As well as all aspects of general cardiology, he specializes in advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques such as cardiac ultrasound and cardiac CT. Having run one of the largest heart valve clinics in the UK, he also has a specialist interest in heart valve disease.

Dr. Abdel-Rahman completed his early medical training in hospitals in the UK and Canada, graduating from Imperial College London in 2002. Later, as a result of his research on novel blood tests for the early detection of heart attacks, he was awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree.

Prior to moving to the UAE in 2022, Dr. Abdel-Rahman was a Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) and the University of Leeds, where he held an NHS Clinical Excellence Award. At LTHT, he helped establish and was the Cardiology Lead Clinician for cardiac CT, in addition to providing clinical oversight for one of the largest cardiac echo services in the UK as Assistant Lead for Echo Services. With around 2,500 beds, LTHT is one of the biggest teaching hospitals in Europe.

During his career, Dr. Abdel-Rahman has performed and overseen over 10,000 noninvasive cardiac imaging assessments and trained doctors in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, the Middle East and the UK in advanced cardiac echocardiography and cardiac CT. He was a national examiner for the British Society of Echocardiography and was a co-director of one of the only UK perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography courses.

Dr. Abdel-Rahman has been actively involved in clinical research throughout his career and has been involved in numerous large studies.