Cardiac CT
Coronary CT angiography, pre-TAVI planning and structural heart imaging with standardised protocols.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Saeed Yahya Alseiari
MBBS · Facharzt Radiologie · EBCR · FSCMR · CMQ · MBA · MSc
Consultant Cardiovascular Radiologist, physician leader, and clinician trained in data science.
I work where cardiac imaging, healthcare leadership and technology meet. I have built cardiac CT and MRI services, led radiology departments and a multi-hospital radiology council, trained radiologists, and now apply formal training in data science to how imaging is reported and delivered.
Introduction
Imaging, leadership, teaching and technology, as one practice
My work starts with the images, but it rarely ends there.
I trained in radiology in Germany and in non-invasive cardiac imaging in Switzerland, and cardiac CT and MRI remain the core of my clinical practice in Abu Dhabi. A strong imaging service depends as much on protocols, trained technologists and good reporting as on the scanner, and that shaped the roles that followed: building cardiac imaging services, moving departments to subspecialty models, chairing a system-wide radiology council, and leading residency training to ACGME accreditation.
An MBA and a certification in medical quality gave that work a management foundation. A master’s in data science and AI connects it to technology: I use it to make reporting clearer and more consistent, and to judge where AI genuinely helps clinical care.
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Service development
- Leadership and quality
- Education
- Data science and AI
Areas of expertise
Six areas, one clinical foundation
Cardiovascular MRI
Stress perfusion, cardiomyopathy, valvular and congenital heart disease, and myocardial strain.
Imaging-service development
Cardiac imaging programmes from protocols to technologist training, and a department built at a new hospital.
Healthcare leadership
Department and system-level leadership: strategy, subspecialty models, capital planning and governance.
AI and data science
Formal training, biomedical AI research, and practical tools for structured reporting and report quality.
Medical education
Residency leadership through ACGME accreditation, Arab Board examining, and cardiac imaging workshops.
Selected work
What the work has built
A selection of outcomes, not a list of responsibilities. The full record is in the CV.
Cardiac CT and MRI across the SEHA network
Established cardiac CT and MRI services across SEHA hospitals, including technologist training and standardised protocols.
SEHA hospitalsA new department, from opening day
As founding chair, built Clinical Imaging at a newly opened tertiary hospital, and later led the transition of imaging services from Mayo Clinic to SSMC.
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical CitySystem-wide radiology governance
Chaired the SEHA Radiology Council, aligning protocols, quality frameworks and performance standards across multiple hospitals.
SEHA Radiology CouncilSubspecialty-based radiology
Moved radiology services at two major Abu Dhabi hospitals from a modality-based to a subspecialty-based model.
SKMC and SSMCResidency training to ACGME accreditation
Restructured the radiology residency curriculum and assessment framework, and secured ACGME accreditation.
Sheikh Khalifa Medical CityFrom data science to working tools
MSc in Data Science and AI with distinction, co-authorship of the BiMediX2 biomedical AI model, and the Radiology.ae reporting tools.
University of London · Radiology.aeProfessional journey
From the reading room to the whole system
- Foundation
Clinical radiology
Diagnostic and interventional radiology training in Germany; German Board of Radiology.
- Subspecialty
Cardiovascular imaging
Cardiac imaging fellowship in Basel; European Board of Cardiovascular Radiology.
- Building
Services and training
Cardiac CT and MRI programmes in Abu Dhabi; residency programme director at SKMC.
- Leading
Departments and system
Chair of radiology at SKMC, founding chair at SSMC, and chair of the SEHA Radiology Council.
- Now
Physician executive and digital health
Consultant practice at SSMC, an MSc in Data Science and AI, and the Radiology.ae tools.
Cardiovascular imaging
A subspecialty practice, built to be reproducible
Cardiac CT and MRI are most useful when they answer the clinical question the first time.
My practice at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City covers the full range of non-invasive cardiac imaging. Much of my work has gone into making it repeatable: optimised protocols, trained teams, and structured reports that referring physicians can act on.
