Dr. Sarah Kalla

Functional and Longevity Medicine

Dr. Sarah Kalla is a DHA-licensed physician practising functional and longevity medicine, with a special focus on women's health, hormones, and metabolic health. She completed her functional medicine training with The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) through its Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) program, and is certified in Advanced Peptide Therapy by ISSCA.

Her approach starts with a simple question: why is this happening? Rather than chasing symptoms, she looks at hormones, gut health, metabolism, stress, and lifestyle together to find the real cause and build a plan that fits the person.

Dr. Sarah earned her Doctor of Medicine from Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in Dubai. Her clinical training spanned some of Dubai's leading hospitals, including Rashid Hospital, Dubai Hospital, Latifa Hospital, and Mediclinic Parkview, across internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and family medicine. She also completed trauma electives at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town and Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria. Her elective in functional endocrinology gave her close exposure to thyroid dysfunction, PCOS, insulin resistance, adrenal imbalance, and perimenopause. She has experience with advanced testing such as DUTCH hormone panels and GI-MAP gut analysis. She co-authored published research on the genetic links between type 2 diabetes and cancer in the UAE population. Her hospital quality improvement project won an award at the Health Systems Science Posters Symposium in 2025.

Outside the clinic, Dr. Sarah lives what she recommends. She is a long-distance runner and strength trainer. She has spent years exploring sauna and cold exposure, metabolic tracking, and other longevity practices firsthand to understand what really works. She regularly attends longevity medicine conferences to stay on top of a fast-moving field. Fluent in Arabic and English, Dr. Sarah brings a warm, thorough, and personal approach to every consultation, helping her patients feel more energized, balanced, and in control of their health.

Areas of Expertise

  • Women's Hormonal Health

  • Perimenopause & Menopause

  • PCOS & Thyroid Health

  • Insulin Resistance & Diabetes

  • Metabolic Health Optimization

  • Peptide Therapy

  • Gut Health & GI-MAP Testing

  • Advanced Hormone Testing (DUTCH)

  • Longevity & Lifestyle Medicine

Speciality

Functional and Longevity Medicine

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