Dr. Yaser Husein Ali

Consultant NICU, & HOD

Speciality: Neonatology

Nationality: Canadian

Experience: 22 Years

Languages: English, Arabic

NMC Royal Hospital Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi

With more than 22 years of extensive experience caring for newborns, Dr Yaser Ali brings in wealth of expertise in management of sick newborn babies. He completed his Arab and Iraqi Board training in Pediatrics in 2000. Thereafter, he completed Fellowship in Neonatology at University of Manitoba in Canada in 2013.

He has keen interest in invasive and non-invasive ventilation, exclusive human milk diet nutrition and Point of Care (POPCUS) ultrasound. He has mmultiple research publications in peer-reviewed indexed journals. Dr Yaser Ali regularly participates in advanced training workshops and conferences throughout the world. He has been practicing for more than 5 years in UAE with specific focus on lungs ultrasound and exclusive human milk diet

  • Completed Canadian fellowship in Neonatology from University of Manitoba in 2013
  • Completed Arab and Iraqi Board in Pediatrics in 2000

  • Use and titration of advanced invasive ventilation: High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) and Conventional mechanical ventilation
  • Expertise in non-invasive ventilation: CPAP, BiPAP, NIPPV and High-flow nasal cannula
  • Advanced bronchopulmonary management including Surfactant administration, management of air-leak syndromes (needle thoracentesis, chest tube insertion)
  • Advanced Hemodynamic & Cardiopulmonary Skills: Interpretation of neonatal cardiovascular physiology in critical illnesses, Management of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), Titration of inotropes, vasopressors, and pulmonary vasodilators.
  • Hemodynamic monitoring using: Point of Care Ultrasound, NIRS monitoring and aEEG
  • Advanced Vascular Access
  • Needle thoracentesis and chest tube placement
  • Paracentesis and lumbar puncture in critically ill neonates
  • Neurocritical Care Competencies: interpretation of continuous aEEG and cerebral function monitoring, management of therapeutic hypothermia for HIE
  • Nutrition & Metabolic Support: advanced neonatal parenteral nutrition (TPN) formulation and use of human milk fortification protocols
  • Specialized Neonatal Procedures & Critical Care Interventions: exchange transfusion for severe hyperbilirubinemia, partial/whole blood transfusion protocols, neonatal transport stabilization (air/ground), perioperative management of infants with major congenital anomalies
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Skills (Key Competency)
  • Bedside ultrasound applications mastered by advanced neonatologists:
  • Lung Ultrasound (LUS)
  • Cardiac POCUS
  • Cranial Ultrasound

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Abu Dhabi - Hospital

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NMC Royal Hospital Khalifa City

Doctors 233+

Specialities 42+

Emergency 24/7

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