Hanan Sheikh Ibrahim, American Board of Geriatrics Medicine

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Affiliation(s): 

Cleveland Clinic

Biography & Research: 

Dr. Hanan Ibrahim, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor and American trained and board-certified Consultant Geriatric Physician in the Neurosurgical Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ibrahim was working in the US as a Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Professor at Rochester Regional Health Geriatric, New York. She worked on a geriatric consult service within a busy brain health practice treating patients with diverse aging brain related memory disorders, delirium, dementia, and geriatric polypharmacy. Dr. Ibrahim trained at Cleveland Clinic Ohio main campus in the US under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Palmer, concept originator of the acute care for the elderly unit, which is now an internationally recognized model of hospital care for geriatric patients. She is a pioneer in the field of geriatric care in UAE, having implemented the first mobile acute care for the elderly (MACE) program, the first of its kind in the region. Dr. Ibrahim has more than 25 years extensive experience in the aging brain. She has conducted more than 2000 neurocognitive battery tests and was proactive in implementing the first EMR based cognitive screening tools in the UAE to pre-emptively detect and treat memory disorders at earlier stages. As academic lead physician at the Geriatric Fellowship Steering Committee in New York, US, Dr. Ibrahim helped in kicking off the first Geriatric Fellowship Program and devised didactic curriculum for neurocognitive disorders and delirium.