Dr. Zulfiqar Ali
(FRCP, MRCPI, MRCPG, MRCSEd A&E, EMDM, PgDD)
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali is a renowned physician
and a passionate academician, based in Dubai for approximately 30 years. He is
a “Fellow” of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and has a special
interest in medical emergencies, diabetes, and academia.
Dr. Ali currently performs his clinical
duties at VIP Clinic DHA as a “Consultant Physician.” Furthermore, he is a
teaching faculty at Dubai Medical College and “Professor of Medicine” at
Sialkot Medical College, Pakistan. He is actively involved in
teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates. Dr. Ali’s personal academic
courses and workshops, such as Pearls of Clinical ECG, Pearls of Clinical
Diabetes, Pearls of Clinical Toxicology, Pearls of Clinical Emergency Pharmacology,
Emergency Radiology, ABG Interpretation, ABC of Diabetes, Essentials of Data
Interpretation, etc., are regular features of Dubai Health Authority’s MED
training schedule. Dr.
Ali has been part of the teaching faculty for the Dubai Residency Training
Program (DRTP) since 2008, as well as the training faculty for Arab Board
Family Medicine preparatory courses. He has also been the International Faculty
for the American Heart Association (2010-2016) for MENA and Pakistan and an
instructor for many life support training courses.
Dr. Ali’s passion for academia extends
far beyond lecture halls, most evident through his significant contributions to
establishing a life support training network not only in UAE but also across
Pakistan, including life support training centers at CPSP, AFIC Rawalpindi,
Agha Khan University, Dow University Karachi, and SMC Sialkot. Similarly, he
played a pivotal role in establishing the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support in
Iran, wrote the initial “Disaster Plan” of Rashid Hospital Dubai (2007),
advised the Disaster Management Plan for Dubai International Airport (2008),
and formulated a role-delineation document for Dubai ports (2008).
Additionally, he actively contributed to organizing medical conferences as part
of the organizing committee (IECM 2006-2009) and served as the Secretary
General of IECM in 2008. Lastly, his research articles have been published in
various local and international journals.
To acknowledge his contributions, Dr. Ali was nominated as a “Distinguished Specialist Employee” in 2009 for the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP). Similarly, in 2022, Dr. Ali received appreciation from H.E. Director General, Dubai Health Authority at the Arab Health 2022, for his remarkable achievement of authoring three books- Pearls of Clinical Diabetes, Pearls of Clinical ECG, and Tashkhees.
Dr. Ali is a member of various
international medical organizations and societies. He was the founding member
and first General Secretary of the Medical Wing of the Pakistan Association
Dubai in 2008-09. Furthermore, Dr. Ali served as the President of Sialkot
Medical Alumni (SMA) in 2015 and a founding executive member of the Association
of Pakistani Physicians & Surgeons (APPS)-Middle East in 2021. He was
nominated as “President” Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine - UAE Chapter by
PSIM Executive Committee at 5th International Conference of PSIM
held in Lahore & Islamabad in May 2024.