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Dr. Syed Raza, MRCP, CCT, FRCP

Dr. Syed Raza, MRCP, CCT, FRCP

Dr. Syed Raza, MRCP, CCT, FRCP

Head of Department - Cardiology

Awali Hospital, Bahrain

Dr. Syed  Raza  graduated from Aligarh University in India  in 1993. After completing his postgraduate degree in Medicine from the same university, he moved to the UK for higher specialist studies. He successfully completed MRCP and CCT and later also  awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP ). He was awarded professor John Goodwin prize for outstanding performance in Diploma Cardiology exam  at Hammersmith Hospital, University of London in 2001.  Dr  Raza  is  Fellow  of  American  College  of  Cardiology and American  College  of  Chest  Physicoans . He is also Fellow  of  European  Society  of  Cardiology and Fellow of European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. He  is  also  on  the  committee  of  Acute  Cardiovascular  Care.  Heart  Failure  and  Cardiovascular  Imaging (  European  Society of  Cardiology )

He is currently  working as Consultant  Cardiologist and Head of the department of Medicine  at Awali Hospital, Bahrain. Dr Raza is  a board member of the Hospital Excecutive Committee . He  also chairs  the  Resuscitation  committee  and Privileging and Credentialing Committee.

Prior to this he worked as  consultant in Cardiology at  Mid Cheshire  Hospitals, NHS trust , United  Kingdom.

He is the regional educational coordinator for RCP Edinburgh  and examiner for  MRCP  exam for the Royal College of Physicians of UK. He has partipcpated in some well known trials and reasearch. He has to his credit  numerous publications and he has presented his scietific work in  different parts of the world. He is peer review author for some well respected International  journals.

  • He is permanent  Review author for abstracts for European Society of Cardiology Annual Congress.
  • He is on the  editorial board of  International Journal of Endovasculat Treatment and Innovative Techniques .
  • Dr Raza  is  a  teaching  faculty member  for  Healthcare  Management  and  Leadership at  Westford University , Dubai  campus.
  • He is certified  American Board in Medical  Quality .
  • Dr Raza frequently  organises  a  number  of  seminars, webinars , symposia  and  workshop  on various  healthcare , quality and  safety  topics .
  • Dr  Raza  has  led  the  first  awareness  campaign in Heart Failure in the  Middle East  in 2017.
  • He is  chairman  of  BAPCO’s   health  promotion unit.
  • His  special interests are Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart Failure and Acute Cardiovascular Care.

He is  founder and chairman  of  Raza   Foundations  which  works  for  educating  and  increasing  awareness on various  health related  topics  amongst the  general  public  as  well  as  provide  free  healthcare  services to  poor  as  one  of  the  charity  initiatives .

Qualifications

  • MBBS – JN Medical College , AMU, Aligarh
  • MD (Medicine ) – JN Medical College & Hospital , AMU, Aligarh
  • MRCP (UK)
  • FRCP (Edinburgh)
  • Diploma in Cardiology -Hammersmith Hospital, University of London, UK
  • PG Diploma in Medical Education – University of Cardiff (Wales)
  • PG Diploma in Healthcare Management – Westford University, UK
  • American Board in Medical Quality (ABMQ)