An anaesthetist is a physician who provides medical care to patients in a wide variety of situations. This includes preoperative evaluation, consultation with the surgical team, and creation of a plan for the anesthesia tailored to each individual patient, airway management, intraoperative life support and provision of pain.


Dr. Georges Elias

Specialist Anesthesiologist

Dr Georges Elias is a specialist Anesthesiologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City.

He graduated from the Anesthesiology Department at the American University of Beirut in June 2009.

He has more than 11 years of experience as Anesthesiologist and Intensivist.

In his career, he has practiced in leading medical institutions such as Notre Dame Maritime Hospital in Byblos Lebanon.

He has undertaken research in Locoregional Anesthesia and pain management and has published research papers on ambulatory locoregional anesthesia and pheochromocytoma management, among others.

He is a member of ESRA and LSA societies.

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Dr. Nina Regenbogen

Visiting Specialist Anaesthetist

Dr. Nina Regenbogen is a specialist anaesthetist, with substantial experience in one-day/same-day surgery anaesthesia, sedations, intensive care medicine, anaesthesia in infants, maternity, dental surgery, and all major surgical departments, as well as major cancer surgeries. She is also highly skilled and experienced in areas such as regional anaesthesia and pain management.

Dr. Regenbogen graduated from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, in 2004; she went on to complete the ‘Emergency Medicine’ programme in 2007 and earned the German Facharzt title (Specialist in Anaesthesia) in 2009. She held the position of consultant anaesthesiologist and intensive care at Asklepios Paulinen Klinik in Wiesbaden, Germany, before relocating to Dubai, in 2010.

Dr. Regenbogen is certified both in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life Support, and has a special qualification for ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) Inter-Hospital Intensive Care Patient Transport.

In addition to her German Board Certification, Dr. Regenbogen is licensed by Dubai Health Care City and Dubai Health Authority. She also completed medical clerkships in Namibia, Africa, and the Maldives, and volunteered in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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