Dr. Barbara Karin Vela

Dr Karin Vela is a well-rounded family physician with expertise in different medical fields including diving medicine and experience with pediatric cases. She graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and started working as a general practitioner first in Croatia, and then in the UAE.

She moved to Dubai in 2004 to work with patients in general practice and family medicine at Emirates Hospital’s busy walk-in clinic. In 2007, she joined Dubai London Clinic and has been working as a family doctor ever since.

To keep in touch with pediatric cases, Dr Karin Vela joined one of Dubai’s top primary schools as a part-time school doctor from 2014 to 2021. After becoming a certified recreational diver herself, Dr Karin Vela pursued and obtained a diploma in diving medicine in 2012. She is qualified to perform assessments of working and recreational divers or compressed air workers, and can manage diving accidents, advise diving contractors and others on diving medicine and physiology.

Dr. Barbara Vela enjoys a variety of work in the field of Family Medicine, with a special interest in chronic diseases, women’s health and preventive medicine. Her approach is holistic, and patient centred, and she practices evidence-based medicine. She has a strong focus on preventive health, including immunisation and travel vaccinations and advice, cervical screening/mammography, as well as various general health check-ups.