Dr. Thiagarajan Jaiganesh

Dr. Thiagarajan Jaiganesh is a distinguished Consultant in Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine with dual certification and currently serves as the Chairman of the busiest Emergency Department in the UAE, overseeing over 220,000 patient attendances in 2023 across STMC, Tawam, and Al Ain Hospitals. He is the former Program Director of the Tawam Emergency Medicine Residency (2016–2023) and has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Best EM Physician Award at ESEM 2024 and the Healthcare Leadership Award at the Health 2.0 Conference 2024.

His contributions to healthcare excellence have earned accolades such as the SEHA Innovation Dome Bronze Award and the Certified Emergency Department Executive distinction. Dr. Jaiganesh plays an instrumental role in shaping emergency medicine standards in the UAE as the Co-Chair of the DOH Emergency Medicine Task Force and Standardization Initiative, Chair of the SEHA Emergency Medicine Service Line Council (2022), and a Medical Expert for the Department of Health.

A prolific academic, he has published 50 peer-reviewed articles and nine book chapters, including contributions to the Oxford Handbook for Medical School and the Textbook of Emergency Medicine. An invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences, Dr. Jaiganesh also serves as a Corporate Trainer at Pure Health and holds memberships in various international committees. Outside of medicine, he is an avid trekker, having hiked destinations such as Machu Picchu, Everest Base Camp, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Mt. Kailash.