Professor of Surgery, Medical Educator, Chair Interprofessional Collaboration Committee and Lead Clinical Training and Simulation at the University of Sharjah UAE

Prof. Salman Guraya is Professor of Surgery, Medical Educator, Chair Interprofessional Collaboration Committee and Lead Clinical Training and Simulation at the University of Sharjah UAE. Prof. Guraya sits in the Advisory Group of WHO Academy for lifelong learning, Steering Committee of MedBiquitous, Institutional Representative in AAMC, and the American College of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

Prof. Guraya won the Int’l Research Award of World Top 2% Scientists by Stanford/Elsevier in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024 and the TAGHEER award for strategic performance in UAE. He is a senior editor of BMC Med Educ, Frontiers in Surg Oncol, and Annals of Thoracic Medicine Journals.

Prof. Guraya is Director of advanced surgical simulation courses by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons UK and a regional director of medical professionalism network by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. Recently, he has pioneered an innovative student-led 3D printed laparoscopic box simulator, registered, and published by NIH USA.