Sheikh Khalifa Medical City-Cincinnati Children’s Partnership

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The collaboration between SEHA Sheikh Khalifa Medical City and Cincinnati Children’s – America’s top-ranked pediatric hospital – brings transformative pediatric care to the Middle East. Your child can benefit from cutting-edge treatments, advanced research, and unparalleled expertise at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City.

John Perentesis

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Young adult cancers
  • Acute myeloid & lymphoid leukemia
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • New anticancer therapy development

Michael S. Grimley

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiencies
  • Cord blood transplants
  • Leukemia

Francesco T. Mangano

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric epilepsy surgery
  • Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy
  • Brain and spinal cord intramedullary tumours
  • Chiari malformations
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Cranial endoscopy
  • Stereotactic robotic surgery

Smruti K. Patel

Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgery

Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric neurosurgery
  • Brain tumours
  • Skull base surgery
  • Pituitary surgery
  • Spina bifida
  • Transitional care
  • Fetal surgery
  • Surgical management of spasticity

Katie Z. Ihnen

Consultant Paediatric Neurology

Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric epilepsy
  • Paediatric drug-refractory epilepsy
  • Tuberous sclerosis complex

Kevin Little

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Brachial plexus / thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Congenital hand malformations
  • Complex upper extremity trauma and deformity
  • Hemangioma / vascular malformations
  • Osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow

Peter R. Farrell

Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterology

Clinical Focus

  • General gastroenterology
  • Hepatology
  • Nutrition
  • Pancreas care
  • Therapeutic endoscopy
  • Hereditary polyposis syndromes
  • GI involvement in epidermolysis bullosa

David L.S. Morales

Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Congenital heart surgery
  • Complex biventricular repairs
  • Complex neonatal repairs
  • Heterotaxy syndrome
  • Paediatric heart and lung transplantation
  • Mechanical circulatory support

Michael Gaies

Consultant Paediatric Cardiology

Clinical Focus

  • Critical and acute care cardiology
  • Congenital heart disease

Brian S. Pan

Consultant Paediatric Plastic Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Cleft lip and palate
  • Velopharyngeal insufficiency
  • Craniosynostosis and craniofacial surgery
  • Paediatric plastic surgery

James McCarthy

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Cerebral palsy including motion analysis and scoliosis
  • Limb deformity correction
  • Hip disorders including hip preservation
  • Hemangioma and vascular malformations
  • Limb lengthening and reconstruction
  • Comprehensive neuromuscular disorders

Viral V. Jain

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Spinal deformities
  • Minimally invasive spine surgeries
  • Spine growth modulation (staples & tether)
  • Paediatric cervical spine
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Early onset scoliosis

Paola Maria L. Mendoza-Sengco

Consultant Paediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric rehabilitation medicine
  • Cerebral palsy (including early diagnosis)
  • Brachial plexus injury
  • Spasticity management including intrathecal baclofen pump

Katherine Holland

Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiology

Clinical Focus

  • Epilepsy
  • Neurology

Awais Ashfaq

Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

Clinical Focus

  • Neonatal cardiac surgery
  • Living allogenic valvular replacement (partial heart transplant)
  • Ventricular assist devices and heart transplant
  • Valve repairs

David S. Cooper

Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Clinical Focus

  • Cardiac intensive care
  • End-stage lung failure program
  • Single ventricle interstage clinic
  • Acute care nephrology

Blachy J. Davila Saldana​

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Immune deficiency and histiocytosis
  • Stem cell therapy

Jeffrey R. Tenney

Consultant Paediatric Neurology

Clinical Focus

  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
  • Functional MRI

Joseph G. Pressey

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Cancer and blood diseases
  • Kidney tumours
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Sarcoma
  • Rare tumours including small cell carcinoma of the ovary
  • Young adult cancer

Trent Hummel

Consultant Paediatric Oncology

Clinical Focus

  • Brain and spine tumours
  • Cancer and blood diseases
  • Cancer
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Rasopathy

Ranjit Chima

Consultant Paediatric Critical Care

Clinical Focus

  • Critical illness following stem cell transplantation
  • Extracorporeal life support
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Critical illness hyperglycaemia

Hansel M. Greiner

Consultant Paediatric Neurology

Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric epilepsy
  • Medically refractory epilepsy
  • Paediatric neurology

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