Professor Alawi Alsheikh-Ali is the Provost of Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and the founding Dean of MBRU’s College of Medicine and the Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the College of Medicine (MBRU). He is a Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist, an accomplished clinician and researcher, and a recognized leader in the field of arrhythmia management and cardiovascular research in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf.

Dr. Alsheikh-Ali completed his high school education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), then pursued his college education and medical training in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), further received two Master of Science degrees, the first in Applied Physiology from Boston University (USA) and the second in Clinical Research from Tufts University (USA). Dr. Alawi Alsheikh-Ali completed his internship, residency and fellowship training at Tufts Medical Center, a leading academic institution in Boston (USA). He”s one out of a handful of physicians in the Gulf region to become triple-boarded by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.