Dr. Zainab Ali

Dr. Zainab Ali is a Senior Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Muscat Private Hospital, where she has worked since 2015. She has practised in the specialty since 1999.

Dr. Zainab graduated MBBS from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi in 1998 and began her career in obstetrics and gynaecology the following year, completing her postgraduate qualification in 2005. In 2007 she joined Fatimiyah Hospital in Karachi, a tertiary and teaching hospital, as Chief Medical Officer and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, remaining there until 2015. She was recognised there in 2010 as a "Pioneer and Role Model" for her leadership and patient care.

She has continued to train throughout her career, taking the Diploma of Women's Health (DoWH) in Ireland in 2022, a Fellowship in Aesthetic Gynaecology in the United States, and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (MRCPI OB&GYN) in 2025. In 2026 she completed Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training (PROMPT) in the United Kingdom.

Her practice covers pregnancy from booking through to delivery and the weeks afterwards, including pregnancies that need closer monitoring, alongside general gynaecology and minimally invasive surgery. She sees women for menstrual problems, PCOS and hormonal disorders, fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic pain, recurrent miscarriage and menopausal symptoms, and provides contraception and cervical screening.

Dr. Zainab works in maternal health research and is the focal point for the Ministry of Health's Maternal Near-Miss Study in Oman, the national study of women who survive severe complications of pregnancy and childbirth. That work is about understanding why complications escalate and how they are caught earlier, and it informs how she approaches risk in her own clinic.