Dr Abderahman Kamaledeen

Associate Specialist Psychiatrist  |  BSc, MBBS (Distinction), MRCPsych  |  GMC 7496971

Background and training

Dr Kamaledeen was born in Saudi Arabia and spent his early childhood in Egypt before his family settled in Edinburgh — the city he grew up in and still calls home. He moved to London to study medicine at King’s College London, completing an intercalated BSc in Surgery and Anaesthesia in 2012 and graduating MBBS with distinction in 2015.

His early career pointed firmly towards surgery, with posts in general surgery and ear, nose and throat surgery, alongside a period in business development in the digital health sector. But a pattern kept asserting itself on the wards: he was consistently more drawn to his patients’ psychological difficulties — their worries, their histories, the lives behind the operations — than to the procedures themselves. Rather than ignore that, he retrained in psychiatry, and has never looked back.

He commenced psychiatric training in 2021 on the Maudsley training programme in London — one of the largest and best-known psychiatric training schemes in the world — gaining broad experience across community, inpatient and crisis settings, and obtained membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) in 2025. He moved into private practice later that year with a focus on adult ADHD alongside general adult mental health. Since late 2025 he has worked — and continues to work — at another leading private psychiatric practice in Edinburgh, building substantial experience in private psychiatry with a particular focus on neurodiversity.

Registration and clinical role

Dr Kamaledeen is fully registered with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise (GMC 7496971) and holds membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych). At Caledonian Psychiatry he works as an Associate Specialist Psychiatrist, seeing adults aged 18 and over for ADHD assessment, medication titration, annual review and shared care handover to GPs, as well as general adult psychiatric assessment. From September 2026 he also offers autism assessment. Based in London himself, he sees adults by secure video in London, across England and throughout wider Scotland.

In the interests of transparency: like all doctors who have not completed Higher Specialist Training and received a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), Dr Kamaledeen is not on the GMC Specialist Register, and he does not use the title “Consultant Psychiatrist”. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is the standard postgraduate qualification in the field, and his work is dedicated entirely to direct patient care.

Dr Kamaledeen is proficient in Arabic and is happy to offer consultations in Arabic where patients prefer it.

Clinical interests and approach

Dr Kamaledeen’s professional interests include ADHD-related burnout, emotional dysregulation, and supporting people in high-performance environments — including medical professionals, whose difficulties he understands from the inside. He also has a longstanding interest in the meeting point between eastern psychology and his Western psychiatric training, which informs a thoughtful, reflective style of practice.

His approach is unhurried, curious and collaborative. Assessments give proper weight to each person’s history and circumstances rather than working through a checklist, and patients consistently describe feeling listened to without having to justify themselves. Treatment decisions are made together, with clear explanations of the options and honest discussion of what medication can and cannot do — and, in keeping with the practice’s approach, his letters and reports are written to be genuinely useful to the patient and their GP alike.

Outside the clinic

Outside work, Dr Kamaledeen trains in Muay Thai, is an avid runner, designs and builds watches, and reads poetry. He lives in London and returns often to Edinburgh, his childhood home.