PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 34 years in Surgery
• Trained in Ireland from 1988 - 1998 to the position of Consultant General /Laparoscopic surgeon
• Consultant surgeon 1998- 2009 Armed Forces Hospitals in Northern and Southern Regions Saudi Arabia
• Senior Consultant Surgeon 2009 -2010 KIMS Hospital Oman
• Senior Consultant surgeon 2010 - 2018 Sohar Hospital Oman ( initial 5 years as HOD SURGERY)
• Senior Consultant Surgeon 2018- 2020 Armed Forces Jizan Saudi Arabia
• Senior Consultant Surgeon 2020 - 2022 Sohar Hospital Oman

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Conducted Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Courses in Armed Forces hospitals in Saudi Arabia
• Started day care surgery in AFH Tabuk in 2002
• Trained a team of 20 doctors in Laparoscopic surgery in Sohar Hospital Oman from 2010-2018
• Started Bariatric surgery program in Sohar Hospital Oman in 2011
• Helped upgrade a poly clinic to a high end secondary care hospital in Armed Forces Hospital Jizan where trauma victims were treated
• Started Bariatric Surgery Program in Armed Forces Hospital Jizan
• Performed 1st Laparoscopic Rives Stoppa hernia repair for complex abdominal wall hernias in Sohar Hospital ( perhaps in Oman as well)

CLINICAL EXPERTISE & SERVICES OFFERED

• Laparoscopic surgery
• Bariatric and revisional bariatric surgery
• Gastric and biliary surgery
• Colorectal surgery
• Breast and endocrine surgery
• Advanced abdominal wall hernia repairs and reconstruction
• Inguinal and umbilical hernia repairs
• Thoracic and thoracoscopic surgery (non malignant disorders)
• Pelvic
   

PROCEDURES

• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy
• Laparoscopic Hernia repairs including advanced abdominal wall hernia
• Laparoscopic Fundoplication for hiatal herni
• Laparoscopic gastrectomy, bowel resection , right and left hemicolectomy, anterior resection including ultra low for rectal tumor
• Laparoscopic release of adhesions including pelvic in cases of advanced endometriosis, drainage of intra abdominal collections and abscesses including post Caesarian sections
• Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy, Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric bypass , Laparoscopic gastric plication ( in selected cases) , Laparoscopic redo surgery for weight gain following sleeve gastrectomy or gastric banding ( 21 years of experience ) for morbid obesity
• Thoracoscopic drainage and decortication of empyema, Drainge of Multi loculaed pleural effusion
• Thoracoscopic blebectomy for spontaneous pneumothora
• Thoracoscopic dorsal sympethectomy for hyperhydrosi
• Thoracoscopic segmental lung resection( for non malignant disease) and pleural biopsies
• Open surgery for Gastric and colorectal malignancies including total gastrectomy , hemicolectomies and anterior resection for rectal tumor
• Breast surgery including lumpectomy( for benign disease) mastectomy with axillary clearance including quadrentectomy with axillary clearance ( in selected cases) for cance
• Endocrine surgery including Hemithytoidectomy, Total thyroidectomy and endoscopic assisted thyroidectomy( in selected cases
• Parathyroid surgery including endoscopic assisted excision ( in selected cases ) and Total parathyroidectomy with 4 gland exploration and reimplantation of parathyroid tissu
• Surgical management of open and Laparoscopic surgeries for acute disorders like perforated peptic ulcer disease , perforated bowel including large bowel.
• Resection of cervical rib in selected case
• Surgical management of trauma cases including vascular repairs during life saving procedures( have 15 year experience in vascular emergencies
• Internal iliac artery ligation in patients with uncontrolled postpartum hemorrhage