Dr. Rima Alsayari

Dr Rima Alsayari is an Emirati Consultant Endocrinologist with more than 14 years of advanced clinical, academic and healthcare leadership experience in the UAE. Her career combines specialist endocrinology with a strong focus on diabetes, obesity and complex metabolic disease, alongside extensive experience developing clinical services, improving care pathways and training the next generation of physicians.

Her clinical background was established through postgraduate training at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada, followed by a long-standing consultant career at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi. Her work has extended beyond individual patient care to the development of specialised services, including an Obesity Clinic and Resistant Hypertension Service, and the revision of institutional diabetes and hypertension guidelines.

Dr Alsayari's practice covers complex endocrine, hormonal and metabolic conditions, with particular expertise in diabetes and obesity management, thyroid disease, adrenal disorders and pituitary conditions. She has extensive experience caring for patients with chronic and multifactorial metabolic disease, including those requiring coordinated input from different medical and allied-health specialties.

A central part of her clinical work involves comprehensive assessment, individualised treatment planning and long-term follow-up. She also incorporates counselling on lifestyle modification, disease understanding and treatment adherence into the management of chronic endocrine conditions.

Education has been a substantial part of Dr Alsayari's career. From October 2019 to July 2025, she served as a Core Faculty Member for the ACGME Residency Program at Zayed Military Hospital, teaching endocrine and metabolic medicine to Internal Medicine residents.

Her educational work included developing structured learning modules and case-based teaching, assessing resident performance, providing individual mentorship and conducting mock examinations and OSCE preparation for Arab Board candidates. She also encouraged resident participation in clinical research and academic presentations.

Dr Alsayari's approach reflects the long-term nature of endocrine and metabolic health. She combines specialist medical assessment with structured follow-up, patient education and multidisciplinary coordination, particularly when managing conditions such as diabetes and obesity that may require sustained changes in treatment and lifestyle. Her experience in clinical leadership and guideline development also informs an evidence-based approach focused on consistency, safety and continuity of care. Rather than addressing laboratory results in isolation, her documented practice emphasises helping patients understand their condition and participate actively in decisions about their ongoing health