Dr. Sherif Bakir

About the Doctor

Dr. Sherif Bakir is a Senior Consultant in Cardiology at Medcare Medical Centre. He obtained his MBBCh from Cairo University, Egypt and then did his MSc in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt. Later, he completed an MD in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is a Fellow of the Ame...

Area of Expertise

Dr. Bakir is an expert at managing disorders and diseases of the cardiovascular system and performs non-invasive cardiac investigations like Echocardiography, Doppler studies, TTE and TEE, stress Echo study, stress test and Dobutamine stress test. He interprets cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, and MIBI scans and conducts cardiovascular early-detection screenings and outlines preventive measures. He treats diabetes mellitus, hypertension, lipid disorder and cardiac involvement in systemic diseases like amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias (e.g., atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia), valvular heart disease (e.g., aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation), cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, Endocarditis, sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity, syncope of suspected cardiac origin, aortic diseases (e.g., aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection) and peripheral artery disease. He provides pre-operative cardiac evaluation for cardiac and non-cardiac interventions and prescribes medicine and coordinates referrals for other specialities, performs pre-participation cardiovascular screening in athletes or individuals starting intense exercise and cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. He also runs Smoking Cessation Clinics. He is a published researcher and regularly lectures at conferences and participates in scientific committees. He speaks Arabic and English.

Education & Qualifications

• MBBCh from the Cairo University, Egypt,
• MSc in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt,
• MD in Cardiology from Ain Shams University, Egypt,
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC),
• Echocardiography/Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound, the Advanced Health Education Center,
• Houston, Texas, USA,
• Clinical training in non-invasive Cardiology from the Monash Medical Center, Australia,
• Investigator Training Programme, from Facilitating Global Excellence in Clinical Trials, Dubai, UAE,
• Advanced Resuscitation Training (ART) from the UCSD Center for Resuscitation Science, California, USA,
• Adult Critical Care Ultrasound Course (instructor) from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), USA