Dr. Amnah Al Hanaee Consultant Gastroenterology

Awards & Achievements

• Annual Outstanding Research Faculty Award, 2024
• Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
• Board Certified in Liver Transplant Hepatology by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
• Arab Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Fellowships in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Cork University Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital
• Fellowship in Liver Transplant Hepatology at St. Vincent’s Hospital and King Faisal Hospital
• Postgraduate Diploma in Gastroenterology, University of South Wales, United Kingdom
• Certificate of Completion in Clinical Research in Gastroenterology, Toronto General Hospital
• Harvard Medical Research Training Program, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Al Hanaee served as a frontline physician at a busy COVID-19 lockdown hospital in Al Ain City. She played a pivotal role as a leader in the fight against COVID-19 during this challenging period

Research & Publications

• Clinical Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in UAE: Risk Factors and Severity of Infection. Amnah AlHanaee1, Fatima AlKindi2, Aysha Al Khemeiri2, Hanan L. Al-Omary3. Divisions of 1 Gastroenterology, 2 Internal Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. 3 Medical College/ University of Baghdad, University of Baghdad, Iraq
• Comparison between Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in predicting Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Amnah Alhanaee1, Anastasia Teterina1, Bianca M. Arendt1, Hannah Da Silva1,2, Scott Fung1,3, Sandra E. Fischer1,4, Johane P. Allard1,2,3. 1 Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; 2 Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Nutritional status of patients before, during and after receiving parenteral nutrition in hospital. Amnah Alhanaee1, Barbara Bielawska1, Bianca M. Arendt1, Anastasia Teterina2, Sultan Alenizi2, Johane P. Allard1,21. Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto; 2 Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Factors associated with recurrence and survival in liver transplant patients with HCC - a single center retrospective study. Amnah Alhanaee 1, Ali Albenmousa1, Mohamed Alotaibi2, Majed Wisilli2, Faisal Joueidi2, Ahmad Al Enezi2, Ahmad Siddiqi2, Lina Abusulayman2, Alghamdi Saad1, Alhamoudi waleed 1, Saad Abualghanam 2, Broering D1, Khalid Bzeizi. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh P.O. Box 3354, Saudi Arabia 2024
• Trans-jugular Intrahepatic Porto-systemic Shunt for Budd Chiari Syndrome: Single Center experience. Amnah Alhanaee1, Hamad Alsuhaibani1, Faisal Joueidi2, Ali Albenmousa1, Ahmed Joueidi2, Ahmed ElHassan2, Abdullah Nasir2 Saad Alghamdi1, Waleed Al Hamoudi1, Saad Abualghanam 1, Deiter Broering1, Khalid I. Bzeizi1. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh P.O. Box 3354, Saudi Arabia 2024
• Liver Transplantation for Wilson Disease: Single Center Experience. Amnah Alhanaee1, Ali Albenmousa1, Saad Alghamdi1, Waleed Al Hamoudi1, Deiter Broering1. Khalid I. Bzeizi1.King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2023
• Sever Hyponatremia Associated with Terlipressin Use in Esophageal Variceal Bleeding. Fatima Alkindi, Omar AlHaj, Amnah Alhanaee1, Raya Almazrooei, Yousef Boobes. Tawam Hospital, AL AIN, UAE, 2024
• Ig A Vasculitis Associated with Use of Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate For Hepatitis B Reactivation. Fatima AlKindi1, Amnah Al Hanaei2, Fatima AlBreiki3, Shamma Al Nokhatha4, Amatu Rhaman1, Suhail Al-Salam5, Yousef Boobes 6. Tawam Hospital, AL Ain, UAE, 2023
• Chronic Cholestastic Disease in an Adult Revealed the Underlying Rare Familial Hypercholanemia.Amnah AlHanaee1, Fatima AlKindi2, Noura Aldhaheri3,4. Tawam Hospital, AL Ain, UAE, 2023
• Outcomes of Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia in Dialysis Patients. Yousef Boobes1, Fatima Alkindi2, Fatmah Safdani2, Mohamad Al Hakim1, Amnah AlHanaee3, Khaled Mzayen1, Mohammed Budruddin1, Imran Khan1, Abraham George1, Mohamed Saad1, Watfa Al Dhaheri1, Issam Abou Najab1, Ahmad Chaaban1. Tawam Hospital, AL Ain, UAE, 2022
• A retrospective review of Gastric Sleeve Surgery an Optimal Therapy for Weight Reduction Post Renal Transplantation. Yousef Boobes1, Fatima Alkindi2, Amnah AlHanaee3, Ahmad Chaaban1. Tawam Hospital, AL Ain, UAE, 2022
• A retrospective review of Nucleos(t)ide analog(s) prophylaxis after hepatitis B immunoglobulin withdrawal against hepatitis B after liver transplantation. Amnah Alhanaee1, Omar AlShareef, Houlihan, St Vincent University hospital, Ireland 2019
• A retrospective review of Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) alcohol use in liver transplant recipients. Amnah Alhanaee1, Omar AlShareef, Houlihan, St Vincent University hospital, Ireland 2019

Education & Training

• Bachelor of Medicine and General Surgery (MBBS), August 2006
• Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Exam, May 2007
• Certificate from Harvard Medical Research Training Program, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2013
• Certificate of Completion, Clinical Research in Gastroenterology, Toronto General Hospital, 2015
• MRCPI in Internal Medicine, 2019
• Postgraduate Diploma in Gastroenterology, University of South Wales, United Kingdom, July 2019
• Certificate of Completion, Clinical Fellowship Training Program in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ireland, January 2020
• International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues & Cells, 2020–2022
• Certificate of Completion, Clinical Fellowship Training Program in Liver Transplant, King Faisal Hospital, 2022

Expertise

• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Procedures
• Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal varices
• Management of benign esophageal strictures
• Management of peptic ulcer bleeding
• Polypectomy (mucosal polyp removal)
• Fibroscan imaging
• Insertion and replacement of esophagogastric endoscopic tubes
• Removal of foreign bodies from the stomach and colon
• Video capsule endoscopy
• Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g., Crohn's disease)
• Esophageal manometry
• Liver Diseases and Liver Transplantation
• Management of liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, viral hepatitis (particularly Hepatitis B and C), autoimmune liver diseases, alcoholic liver diseases, and fatty liver disease
• Use of metabolic treatments and weight-loss therapies, including GLP-1 receptor agonists
• Management of patients and liver transplant donors

Membership

• Member of the Organ Donation Committee, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain
• Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
• Examiner for the Emirati Board of General Medicine
• Faculty Member in the Emirati Board of Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Member of the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL)
• Member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
• Member of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
• Member of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization
• Peer Reviewer for Cureus Journal of Medical Science
• Peer Reviewer for Baishideng Publishing Group