Prof. Ahmed Shorrab is a Senior Consultant anesthetist with more than 27 years of experience in treating patients in all types of anesthesia including neonatal anesthesia. He is the founder and head of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Departments in University Hospital Sharjah, UAE. In addition to his proficiency in all anesthetic and intensive care skills, he is also experienced an all types of vascular access including permanent ports. Dr. Shorrab has been practicing medicine since 1989 after graduating from Mansoura University in Egypt. He continued his post graduate work in Anesthesiology and went on to complete his Master in Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care from the same university followed by the Doctorate degree in the same field through joint supervision in Mansoura University Hospitals and  in Guy’s Hospital, London, UK. He is also holding Diploma of clinical medical nutrition from the European Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ESPEN) and a Master degree in Leadership in Health Professions Education from RCSI. He published in various medical journals and led many training courses in management of difficult airways, vascular access and procedural sedation. He is also a peer reviewer for many international journals. As a professor of anesthesia and clinical sciences in University of Mansoura (Egypt) and University of Sharjah (UAE), he has mentored and supervised many postgraduates for Master and Doctorate degrees.