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Unique Prime code: 368

Department: Pediatrics (Child Care)

Dr. Waleed Dandan is a highly qualified and well-trained pediatrician with more than 19 years of experience in pediatric and neonatal medicine, He worked in different tertiary facilities of pediatrics in Syria, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.

Dr. Waleed also is an Arab and Syrian Board Certified in pediatrics, has a high-end profile as a professional in clinical, medical, healthcare quality, health informatics, and patient safety, and has been known as one of the most compassionate doctors voted by patients 2021.

-       His desire is to help Patients, save their lives, give happiness to others, and to fulfill his father's wish

-       His hobbies include reading, traveling and listening to music

-       His Job as a Pediatrician means most of his time is devoted to his patients, despite that he tries his best to have sufficient time with his beloved family.

Motto: “To give my best efforts to treat sick children, to give happiness and love to others, to leave good memories behind, and to advance my profession to the best.”

Most Memorable Moments:

-       When God gave him a son

-       When he received a specialty certificate in pediatrics

-       When the children he treats recover, and when he sees the happiness in the parents' eyes.

-       His most important achievement in life is obtaining the Arab Board Certificate in Pediatrics.

Most Challenging Moments: When treating serious cases of children and trying to reassure parents on the condition of their kids.

• Provide a full spectrum of Pediatric Medicine services .
• Preventive and primary care such as immunizations and well-baby visits and growth , medical checkups at school .
• New-born baby care (babies that need continuous monitoring). 
• Initiating feeding, Encouragement, and teaching of breastfeeding. 
• Diagnosis and treatment of acute as well as a chronic illness in children of all ages .
• In patient care for sick children .
• Emergency Pediatric Care.
• Gastrointestinal diseases and complaints include abdominal pain, vomiting, Diarrhea, constipation, GIT bleeding, failure to thrive, feeding difficulties and weight problems malnutrition. Malabsorption 
• Parenteral counseling.
• All respiratory conditions and complaints (cough, wheezy chest, fever, skin respiratory distress, pneumonia, croup).
• Allergies and asthma management .
• Management of Skin disorders such Eczema, atopic dermatitis. Skin infection. and allergic disorder .
• Growth and development disorders .
• Anemia. Blood diseases, Bleeding disorders .
• Neurological and Nutritional disorders
• Genetic disorders.
• Pediatric Obesity. 
• Common critical care cases .
• High dependency pediatric care.

• M.B.B.S from Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University in Syria in 2002
• Pediatrician doctor with a master’s degree in pediatrics since 2007
• Arab and Syrian Board Certified in pediatrics.
• Practiced for 4 years in reputed hospitals in Saudi Arabia before shifting to UAE
• Neonatologist at a renowned tertiary teaching hospital in UAE.
• Sound knowledge of ventilator systems, use of nitric oxide, and nutrition of extremely low birth weight infants.
• Involved in resident teaching and in writing practice guidelines for different neonatal and pediatrics management pathways