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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.