Doctor

Dr. Imad Yassin

EXPERIENCE: 27 years

Dr. Imad Yassin Saadeldin is a vastly experienced and highly qualified pediatrician and pediatric neurologist. During his career, spanning over 27 years, he has earned a reputation for diagnosing and treating many child and adolescent medical conditions such as: Epilepsy/seizures/non-epileptic events, autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, headaches/migraine, speech and language delay, learning disorders, cerebral palsy, brachial plexus injuries, facial palsy (Bell’s palsy) and other common or rare conditions.

CREDENTIALS:

  • MD (Facharzt in Pediatrics), Vienna, Austria
  • Fellowship in Pediatrics, Vienna, Austria
  • Fellowship in Pediatrics and Child Health, UK
  • Pediatric Neurology Certificate, Vienna, Austria

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Academic experience:
  • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al Ain, UAE
  • Deputy Clinical Trainer of Saudi and Arab Boards Residency Training Programs, Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Region, Saudi Arabia
  • Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, Al Fasher University, College of Medicine, Sudan
  • Imad Yassin Saadeldin has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed international journals in the fields of pediatric neurology/epilepsy.
  • Imad Yassin Saadeldin is a reviewer in many international pediatric neurology journals
Dr Imad Yassin Clinical experience:                                                        
  • Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Neurologist, Medeor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Neurologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
  • Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Neurologist, Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Hospital, Saudi Arabia

CLINICAL EXPERTISE:

  • Extensive experience in interpreting the following procedures:
  • Video-EEG (standard and prolonged)
  • ABR (Auditory Brain-stem Evoked Response)
  • VEP (Visual Evoked Potentials)
  • NCS (Nerve Conductions Studies)
  • IM injections of “Onabotulinum toxin A” for spasticity

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Epilepsy Society
  • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
  • European Pediatric Neurology Society
  • American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Asian & Oceanian Child Neurology Association and Infantile Seizure Society.

Conditions we treat:

  • Autism spectrum disorder.
  • Epilepsy/seizures Cerebral Palsy (Spastic/ athetoid/hypotonic).
  • Headaches/ migraine.
  • Learning disabilities..
  • Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • Developmental delay/ Intellectual disability.
  • Speech delay.
  • Paroxysmal Non-epileptic Events.
  • Bell’s palsy (Facial palsy).
  • Spinal muscular atrophy.
  • Muscle cramps.
  • Macrocephaly/ microcephaly.
  • Neuropathy diseases.
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome.
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Tics