Dr. Hossam Al Tatari graduated with an MD from University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary in 1994. After completing his Arab Board training in United Arab Emirates, he moved to USA where he completed his pediatric residency at Hurley Medical Center of Michigan State University and a Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children Hospital of Michigan. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Soon after completing his training in US, Dr. Al-Tatari joined the University of Western Ontario, Canada as an adjunct professor until summer of 2009 when he moved to Tawam Hospital in UAE as the chief of pediatric infectious diseases. He became the director of the pediatric residency program between 2010 and 2017 during which he lead the program to become one of the best programs in the middle east and among the first programs to achieve the American ACGME accreditation. He then left Tawam Hospital in 2018 to join The Heart Medical Center as the director of general pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases services. He continues to work for University of Western Ontario as a part time faculty member.
Dr. Al-Tatari has repeatedly received awards as the pediatrician and the teacher of the year in USA, Canada and UAE. Dr. Al-Tatari has more than 100 abstracts and articles in the field of pediatric infectious diseases and graduate medical education. He is also an invited keynote speaker in numerous national and international conferences. His main areas of interest are vaccines, antibiotics utilization and resistance, clinical microbiology in addition to graduate medical education and leadership skills.
Membership in Professional Society:
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Ontario Medical Association
- Canadian Medical Association
Committees Appointments:
- 2013-Present: Member, Infection Control Committee, SEHA. UAE
- 2013-Present: Member, Pediatric Service Line, SEHA. UAE
- 2010-Present: Member, Graduate Medical Education Council, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
- 2010-2014: Member, Medication Utilization Committee, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
- 2009-Present: Member, Infection Control Committee, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain UAE
- 2009-2014: Member, Pharmaceutical and Toxicology Committee, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
- 2007-2009: Member, Infection Control Committee, Windsor Regional Hospital. Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- 2003-2006: Member, Infection Control Committee, Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 2000-2003: Member, Graduate Medical Education Performance Improvement Committee, Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, USA
Service Areas:
- Evaluation and monitoring of growth from birth
- Evaluation and monitoring of development during the first seven years of life
- Treatment and follow up of the following conditions
- Obesity and failure to thrive
- Asthma and other chronic lung conditions
- Nose and eye allergies
- Dry skin and eczema
- Anemia
- Acquired and congenital immunodeficiency disorders
- ENT infections
- Respiratory system infections
- Infections of the gastrointestinal system and the liver
- Infections of the urinary and genital tracts
- Infections of the eyes
- Councilling on all vaccines
- Annual and sport physicals
Licensure:
- DOH: Consultant, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
- licensed pediatrician by the State Board of Michigan (USA)
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (Canada)