Subspecialty credentials
European Board of Cardiovascular Radiology · Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · SCMR Level III and EuroCMR Level 3 · Fellowship in cardiac SPECT/CT/PET and hybrid imaging, University Hospital Zurich.
- Coronary CT angiography
- Pre-TAVI and structural heart CT
- Stress perfusion CMR
- Cardiomyopathy assessment
- Valvular heart disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Myocardial strain
- Aortic stiffness imaging
- Hybrid cardiac imaging
- Protocol development
Leadership and healthcare management
Leading imaging as a clinical service and an organisation
Leadership in radiology is about the service, not the scanner.
I have led at three levels: a department, a newly opened hospital, and a network of hospitals, building structures that keep working after the launch. That experience is supported by an MBA and certification in medical quality.
Department leadership and transformation
Departmental strategy, subspecialty integration and workflow redesign in tertiary hospitals.
System-level governance
Council leadership across SEHA hospitals: shared protocols, quality frameworks, policy implementation and reporting transparency.
Operations and investment
Capital equipment planning, business cases, vendor negotiation, staffing models and resource allocation.
Quality and education
Governance frameworks aligned with institutional standards; residency design, faculty development and board examination.
AI, data science and digital health
A radiologist who has studied the technology, not only watched it
Clinical AI needs people who understand both the medicine and the methods. Formal training lets me evaluate, design and build rather than simply adopt.
MSc in Data Science and AI
Completed at the University of London with distinction, adding formal training in data science and machine learning to clinical radiology.
Biomedical AI
Co-author of BiMediX2, a bio-medical expert large multimodal model for diverse medical modalities, bringing a clinical imaging perspective to model development.
Reporting tools
Radiology.ae offers structured reporting and decision support, including a CMR report builder, CAD-RADS 2.0 and a report quality check for hedging and imprecise language.
The radiology report is where imaging becomes a clinical decision. Making reports clearer, more structured and more measurable is where data science can help patients soonest.
Education and qualifications
Trained in Europe, practising in the UAE
Board certification
European Board of Cardiovascular Radiology (EBCR)
Recertified 2024
Board certification
German Board of Radiology (Facharzt Radiologie)
University of Cologne teaching hospital
Fellowship
Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (FSCMR)
SCMR Level III · EuroCMR Level 3
Fellowship training
Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
University Hospital Basel
Fellowship training
Cardiac SPECT/CT/PET and Hybrid Imaging
University Hospital Zurich
Certification
Certified in Medical Quality (CMQ)
American Board of Medical Quality
Postgraduate degree
MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
University of London · Distinction
Postgraduate degree
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
La Salle University, Basel programme
Teaching, publications and speaking
Sharing what works
Peer-reviewed work in cardiac imaging and biomedical AI, invited talks, and a long commitment to training radiologists.
Selected publications
- The role of stress functional assessment and perfusion imaging in the evaluation of ischemic heart diseaseRadiologic Clinics of North America, 2015
- Variability of MRI aortic stiffness measurements in a multicenter clinical trial settingRadiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, 2020
- BiMediX2: Bio-Medical EXpert LMM for diverse medical modalitiesarXiv, 2024 (co-author)
Selected talks
- How to set up a successful CMR programInternational Congress of Radiology, Dubai, 2014
- No strain, no gain: the hidden CMR toolPAARS and RSE Annual Meeting, Dubai, 2025
Teaching and mentorship
- Radiology residency programme directorCurriculum restructuring and ACGME accreditation
- Member and examiner, Scientific CommitteeArab Board of Radiology
Current interests
Where my attention is now
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Structured reporting and report quality
- AI-assisted radiology
- Imaging-service design
- Medical education
- Physician executive leadership
- Digital health
Professional collaboration
Working together
I welcome conversations with hospitals, universities, professional societies and health-technology teams where imaging, leadership and technology overlap.
- Cardiac imaging programmes
- Imaging-service design
- Governance and quality in imaging
- Teaching and invited talks
- AI and reporting projects
- Academic collaboration