American Hospital Dubai is a 254-bed private acute-care hospital established in 1996, providing medical and surgical services across more than 40 specialties. Part of the Mohamed & Obaid Al Mulla Group, it serves patients through its main hospital and wider network in Dubai. It has been a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network since 2016.
American Hospital Dubai combines American clinical standards with a long-term commitment to the UAE. How has that shaped the institution’s development? American Hospital Dubai was the first hospital in the region to introduce American standards and expertise.
It is also the only private hospital here investing in both research and education. The ownership model matters: the family is concerned with legacy and what the institution contributes to Dubai, the UAE and the wider region—not simply the next financial return. Their view is straightforward: without Dubai and the UAE, there is no American Hospital Dubai.
That perspective allows us to invest at a level comparable with government hospitals. Over time, we have become a destination for complex cases—often for patients whose treatment has failed elsewhere. In cancer, orthopedics, pediatrics and cardiothoracic care, our ambition is to be the last hope.
In cardiothoracic medicine, 100 percent of the team—cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiac surgeons—is American board-certified. American Hospital Dubai joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network in 2016. What does that partnership involve in practice?
If you want to benefit from an international collaboration, you should not reduce it to a logo or marketing campaign. We use Mayo Clinic’s expertise to support patients, obtain second opinions, cross-check difficult cases and strengthen governance. Much of that work is not outwardly visible, but patients feel it in the standard of their care.
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