Dr. Muhammad S. Tahir

Our center model boasts a team of practitioners qualified in American-style healthcare, and he is proud to lead them. We are bringing Dubai ethical and evidence-based medical care in hopes of promoting positive mental and whole-body health.

His qualifications, achieved through New York’s renown Columbia University, combined with his personal and practical experiences living a multicultural life, enables him to help all those in need. He enjoy working with people from all cultures and walks of life, and giving them his best in assessing their mental health, diagnosing conditions, and providing treatment.

Experience and Background:

He is American Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and qualified as a General (Child & Adolescent and Adult) Psychiatrist. Before relocating to Dubai, in 2011, he served as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the University Hospital of Columbia, and Cornell University (USA). He also worked as an Assistant Unit Chief, leading the multidisciplinary treatment team at USA’s New York Presbyterian Hospital – Westchester Division. He completed his Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist residency training at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center (affiliated with Columbia University) and his Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist fellowship at Weill Cornell University Hospital in New York (USA).

In addition to his practical background, he has published numerous papers in American journals and participated on the peer review publication committee at Cornell–Westchester Division (New York). He has delivered lectures on a wide range of mental health topics, including depression and suicide, anxiety, schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, and psychosomatic disorders. He is trained in using evidence-based mental health treatment modalities, ranging from, but not limited to, psychotropic medications, individual psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, and play-group modalities for young children.

He greatly enjoy speaking in community informational lectures, providing on-site school consultations, and establishing guidance programs. He is proud to be cited often in print media and TV/Radio interviews.

He is licensed in the UAE (Dubai Healthcare City and Dubai Health Authority) and the USA.

Service Areas:

• Psychotropic Medications
•  Individual Psychotherapy
•  Cognitive Behavior Therapy
•  Family Therapy
•  Couples Therapy
•  School Consultations
•  Community Lectures
• Parent Guidance Groups
• Acute and Chronic Mental Illnesses
• ADHD
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorders (including PDD)
• School refusal
• Defiant child
• Hyperactive child
• Child being bullied in the school
• Anxious and depressed child
• Teen stress and parents role
• Autism and interaction with other children at home & school
• Eating Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• Psychotic Disorders
• Impulse Control disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Conversion Disorders
• Tic Disorder
• Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness
• Substance Abuse
• Failing grades in school
• Behavior problem in children and adolescents
• Depressed and anxious teen
• Evaluation for children having Asperger
• Counseling parents of a teenager
• Child's busy schedule

Qualifications and Affiliations:

• Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult in 2004 and certified in 2015.
• Doctor of Medicine, The University of the State of New York, USA, August 2004.
• Bachelor of Science, The University of Punjab, Pakistan, 1992.
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan, 1988.

Speciality:

Consultant Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry