Dr. Sameer Ismail Al Azzawi

Dr. Sameer is a Senior Consultant in Haematology and Internal Medicine with more than 40 years of experience, and serves as Head of Laboratory Services at Muscat Private Hospital, where he has cared for patients in Clinical Haematology since 2002.

He trained in the United Kingdom, working his way up to become a Consultant Haematologist within the UK's National Health Service (NHS), holding MRCP, MRCPath, FRCP (Glasgow), FRCPath (London), and the Certificate of Completion of Higher Specialty Training (CCT) in Haematology.

Dr. Sameer was recruited by the Omani Ministry of Health in 1996 to serve as ACTING Director of the Central Blood Bank and Head of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology at the Royal Hospital, and subsequently served two terms as Head of the Division of Pathology at the Royal Hospital. He was a member of several Ministry of Health committees, and represented the Ministry on the newly formed National Bioethics Committee, chaired by the Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University, from 2009 to 2011, continuing a special appointment at the university until 2019.

Since joining Muscat Private Hospital in 2002, Dr. Sameer has helped build the hospital's laboratory service into a benchmark for private healthcare providers in Oman. His clinical practice covers the full range of acquired and inherited blood disorders, including deficiency and inherited anaemias, bleeding and clotting disorders, platelet disorders, bone marrow failure, and haematological malignancies, alongside comprehensive laboratory support for blood transfusion and diagnostic procedures including bone marrow aspiration, trephine biopsy, and cytogenetic and flow cytometric investigations.

Dr. Sameer takes pride in having organized clinical haematology services, introduced new services, and trained doctors throughout his career, alongside publishing scientific papers documenting progress in the field. He is committed to providing honest, expert, and compassionate care, working with patients and their families to develop personalized treatment plans.