Dr. Abdul Rab Hussain Saleh Al Afeefi

Consultant Pediatrician Gastroenterologist

Years of Experience: More than 43

Nationality: United Arab Emirates

Languages Known: English, Arabic

Dr. Abdul Rab Hussain Saleh Al Afeefi is a senior Consultant in Pediatrician & Pediatric Gastroenterologist ., Chairman of THE PULSE Company For Health investments, and consultancies Director of Newcastle Medical Center, By October  2016,  43 years of professional experience in Pediatrics. This experience has been obtained by the practice of Pediatrics in many teaching hospitals in  Abu  Dhabi,  Amman Jordan,  and the United  Kingdom.  This long period of experience has enabled me to be exposed to different medical schools and to learn how to manage many rare conditions. He is expertise in:-

• Recurrent Abdominal Pains

• Chronic Constipation and/or Fecal Incontinence

• Loose Stools/Diarrhea and Blood in Stools

• Recurrent Vomiting with and without Blood

• Gastro-Esophageal Reflux

• Celiac Disease

• Difficulty in Swallowing

• Jaundice

• Failure to thrive, Poor Oral Intake, and Weight Loss

• Pancreatitis

• Abdominal Bloating

• Patients Needing PEG Placements

• Neurological Patients with Feeding Issues/Reflux Symptoms

• Gastroscopy

• Colonoscopy

 Professional Qualifications

• Two antral biopsies instead of two antral and two fundal biopsies to detect H. Pylori  Histologically

• Prevalence of constipation among children in the UAE.

• The single case of The Plummer Vinson Syndrome in the modern medicine in a child of 4 years old. Case report