CURRENT STATUS
MARCH 2018 – PRESENT
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR | MIDDLE EAST REGION
MELLE – BELGIUM
OLV Robotic Surgery Institute
SEPTEMBER 2016 – PRESENT
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT
AALST – BELGIUM
OLV Hospital
JULY 2013 – PRESENT
CONSULTANT UROLOGIC SURGEON
BEIRUT – LEBANON
University of Balamand
JULY 2013 – PRESENT
ASS. PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY
BEIRUT – LEBANON
University of Balamand
EDUCATION
APRIL 2013 – JUNE 2013
URO-ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
WITH DR. RENAUD BOLLENS
Epicura Hospitals – Belgium
JANUARY 2013 – MARCH 2013
URO-ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
WITH PR. HENDRIK VAN POPPEL
UZ Leuven – Belgium
AUGUST 2011 – DECEMBER 2012
URO-ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
WITH PR. ROLAND VAN VELTHOVEN
Institut Jules Bordet – Belgium
2007 – 2011
UROLOGY RESIDENT
University Of Balamand – Saint George Hospital – Lebanon
SEPTEMBER 2006 – MAY 2007
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT UNIT
DIRECTOR: PROFESSOR JAMES BROPHY
McGill University. Quebec – Canada
2002 – 2006
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (M.D.)
BEIRUT – LEBANON
University of Balamand
1999 – 2002
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY
BEIRUT – LEBANON
American University of Beirut
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ROBOTIC & LAPAROSCOPIC GENITOURINARY SURGERY
(MORE THAN 400 PROCEDURES)
Radical Prostatectomy, Complex Partial Nephrectomy, Sacrocolpopexy with Hysterectomy, Adrenalectomy, Pyeloplasty, Radical Nephrectomy, Pudendal Nerve Release, etc.
ENDOSCOPIC & ENDO-UROLOGIC PROCEDURES
(MORE THAN 500 PROCEDURES)
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL), Flexible & Rigid Ureteroscopy, TUR Procedures, Green Light Laser Prostatectomy
ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES
FOUNDER @ SMARTEMR
BEIRUT – LEBANON
SmartEMR.org is an academic medical record software with a unique feature to solve programmed cases based on guidelines and validated references.
FOUNDER @ AI 4 HEALTH
BRUSSELS – BELGIUM
AI4Health.be specializes in developing a variety of medical software, applications, and management systems in order to improve medical practice and experience.
DEGREES & CERTIFICATIONS
2012
ROBOTIC UROLOGIC SURGERY CERTIFICATE AS A CONSOLE SURGEON
MELLE – BELGIUM
OLV Robotic Surgery Institute
2012
DIPLOMA IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
STRASBOURG – FRANCE
Université de Strasbourg
2012
DEGREE OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY IN UROLOGY
BEIRUT – LEBANON
University of Balamand
2006
ECFMG CERTIFICATION
PENNSYLVANIA – USA
ECFMG is a world leader in promoting quality health care—serving physicians, members of the medical education and regulatory communities, health care consumers, and those researching issues in medical education and health workforce planning.