He worked in different hospitals in Lyon, France, studying reconstruction, microsurgery, transplantation, maxillo-facial and aesthetic surgery. After four years he returned to the Department of Health & Medical Services, Dubai as a Registrar in 1990 and was promoted to Consultant Plastic Surgeon and the head of Plastic Surgery & Burn unit for the Department of Health & Medical Services. He was the founder and president of the Plastic Surgery Society of the Emirates Medical Association.