Dr. Zainab Saeed has a Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery Degree from the Dow Medical College of Karachi University in Pakistan, and has performed postdoctoral research and post-graduate education in infection control and diabetes management at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Dr. Saeed served in the Ministry of Health and Prevention for Primary Health Care at Al Salama Health Center in the UAE, Umm Al Quwain, and taught at the College of Medicine, Sharjah University and the Gulf Medical University in the UAE.
She headed the Joint Commission International and Infection Control committees at the Al Salama Health Center,