Sana Al Yafaey
Head of Clinical Dietetics Department
Royal Hospital
Sana is a Senior Clinical Dietitian from the Sultanate of Oman holding a M.Sc. & B.Sc. Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Sultan Qaboos University. Sana also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Pediatric Nutrition from Boston University. Sana Recently completed her diploma in lean management and 6sigma for health care Sector. She is the first specialized clinical dietitian from Oman in Medical ketogenic diet services for Pediatric Epilepsy and completed her training in this field at the John Hopkins Hospital –Maryland USA.
Sana has been practicing Dietetics since 2010 and has experience of both private and public/Government services. Currently she is the Head of Clinical Dietetics Department at the Royal Hospital which is considered one of the major treating/educational Hospitals in the Sultanate of Oman and currently working with the Nutrition Department at Ministry of Health in Developing National Guidelines like Nutrition for burns, ICU and Malnutrition management.
Sana is an admin and member of Oman Nutrition & Dietetic Society, a member in Oman Diabetic Association, also a member for Health & wellness Committee & a member of the Enteral Parenteral committee at Royal Hospital.
Her current interests are leadership in Dietetics, Women leadership, empowering Young dietitians to effectively initiate, evaluate and enhance quality projects in the field of Clinical Nutrition.