Dr Amer Azaz attended the Faculty of Medicine of Tripoli University of Libya for his undergraduate medical training. He obtained his MBChB with honour in 1986 and in 1990 he was awarded DCH from the same university.
After granting his membership with the Royal College of physicians and then that of Paediatrics and child health, Dr Azaz had his higher professional training in paediatric gastroenterology hepatology and nutrition in the university hospitals of Manchester and London upon which he was awarded the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in paediatric gastroenterology in 1991. He then worked as a consultant paediatric gastroenterologist in Hull, East Yorkshire for more than 15 years. There he was also appointed as a Senior Lecturer with Hull and York Medical School where he was awarded the medical school Tutor of the year for 2011.
Along with teaching, Dr Azaz is also interested in postgraduate medical training for which he was the Training Program Director for the East Yorkshire School of Paediatrics and Co-founder of the Yorkshire School of Paediatrics, Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery for 7 years. Prior to that, he was the local Royal College Representative for 3 years.
In the field of peadiatric gastroenterology, Dr Azaz specializes in managing complex GI disorders with particular interest is in Helicobacter pylori infection, childhood inflammatory bowel disease, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, constipation, celiac disease and functional gastrointestinal disorders.
He has published research papers in this field and has been an invited speaker to major national and international conferences. His active Research program is focusing on the specifics of Helicobacter pylori infection among United Arab Emirates residents.
Dr. Amer Azaz has extensive experience in pediatric gastroenterology with 30 years of experience in the field, having undergone higher specialist training in UK university hospitals. He worked as a pediatric gastroenterology consultant in the UK for 14 years before joining Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, where he has been practicing up till now.He is highly skilled in performing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies.
