hepatobiliary)
- Complex thoracic surgeries (tracheal resection, lung resection)
- Complex vascular procedures (aortic bypass, endovascular stenting)
- General paediatric anaesthesia, neonatal and premature paediatric surgical procedures (congenital diaphragmatic hernia, trachea-oesophageal fistula repair)
- Maxillofacial procedures
- Obstetric anaesthesia
- Oncological procedures and chronic oncological pain (palliative pain management)
- Reconstructive and burn reconstructive surgeries
- Regional anaesthesia
- Sedation for diagnostic radiology procedures (MRI, CT scan)
