Dr. Mohamed El Arabi

​Dr. Mohamed El Arabi, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Rheumatology Department of the Medical Subspecialties institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. El Arabi worked as a consultant rheumatologist in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. El Arabi received his medical degree from the University of Alexandria in Egypt. He completed his internal medicine and geriatric medicine residencies at Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA. Following this, Dr. El Arabi completed his Fellowship in Rheumatology Scleroderma at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr. El Arabi resides in Abu Dhabi with his family. ​​

Treatments & Services

• Rheumatology
• Inflammation of Peripheral Joints
• Lupus
• Scleroderma
• Vasculitidies
• Gout ＆ Pseudogout
• Sjogren Syndrome
• Degenerative Joint Disease
• Metabolic Bone Disease

Work Experience

• 2016 - 2018: ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL - HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. Interim Clinical Staff, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine
• 2015 - 2018: MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE - HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. Consultant Rheumatologist
• 2004 - 2007: MAFRAQ HOSPITAL - ABU DHABI, ABU DHABI, UAE. General Practitioner, Department of Medicine
• 2001 - 2003: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE - HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA. Research Associate, Texas Children’s Hospital

Education

• 2014 Fellowship
  2014 - 2015 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Clinical Research Fellow, Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine)
• 2012 Fellowship
  2012 - 2014 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine)
• 2010 Fellowship
  2010 - 2012 Springfield Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Fellow, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine.)
• 2007 Residency
  2007 - 2010 Springfield Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine)
• 1996 Internship
  1996 - 1997 (Medical Intern)
• 1989 Medical School
  1989 - 1995 (Doctor of Medicine (MD))