Faculty

FRCSEd, KSB, FACS, MEHS

Consultant General Surgery – Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital

Chair of the Kuwait Hernia Society

Chair of the Patient Safety & Risk Management MKH

Director of the Basic Surgical Skills Course Training program in Kuwait

Associate Professor of Surgery – Division of General, Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago • Vice President – Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA) • Specialist in Minimally Invasive, Robotic, and Abdominal Wall Surgery • International Faculty and Researcher in Hernia Repair and Surgical Innovation

Dr. Abdullah Issa Sultan is a consultant surgeon at Farwaniya Hospital in Kuwait, specializing in bariatric, minimally invasive GI and General robotic surgeries. He graduated from Cairo University with an MBChB degree and holds a Kuwait surgical board certification in general surgery. Additionally, he completed a fellowship in MIS and robotic surgery in Brazil.”

Mario Cherubino, MD, is a plastic surgeon at the Integrated Surgical Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and a clinical professor at Kahlifa University.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, he was Associate Professor at the University of Insubria, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Varese, Italy. He has been Director of Microsurgery and Surgery of the Lymphatic’s Research Center and Chief of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery Unit at the A.S.S.T. Settelaghi Varese, ITA from 2017-2021. He focuses his activities on microsurgical reconstruction and hand surgery, lower extremities, head and neck and breast reconstruction. In 2014 he obtained the title of Fellow of the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (FEBOPRAS). He was the International Scholar of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS/PSF program) for 2019-2020, at the Presbyterial Hospital of the NYU in New York City. He is an Alumni of Harvard Medical School. In 2022 he was President of the 60th Conference of the Italian Society of Hand Surgery (SICM). He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

MD. FRCSC.

Asst. Professor UAE university, college of medicine, Department of Surgery
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada
Medical Director Beverly Hills specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Consultant plastic & Reconstructive Ain Alhaleej Hospital
Emirates Medical Association Executive Board member (EMA)
President of Emirates Plastic Surgery Society (EPSS)
Vice president of Arab Association of Surgical & Medical Aesthetic (AASMA)
Vice CEO of Middle East International Dermatology & Aesthetic Medicine (MEIDAM)
General Secretory of MEIDAM Conference
Member of international Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons

He is a double board-certified Consultant Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgeon, holding both the French and European Boards in Plastic Surgery. He is recognized for his advanced training, refined surgical expertise, and comprehensive experience across the full spectrum of aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.

Dr. Alameri currently serves as the Vice President of the Emirates Plastic Surgery Society (EPSS) and practices as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Burjeel Royal Hospital in Al Ain and FAYY Health Clinic in Dubai.

Beyond his clinical work, Dr. Alameri has authored and published multiple peer-reviewed scientific articles and remains deeply committed to driving progress in surgical education, research, and innovation. He is actively engaged in regional and international scientific committees, workshops, and conferences, contributing to the advancement of modern plastic surgery.

Chief Dept of Surgery at NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Professor of surgery – Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

MS (Gen Surgery) , FRCS(Edinburgh), FACS,FMAS Robotic/ GI & AWR Surgeon Consultant Robotic/Bariatric & Laparoscopic Surgeon MBBS, MS (General Surgery) Fellowship in Metabolic & Obesity Surgery (FALS)/ Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS)
FELLOWSHIP BY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (FACS) President – West Zone – Association of minimal access surgeons of India Joint Secretary – AWRSC EC Member – Association of Robotic & Innovative Surgeons Past President – GSC-ASI

Brazilian Plastic Surgeon based in UAE specialized in advanced body contouring and abdominal wall reconstruction, with international recognition and multiple innovations in minimally invasive techniques.

B.Sc., M.D., FACS, FEBS-AWS
Consultant General, Trauma & Acute Care, and Abdominal Wall Surgeon
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Medical Director, Jeevanshree Hospital Minimal Access Surgery center, Dombivli, Maharashtra, India
Vice president, AWRSC Gastro Intestinal Surgeon
AWR Surgeon , Bariatric Surgeon. Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon
Laparoscopic Oncosurgeon Jupiter Hospital, Thane
Fortis Hospital, Kalyan
Rubi Hall clinic , Pune

Practicing Laparoscopic & Robotic – GI, Bariatric & Hernia Surgeon since 1994.
President – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeons’ Community (AWRSC).
Organizing Secretary AWR Deep Impact Red 2027, Mumbai.

MBBS, MS, DNB, FNB (MAS), MNAMS, FACS, FRCS (Glasgow)
Senior Director & Head of Department, Institute of Minimal Access, Bariatric & Robotic Surgery, Max Hospitals, Delhi NCR (India)
President, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract (India)
Chairman,Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (India)
Vice-President, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeon Community.

Staff Specialist Surgeon,
Goulburn Valley Health,
Shepparton, VIC
Australia
Honorary Professor,
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Bariatric Surgery,
Kanpur Medical College
India
Founder-President,
AWR Surgeons’ Community

He is a U.S. board-certified Consultant General Surgeon with a fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery.

