Dr. Hani Sabbour BMedSc, MBBS, ABIM (IM), ABIM (CVD), ABIM (CCEP), ABIM (AHFTC), CBNC, ASE (CEe), FACC, FHRS

Dr. Hani Sabbour is an American cardiologist based in Abu Dhabi, serving as a Consultant in Advanced Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Al Rawdah. He maintains an academic appointment with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he teaches cardiology and advanced cardiac care. His practice spans the full spectrum of complex cardiovascular disease, drawing on nearly three decades of high-acuity clinical work across the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

His core expertise includes advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, cardiomyopathy, cardio-oncology, cardiac amyloidosis, preventative cardiology, cardiometabolic disorders, hyperlipidemia and familial hypercholesterolemia, and cardio-diabetology. He is equally recognized for the evaluation and management of complex arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, and for integrating device-based therapies with heart failure care, imaging, and longitudinal risk reduction strategies.

Dr. Sabbour earned dual first-class honours degrees in Basic Medical Sciences and in Medicine and Surgery from Kuwait University, receiving the Emir’s Gold Medal for academic excellence in both programs. He completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at SUNY Stony Brook, followed by advanced Clinical and Research Fellowship training in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He subsequently held academic roles at Harvard and joined the teaching faculty at Brown University, where he advanced to Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology).

A high-volume proceduralist, Dr. Sabbour has performed more than eight hundred cardiac electrophysiology procedures, including in excess of seven hundred pacemaker, ICD, and CRT device implants and EP/ablation studies. He established the first comprehensive multidisciplinary Pulmonary Hypertension program in the UAE at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City and created the country’s first Pulmonary Hypertension registry. He also founded the first Pacemaker and Arrhythmia Clinic in Al Ain and has helped build advanced cardiac services across several major institutions in the region.

His scholarly and systems-level contributions are extensive. Dr. Sabbour was lead author of the UAE Pulmonary Hypertension Guidelines and led the SEHA clinical practice guideline effort in pulmonary arterial hypertension. He co-authored the UAE Cardiometabolic Guidelines, contributed to the Middle East Dyslipidemia and Familial Hyperlipidemia Guidelines, and is a founding member of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Working Group across the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. He has participated in the Gulf ICD Registry, produced practical regional guidance on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, and serves on the steering committee of the Abu Dhabi Department of Health Population Health Program. His research portfolio includes principal investigator roles in international multicenter studies in pacing and implantable defibrillators, along with multiple publications in cardiovascular outcomes and systems-of-care improvement.

Dr. Sabbour holds six active American board certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Comprehensive Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society and is credentialed through the American Society of Echocardiography and the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology. His prior leadership posts include Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology at Landmark Medical Center in Rhode Island, Electrophysiologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director at Al Ain Hospital, and Arab Board Cardiology Fellowship Site Co-Director. He remains deeply committed to postgraduate education, guideline implementation, and advancing complex cardiovascular care across the Middle East.

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