PROF. SALMAN YOUSUF GURAYA

FRCS (Glasgow), FAIM, Masters MedEd,  FEBS (Hon)

Prof. Salman Guraya is Dean of the College of Medicine at Gulf Medical University, UAE. He is a surgical and medical educator, leads interprofessional collaboration, clinical training, and simulation. Prof. Guraya serves on the Advisory Group of the WHO Academy for lifelong learning, the Steering Committee of MedBiquitous, the Institutional Representative in AAMC, and as a Fellow of the American College of AI and Medicine. Prof. Guraya has won the Int’l Research Award of World Top 2% Scientists by Stanford/Elsevier for five times and the TAGHEER award for strategic performance in UAE. He is a senior editor for BMC Med Educ, Frontiers in Surg Oncol, and Annals of Thoracic Medicine. Prof. Guraya is Director of advanced surgical simulation courses by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons UK and has pioneered an innovative student-led 3D printed laparoscopic box simulator, registered and published by NIH USA.

Prof. Guraya is in the examination court for MRCS exams, European Board of Surgery and a faculty of the Colorectal and Transanal Surgery in IRCAD France. Prof. Guraya is an accreditation surveyor for UAE National Institute for Health Sciences and has developed several frameworks about medical professionalism and the use of technology in medical education. His main areas of research include colorectal surgery, transanal and transaoral scar-less surgery, medical professionalism, interprofessional collaboration, simulation in healthcare, and academic leadership.