Division Of General Surgery

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Division Of General Surgery

Mission

The primary goal of the division of general surgery is to support the mission of the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut. The Division of General Surgery has a long standing tradition of excellence in patient care, education and research in Lebanon and across the region in the Middle East, it strives to:

Provide the highest quality patient care across all general surgical subspecialties
Provide the best quality of undergraduate medical education
Deliver superior academic and clinical training to graduate surgeons who are competent in all aspects of modern surgery
Promote the academic and personal development of the faculty by supporting professional growth, medical education, and research

Structure

The division, currently headed by Dr. Jamal Hoballah (Interim), includes a total of 16 faculty members who cover the wide spectrum of general surgical procedures for both adult and pediatric patients, and is the mainstay of the residency training program and curricular teaching.

The General Surgery residency program is accredited by the ACGME-I. This accreditation provides recognition by a respected international body that the General Surgery Residency Program is on par with training programs in the United States. It also ensures that the residents are meeting international standards throughout their training. As of 2012, graduates of the program became eligible to sit for the European Board of General Surgery.

The General Surgery Residency Program graduates 3 residents per year and provides outstanding technical and academic training over the course of 5 years.

The division offers the following fellowships:

A two-year Trauma and Surgical Critical Care fellowship program
A one-year Surgical Critical Care fellowship program
A two-year Complex General Surgery Oncology fellowship program

Faculty

The current faculty members in the division are:

NAME	RANK	SUBSPECIALTY
Abbas, Jaber	Clinical Associate Professor	Thyroid and parathyroid surgery, Breast surgery
Abi Saad, George	Professor of Clinical	Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, Breast surgery
Abiad, Firass	Adjunct Instructor of Clinical	Bariatric surgery
Akel, Samir	Clinical Associate Professor	Pediatric surgery
Dibe, Samer	Clinical Associate Professor	Colorectal surgery
Doughan, Samer	Clinical Assistant Professor	Colorectal surgery
El Lakis, Mustapha	Assistant Professor of Clinical	General, endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine tumors), and laparoscopic surgery
Hussein, Maher	Clinical Assistant Professor	General, laparoscopic and vascular surgery
Khalife, Mohammad	Professor of Clinical	Liver and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery
Khoury, Ghattas	Clinical Professor	General and laparoscopic surgery
Kreidieh, Ibrahim	Clinical Assistant Professor	General and laparoscopic surgery
Papas, Yasmine	Clinical Assistant Professor	Breast surgery
Sbaity, Eman	Assistant Professor	Surgical oncology, breast surgery
Sidani, Mustafa	Clinical Assistant Professor	Colorectal surgery
Tohmeh, Maroon	Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery	General, laparoscopic and bariatric surgery
Zaghal, Ahmad	Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery	Pediatric surgery

Clinical Associates

The current Clinical Associates in the division are:

NAME	RANK	SUBSPECIALTY
Harakeh, Ayman	Clinical Associate
Rahhal, Salim	Clinical Associate	Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
Saab, Mohammad	Clinical Associate	Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care

Services/Procedures

Liver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Unit (HPB)
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit (MBSU)
Breast Surgery
Cancer Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Endocrine Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Hernias
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Laparoscopic procedures
Liver Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Pancreatic Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Surgical Critical Care
Trauma Surgery
Minor surgery procedures

Divisional Assistant and GME Coordinator

Name	Extension	Email
Batoul Zaiter	5261	bz11@aub.edu.lb
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