Prof. Dr. Hamdy Moselhy is Consultant in Psychiatry at ACPN. He trained in psychiatry at Benha University Hospital, Egypt and acquired a Master’s degree in Psychiatry and Neurology in 1990 and followed on from there with an MD in 2002. Prof. Dr. Moselhy trained in the UK acquiring a Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland in 1997, successively acquiring a Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK (MRCPsych) in 1997 and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych) in 2011. Prof. Dr. Moselhy holds medical licensure in psychiatry in the UK and UAE.
With an experience spanning three decades, Prof. Dr. Moselhy’s cross-disciplinary approach has seen him excel at inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care, teaching, management & administration, research & publications, medico-legal systems, as well as voluntary & philanthropic initiatives. Before joining ACPN, he started the first de-addiction treatment and rehabilitation center in Dubai’s private sector in 2016. Alongside this, he setup the first Master’s program in Addiction Sciences at Dubai Medical College. Since 2006, Prof. Dr. Moselhy held posts as Professor and Consultant Psychiatrist in UAE University and Al Ain General Hospital eventually taking a the lead as Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry department for four years until 2016.
Before his arrival to the UAE, Prof. Dr. Moselhy spent over a decade in the UK starting off as Registrar Psychiatrist through the All Birmingham Training Scheme. His last appointment was Clinical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist for cases of substance abuse at the Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust for three years until 2006. Over the years, Prof. Dr. Moselhy’s insights across practical and theoretical teaching saw him train many postgraduate and undergraduate students at prestigious medical universities in UK and the UAE including University of Birmingham, Wolverhampton University, University of London and the UAE University.
Prof. Dr. Moselhy’s wide-ranging experience in psychiatry brings together the best of both worlds i.e. clinical and academics. As Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, he provides acute inpatient and outpatient service in general adult psychiatry, addiction and comorbidities. He has over a hundred published research papers and has authored books in the Arabic language as well.
