Dr. Khaled Abuhaleeqa

Dr. Khaled Abuhaleeqa, MBBS, BCh, Bao FRCSC, is a staff physician in the Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. 

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Abuhaleeqa was the Chief of Ophthalmology Service at Sheikh Shakhboot Medical City (in partnership with Mayo Clinic, USA). He has worked in the Abu Dhabi SEHA network for 20 years. In addition, Dr. Abuhaleeqa worked within the Mediclinic Health Network in the UAE. 

Dr. Abuhaleeqa is a board certified and fellowship trained consultant ophthalmologist, having earned his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1998. He completed his internship and became member of the Medical Association in Ireland the following year. Dr. Abuhaleeqa received his Ophthalmology residency training at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. He also has completed three fellowship programmes; one in Oculoplastics, Strabismus and Neuro-ophthalmology from the University of Toronto, the second in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from McMaster University, Hamilton, and the third in Ophthalmic and Orbital Oncology also at McMaster University. Dr. Abuhaleeqa has speciality certification and fellowship designation from the Royal College of Surgeons in Canada. He is the first UAE citizen specializing in these fields. Dr. Abuhaleeqa currently serves as the General Secretary for The Emirates Society of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Abuhaleeqa has 22 years' experience in the medical field, with more than 10 in his subspeciality of plastic ophthalmic and reconstructive surgery and Neuro Ophthalmology. 

He has many publications including peer reviewed articles and book chapters in these fields. He is appointed as Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the prestigious College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University.