Nationality: Canada
Language Spoken: Arabic, English
Dr. Zuhair Alsharafi is the Director of Emergency Medicine at Burjeel Medical City at Mohamad Bin Zayed City. He received his bachelor’s degree of Medicine and Surgery M.B.B.S. from the College of Medicine - King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Since 2003, Dr. Alsharafi pursued his career and passion in the field of Emergency Medicine in Canada, he completed the Emergency Medicine residency program through the Canadian Royal College of Medicine & Surgery at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Then he completed a 2-years Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services (EMS/Medical Director) at University of Toronto/Sunnybrook Osler Centre for Prehospital Care, Toronto, Canada.
From 2010 to 2021, Dr. Alsharafi has worked at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Emergency Department, Toronto, Ontario as an Emergency Consultant, during this period he completed many health administration courses at the Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. He was appointed the Medical Director of Operations in the Emergency Department then promoted to Chief of the Emergency Department. He also carries an academic University appointment at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Alsharafi conducted numerous initiatives, projects and publication in the field of Quality Improvement, patient flow and patient experience. He received many awards in appreciations to his accomplishments.
