Professor Salman Guraya is an internationally recognised academic surgeon, medical and surgical educator, and a global health leader. His work spans advanced surgical innovations, UG and PG medical education, clinical simulation, faculty development, accreditation, and high-impact scholarship. Prof. Guraya has been listed five times among the Stanford/Elsevier World Top 2% Scientists. He is known for building interprofessional and transdisciplinary collaborations, strengthening education quality systems, and advancing future-ready healthcare through research-informed leadership.
Global leadership, governance, and accreditation
- WHO Academy Advisory Group for Lifelong Learning in Health
- MedBiquitous (AAMC) steering committee for developing education standards
- MedBiquitous (AAMC) working group for simulation in healthcare
- UAE surveyor for the National Institute for Health Sciences (NIHS)
- Strategic leadership in institutional effectiveness, quality assurance, and governance
Clinical and surgical innovation
- Broad scope across surgical oncology, endocrine/breast, trauma, and transoral thyroidectomy
- Director of BSS and CCrISP courses by the Royal College of Surgeons, England
- Program director for advanced surgical simulation courses
Interprofessional education, collaboration, and scholarly leadership
- Lead IPEC initiatives across UG, PG, and faculty development
- Senior editor for Springer Nature article collections on IPEC, simulation, and patient safety
- Invited speaker on capacity-building for IPEC, professionalism, and academic leadership
Medical education and clinical simulation
- Innovation in TBL, OSCEs, digital innovations, and professionalism
- MSc and PhD supervisor in surgery, medical education, and leadership
- Court of Examiners – Royal Colleges of Surgeons in England, Ireland, and Edinburgh
- Program director for advanced clinical simulation courses
Pioneer of frameworks and senior editorial roles
Developer of three internationally cited frameworks:
- SNSME – Social Networking Sites for Medical Education
- MEeP – Medical Education e-Professionalism Framework
- FLAM – Framework for Leadership in Academic Medicine