Dr. Maria Khan

Dr. Maria Khan is a UK-trained consultant in Family Medicine, with over 18 years of clinical experience across the United Kingdom and the UAE. She provides comprehensive, evidence-based, and patient-centered primary care to adults and children, managing a broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Her particular clinical interests include preventive health, chronic disease management, lifestyle medicine, obesity and weight management, cardiometabolic health, mental health, chronic pain, and women’s and men’s health.

Dr. Maria completed her medical degree at Khyber Medical College, Pakistan, followed by extensive postgraduate medical training in the United Kingdom. She completed structured family medicine specialty training across general practice, pediatrics, psychiatry, geriatric medicine, endocrinology, and obstetrics & gynaecology and obtained membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) together with the UK Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). She has practiced at the consultant level in family medicine since 2015.

She is a Diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (DipIBLM) and is SCOPE Certified by the World Obesity Federation. These qualifications complement her experience in preventive medicine and chronic disease care, with an increasing focus on evidence-based lifestyle interventions, obesity management, metabolic health, and long-term disease prevention.

Throughout her career, Dr. Maria has worked across primary care, general practice, urgent care and multidisciplinary healthcare settings in both the UK and UAE. Alongside her clinical practice, she has significant experience in clinical leadership, quality improvement, and governance. Her work has included supporting KPI development, clinical audits, DOH/Jawda-aligned quality processes, pathway development, service improvement, and the mentoring of junior doctors and nursing teams.

Clinical Expertise 

Comprehensive Family Medicine & Primary Care

• Acute and general medical presentations
• Comprehensive adult primary care
• General pediatric consultations
• Preventive health assessments
• Health screening and early disease detection
• Women’s health
• Men’s health
• General health and wellness consultations

Chronic Disease & Cardiometabolic Care

• Diabetes and prediabetes
• Hypertension
• Dyslipidemia and high cholesterol
• Cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention
• Obesity and weight management
• Metabolic health and cardiometabolic risk
• Thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism
• Asthma and other common respiratory conditions
• Long-term management of patients with multiple chronic conditions

Lifestyle Medicine, Obesity & Preventive Health

• Lifestyle medicine assessment and intervention
• Obesity and weight-management care
• Lifestyle-based management of chronic disease
• Nutrition and healthy eating
• Physical activity and exercise guidance
• Sleep health
• Stress management
• Behaviour change and sustainable lifestyle modification
• Preventive health and long-term disease-risk reduction

Mental Health, Chronic Pain & Other Common Conditions

• Anxiety and depression
• Common mental health presentations
• Chronic pain
• Musculoskeletal complaints
• Common acute illnesses and infections
• General adult and pediatric health concerns

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), United Kingdom
• Emirates Medical Association (EMA), UAE
• American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), USA
• Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), USA