Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing at the Ministry of Health and Community Protection , United Arab Emirates. He served as Director of the Department of Blood Transfusion Services and Research at the Ministry of Health and Community Protection in 1986, Executive Director of Medical Practices in the same Ministry, and Advisor for Transfusion Medicine to the World Health Organization in 2007. He holds a Doctorate in Medical Sciences in 2003 from the College of Medicine. At the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, he obtained a Master’s degree in Medical Sciences in 1997 from the same college, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 1985 from the United Arab Emirates University.