Dr. Essam Mohammed Noor Howayyer AlZarooni

Dr. Essam Mohammed Noor Howayyer AlZarooni is the Acting Executive Director of Clinical Services Sector at the Emirates Health Services. He has 8 years in Emirates Health Services and 20 years in the Medical Field. He graduated from the medical school at UAE University in 2003. He completed his specialization in Pediatric Emergency Medicine in University of Manitoba (UOM), Canada. Upon return from Canada, he worked for 1 year in Al Qassimi before joining Shaikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) – Abu Dhabi emergency department in July 2013 as a consultant. After 2 year, he returned to Ministry of Health as a head of accident and emergency department in Al Qassimi Hospital (AQH). Dr Howayyer played an active and major role in establishing and operating the new accident and emergency building/department in AQH, beginning of Mar 2016. He also was a key member in the team who managed to get Joint Commission Certification (JCI) accreditation for AQH end of 2018. Along with that he established the Arab board residency program in the accident and emergency department of AQH end of 2018. In October 2021, he was assigned as a director of the hospital department in Emirates Health Services (EHS) establishment. In June 2022, he was appointment as acting chief executive of medical services at EHS. Dr Howayyer is heavily involved in quality and performance improvement projects both at the hospital as well as the corporate level. He chairs multiple committees at national and corporate levels.