Prof. Hassib Narchi

Professor of Paediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences

Prof. Narchi is a Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). He is currently the Director of the Clinical Sciences Course and the Director of the Final Integrated Examination at the CMHS. He has previously worked as a Consultant Paediatrician in the United Kingdom and as Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom (U.K). He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (U.K) and senior examiner for the Clinical MRCPCH examination in the UAE. He holds a Masters degree in Epidemiology and Biomedical Statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, U.K. and also a Masters degree in Medical Education (with Distinction) from the University of Dundee, U.K. 

He has extensive international clinical and research experience and his research interests encompass all fields of paediatrics, from the perinatal period to adolescence, and aim to answer clinical questions relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of children. Some of his publications have already been adopted as guidelines for clinical management in paediatric practice. He has published more than 164 peer-reviewed research papers indexed in Scopus, including 137 indexed in PubMed, with more than 60 articles published since joining the CMHS. Prof. Narchi has been ranked by Stanford University, USA, for the 2nd consecutive year, among the world s top 2% scientists.