Dr. Zaid Zoumot

Zaid Zoumot, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCP, is Section Head of Pulmonology within the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University, in the US.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Zoumot worked as a Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He was one of the inaugural physicians who joined Cleveland clinic in 2014. His sub-specialist fields of interest are Interventional Pulmonology, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and Lung Cancer. He is also very experienced in managing Sleep Disordered Breathing, Lung Failure and Bronchiectasis.

Dr. Zoumot received his medical degree from the King's College London School of Medicine in London, UK. He completed his residency in General Internal Medicine in the London Deanery and then completed his fellowships in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine and later subspecialized in Interventional Pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He was awarded a PhD in Respiratory Medicine by Imperial College, London, UK for his thesis examining lung volume reduction for the treatment of severe emphysema in 2011.

Dr. Zoumot is extensively published with numerous original research studies as well as reviews and editorials in peer reviewed medical journals to his name, and he is currently an associate editor of European Respiratory Journal Open Research. He remains active in the field of research and is the primary investigator of several research studies at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He is a regular speaker, moderator and organizing committee member at regional and international scientific meetings and conferences.

Education

• 2011 Medical School
  2011 - 2014 Imperial College London, London, UK (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interventional Bronchoscopy and Lung Volume Reduction for the Treatment of Emphysema)
• 2011 Fellowship
  2011 - 2012 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK (Post Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCT); Clinical Research Fellow, Interventional Pulmonology )
• 2007 Medical School
  2007 - 2009 Imperial College London, London, UK (Master of Science (MSc), Respiratory Medicine)
• 2006 Fellowship
  2006 - 2011 London Deanery Northwest and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK (Specialist Registrar, Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine)
• 2002 Residency
  2002 - 2005 London Deanery, London, UK (Senior House Officer, General Medicine)
• 1996 Medical School
  1996 - 2001 King's College London School of Medicine (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science (MBBS))

Work Experience

2012 - 2014: ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL, LONDON, UK. Consultant Respiratory Physician.

Treatments & Services

• Emphysema
• Sleep Disordered Breathing
• Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
• Lung Failure
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Sarcoidosis
• Smoking Cessation
• Advanced Sleep Disordered Breathing
• Lung Cancer
• Cardiac Tumors
• Thoracic Cancer
• Tracheal Tumors
• Mediastinal Tumors
• Asthma Program
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchoscopy and Interventional Bronchoscopy
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• General Pulmonary Medicine
• General Thoracic Surgery
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lung Transplant
• Pulmonary Sleep Medicine