The Dubai AI Festival 2025 proudly welcomes Dr. Sara Alshaya, Director of the Data and Statistics Department at Emirates Health Services (EHS), as one of the festival’s visionary speakers. Renowned for her dedication to innovation and excellence, Dr. Alshaya is at the forefront of the UAE’s mission to transform healthcare through data intelligence and artificial intelligence.
Her pioneering leadership is shaping not just the future of Emirates Health Services, but the global narrative on how AI can redefine the healthcare experience—making it smarter, more sustainable, and deeply patient-centric.
Leading Innovation in UAE’s Healthcare System
With a clear vision aligned to the UAE’s national goals for digital transformation and world-class healthcare delivery, Dr. Sara Alshaya has led more than 40 AI-powered projects that span critical areas of care delivery, sustainability, operational efficiency, and clinical outcomes. Each project reflects her unwavering commitment to exceeding expectations through innovation, setting new benchmarks for digital health transformation.
Under her leadership, EHS has implemented:
- AI models that elevate clinical decision-making and surgical outcomes
- Metrics to define and improve surgical performance across hospitals
- Initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and support environmental sustainability within healthcare facilities
- Data platforms that support population health management, predictive care, and operational intelligence
Her approach blends strategic vision with technical precision, and places AI at the heart of delivering exceptional, measurable results.
Transforming Data into Life-Saving Insights
Dr. Alshaya’s work has been instrumental in turning data into actionable insights across the healthcare ecosystem. By leading the integration of AI into health services, she has enabled a shift from reactive care to proactive and personalized health interventions, drastically improving the quality and timeliness of care delivery.
Her role ensures that the UAE’s healthcare infrastructure is not only data-rich but intelligently guided by evidence, prediction, and continuous performance measurement.
Keynote at Dubai AI Festival 2025: AI as a Catalyst for Healthcare Excellence
At the Dubai AI Festival 2025, Dr. Sara Alshaya will present a keynote titled:
“From Data to Action: How AI is Elevating Healthcare Standards in the UAE.”
In this powerful session, she will explore:
- The role of AI in enhancing surgical performance metrics and clinical benchmarking
- Scalable models for AI integration in national healthcare systems
- The impact of AI on sustainability and operational efficiency in health facilities
- Future projects aimed at human-centered, AI-augmented care delivery
Her talk will inspire healthcare leaders, technologists, policy-makers, and researchers seeking blueprints for impactful AI implementation in health systems across the globe.
Dr. Sara Alshaya’s keynote at Dubai AI Festival 2025 highlights the UAE’s leadership in smart healthcare and showcases how AI can powerfully transform every level of health service delivery—from policy to patient.
