Dr. Suzanne Abbas

Department: Radiology Neuroradiology

Radiology, Consultant Diagnostic and interventional Neuroradiologist
 
Years of experience: 18 years

 

Brief Profile of the Doctor: 

• AGU graduate 1994 with honors
• Received radiology training in Dublin, Ireland 1996-2000 with a double radiology fellowship being the first Bahraini to receive an honorary medal in the FFR-RCSI Irish fellowship
• Received 2 years of subspecialty training in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology at the national neurocenter in Ireland (1995/1996 and 2006/2007)
• First Neuroradiologist in the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Past chairperson of department of radiology at Salmaniya Medical Complex
• Past Deputy Chief of medical staff at Salmaniya Medical Complex
• First to establish complete neuroimaging services in Bahrain with subspecialized reporting of CT and MRIs of the brain and spinal cord
• First to establish and start neurointerventional procedures in Bahrain with the first case of intracranial aneurysm coiling being done by a complete Bahraini team led by Dr Suzanne Abbas in 2007
• First to start embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations and fistulas in Bahrain
• Assistant professor of radiology at AGU, Bahrain
• Vast experience in the fields of quality and accreditation of healthcare facilities

 
Qualifications Summary:

• Neuroradiology fellowship from the national neurocentre in Ireland
• Radiology fellowship of the royal college of Radiologists, UK
• Radiology fellowship of the faculty of radiologists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, with honorary medal

 
Full Qualifications:

• FFR-RCSI (Ireland) with honorary medal
• FRCR (UK)
• Diploma in healthcare management, RCSI (with honors)
• MD, AGU (with honors)
• Bachelor medical Sciences