DOCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Khalid K. Al-Sharif is an American Board-certified Consultant in Internal Medicine with more than three decades of clinical experience across the United States, Qatar, and the UAE. His extensive career spans internal medicine, hospital medicine, neuro-hospital medicine, and the management of medically complex patients, supported by longstanding experience in clinical leadership and medical education.
His clinical interests include the medical management of acute stroke, gastrointestinal disorders, obesity management, pain management, addiction disorders, and infectious diseases. During nearly nine years as a Consultant Neuro-Hospitalist within the Neurology Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, he gained extensive experience in the medical management of patients with acute neurological conditions. Alongside his clinical practice, Dr. Al-Sharif has held academic appointments in the United States and has contributed to medical education, clinical governance, quality improvement, and the training of medical students and residents.
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY (BMBS)
Kuwait University School of Medicine 1984 – 1992
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY
Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA 1993 – 1996
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Board Certified, 1997; Recertified, 2013
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Consultant Internal Medicine & Director of Internal Medicine and Long-term Care
Specialised Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
September 2025 – Present
Consultant Neuro-Hospitalist / Internal Medicine, Neurology Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
November 2016 – August 2025
Consultant – Internal Medicine
Primary Health Care Corporation / Hamad Medical Center, Qatar
2014 – 2016
Medical Director & CEO / Internal Medicine Physician
Houston Medical Associates, LLC, Georgia, USA
2000 – 2016
Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
Houston Medical Center, Georgia, USA
1996 – 2016
Medical Director & CEO
Robins Medical Associates, Inc., Georgia, USA
1998 – 2000
Internal Medicine Physician – Private Practice
North Houston Medical Clinic, Georgia, USA
1996 – 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Giant Stellate ‘Cord Sign’ in Cerebral Venous Sinus Thromboses
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022
Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Presenting as Recurrent Ischemic Strokes
The Neurohospitalist, 2022
INDUSTRY MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
Fellow, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians – Georgia Chapter (GSIPP)
