Dr. Abdul Salam Abu Baker Al Belushi , known as Dr. Baker, joins Luca Allam for a powerful conversation about medicine, faith, resilience and pushing beyond the limits others place on you.
As the first Emirati neurosurgeon to become US board certified, Dr. Baker has built an extraordinary career across the UAE and United States, pioneering robotic-assisted spine surgery and expanding his work into AI, medical innovation and stem cell therapy.
Behind those achievements is a deeply personal journey. He opens up about being told he wasn't cut out to become a doctor, facing prejudice in the US, and losing his five-year-old brother Hamdan, a tragedy that profoundly shaped the person and surgeon he became.
Dr. Baker also shares why he prays before every surgery, the remarkable patient recoveries he has witnessed, and why doctors should never take hope away from a patient.
From the future of AI and robotics in medicine to ambition, family expectations and representing the UAE globally, this is a conversation about what it means to keep moving forward when others tell you that you can't.
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