Hematology

About Hematology

What is Hematology?

In the Medical field, Hematology is the study of blood malignancies and disorders such as, hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, sickle-cell anemia & more.

Physicians specialized in hematology are known as hematologists. Their profession mainly includes the care and treatment of patients with blood disorders and diseases, although some may also work at the hematology laboratory inspecting blood films and bone marrow slides by using microscopes.

At Al Zahra Hospital Dubai our Hematology team offers specialized care in the treatment of malignant and benign blood disorders.

Benign Hematological Disorders including:

Sickle Cell Anemia
Thalassemia
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and all other types of Anemia
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombophilia
Hemostatic Disorders

Malignant Hematological Disorders including:

Leukemia (Acute and Chronic)
Lymphoma (Hodkgin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myeloproliferative Disorders (CMML, CML, PV, ET, and PM)
Multiple Myeloma
Bone Marrow Transplant
Autologous for Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma
Allogenic for Acute Leukemia, Aplastic Anemia and Thalassemia

Central Nervous System

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Allergic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

Neoplastic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

For endocrine problems

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For the respiratory system

For the ear, nose and oropharynx

For the respiratory system

Chest CT Scan

Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society

One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory, which had previously been accepted since the 2nd century. Thirteenth century anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis accurately theorized that there was no ‘direct’ passage between the two sides.