BizBahrain Health & Wellness Supplement

Dr. Nedhal A. Rahman Khalifa
DermaOne Medical Centre
of the departments were run by doctors whose books I had
read in medical school, so I considered myself very lucky.
I graduated from King’s College, University of London with
a Masters of Science and a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in
Clinical Dermatology.
A most memorable period of life.
It is a challenge when you set out on your own away from
everything familiar and try to make it in a place that doesn’t
know you, where you are young and very inexperienced. I
consider it a turning point in my life. Instead of taking the
easy and more secure path, I took a jump, a leap of faith.
Working in the new set up, was inspiring. When you
are young and vulnerable, you are easily impressed,
but the fact was that I got a chance to work with great
physicians, leaders in what they do. I was going into it
with a very innocent and open mind so it was a great
opportunity to learn.
Dermatology was my destiny.
“While I was there I started to build up my interest in
dermatology. It’s true that my mother was a dermatologist
but it became more and more interesting to me because I
actually happen to be again in a hospital, which had the St.
John’s Institute of Dermatology, the primary dermatology
hospital in the whole of UK.
This is how I always say how God plays your destiny
sometimes. You don’t plan it, it just happens. Soon I became
known in the hospital and people started to understand
where I come from, what are my work ethics. When I joined
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