Dr. Afaf Sahraoui is a trained surgeon from Norway and is board-certified by the Norwegian Directorate of Health as both a General Surgeon and a Breast, Thyroid, and Parathyroid Surgeon. She is now practicing as a breast and thyroid surgeon in Dubai, providing highly specialized care for patients with endocrine and breast-related conditions. With extensive international training and clinical experience, she is regarded by many as a leading consultant endocrine surgeon in Dubai. Her surgical expertise also makes her a trusted parathyroid surgery expert in Dubai, handling complex cases with precision and care.
Her career spans over a decade, including 8 years at Akershus University Hospital, one of the largest and busiest hospitals in Norway, with a catchment area of 650,000 inhabitants. This has provided a large patient base, resulting in an average of 100 breast cancer surgeries per year and around 30–50 cases of thyroid and parathyroid surgeries in the last five years.
As a Consultant Breast and Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgeon, she has been an integral part in building a high-quality and high-volume unit at Akershus University Hospital. Dr. Afaf is extremely dedicated to her patients and focused on patient-centered care. With the majority of her patients being cancer patients, she is acutely aware of the value of patience and excellent communication skills to obtain patient trust and compliance. This is one of the reasons why she implemented remote patient monitoring in her department so that patients who lived great distances away from the hospital could use an app to get in touch with healthcare practitioners when needed—without having to travel.
Now practicing in the UAE, Dr. Afaf brings this wealth of experience to serve patients seeking an experienced oncoplastic breast surgeon and a meticulous thyroid cancer surgery specialist in Dubai. She also specializes in benign breast procedures and is recognized as a leading breast lump removal surgeon in Dubai, offering patient-centered, evidence-based care.
Dr. Afaf has a keen interest in keeping up with the latest evidence-based research and treatments in her field of expertise and actively seeks out arenas that can enhance her knowledge. Her focus is particularly on oncoplastic principles of breast surgery, and she therefore holds a postgraduate diploma from the University of East Anglia (UK). She also has a deep sense of obligation toward training and supervising young surgeons, and she was the Education Manager for the residents in the Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery at Akershus.
She is a member of The Norwegian Medical Association and The Norwegian Association for Breast- and Endocrine Surgery.