He has been practicing as a Consultant General Surgeon in Al-Ain since 2017 and is an esteemed faculty member at the UAE University College of Medicine.

Dr. Al-Bahri specializes in laparoscopic and open hernia surgeries, gallbladder surgeries, and weight loss procedures.

His dedication to medical education is evident in his leadership roles, including serving as Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program and as a core faculty member overseeing surgical training at UAE University.

His passion for patient care and education drives his mission to advance surgical excellence and shape future healthcare professionals.

She is a UK Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. She qualified in Medicine in 1994 to embark on her surgical training in the West Midlands and London, culminating in admission to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as a Fellow in Plastic Surgery in 2009. She completed specialist fellowships in Aesthetic Surgery in London and Reconstructive Surgery in Taiwan and London, all of which complimented her interest in breast and reconstruction surgery. Dr. Ali was a Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Breast Reconstruction at St George’s Hospital in London for 14 years before moving to Dubai.

He is a Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeon with international experience. He trained around Europe in the most advanced reconstructive and cosmetic centers (Italy, Sweden, Spain, and Belgium). He specializes in Breast Surgery (augmentation, lifting, reduction, and reconstruction) and body contouring (liposuction, fat transfer, and lifting). Thanks to 3D imaging and advanced training in this field, he can provide a unique method of achieving perfect proportions and symmetrical results. Always looking for “harmonious and natural results” he performs all types of aesthetic treatments such as Botox, Filler, PRP for rejuvenation or facial contouring.

Surgeon in Brooklyn, New York and is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine.

Chief of the Department of General and Digestive Surgery. University hospital Virgen Macarena. Sevilla
Chief of the Department of Surgery. Quironsalud Hospital
Full Professor Surgery of the University of Sevilla.
President of the European Hernia Society.

Expert in surgery of the Digestive System performing minimally invasive Laparoscopic and Robotic techniques.
Certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery,Member of the French association of digestive surgery and member of the Mexican Association of Hernias and the European Hernia Society.

MD, MSc, PhD, FACS (Brazil)

Professor of Surgery, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Past President and Founder Sociedade Brasileira de Hérnia (Brazilian Hernia Society).

MD, General Surgery

Surgeon in Phoenix, AZ.
He is affiliated with medical facilities such as St. Joseph’s Hospital And Medical Center and Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Garcia-Urena, MD, PhD, FACS (Spain)
Chief of Department of Surgery
Hospital Universitario del Henares
Professor of Surgery
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Member of the Educational Wing of the EHS

Surgeon at Chirurgische Praxis Cottbus
Associate Councillor German Chapter American College Of Surgeons

Expert in abdominal wall hernia repairs and reconstruction of the abdominal wall.

Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
General surgery, Saint Elizabeth Medical center, Boston, USA
General Surgery, University of Illinois, USA
Minimally Invasive Surgery training, Saint Francisco, USA
Bariatric Surgery training, Columbus Ohio, USA

Fellowship trained senior British MSK radiologist, specializing in MRI, US, and US guided injections. He also has a strong interest in chest, abdominal and oncology imaging, acute and ICU imaging. He qualified from King’s College London in 1995 and completed MRCP Pediatrics in 2000, then trained in radiology at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London with an MSK fellowship in Leeds. Since then, he has worked as a consultant in Yorkshire, Dubai, Singapore, and back in the UK, including management roles, most recently at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Chief Dept of Surgery at NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Professor of surgery – Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

FRCSEd, KSB, FACS, MEHS
Consultant General Surgery – Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital
Chair of the Kuwait Hernia Society
Chair of the Patient Safety & Risk Management MKH
Director of the Basic Surgical Skills Course Training program in Kuwait

Consultant – General Surgery , laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon.
He Graduated from Sultan Qaboos University MD 2010.
Membership of American Medical Association (2020 – Present)
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (2021 – Present)
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic (2021 – Present)
Oman Medical Association (2011 – Present)

MD, is a Staff Physician in the General Surgery department at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Digestive Disease Institute.

The director of Comprehensive Core Health and Hernia Treatment Center at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

He has more than 20 years experience in general surgery, more than half of it in Germany. including Hernia, Reflux and oncological surgery

MD, MRCS, MSc, FRCSC

MSc surgery at UBC, MRCS Edinburgh, FRCSC at MsGill
Trauma and acute care surgeon at sultan Qaboos university hospital – Oman
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
SQUH

Professor of Surgery
General HPB and minimally invasive/Robotic Surgery
Chairman of Surgery
King Abdulaziz University”

Assistant Professor in Kuwait University
Specialist General, Bariatric, Foregut an Hernia Surgeon

MD. FRCSC.

President, Saudi General Surgery Society
⁠Head, Thoracic Surgery Division
⁠Associate Professor of Surgery
consultant Thorcic, Foregut and Bariatric Surgeon
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

MD, FACS , FRCSC

Consultant – General Surgery Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Laparoscopic & Abdominal wall reconstruction Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma research program
Department of Surgery
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh
National Guard Health Affairs

MBBCh FRCSC

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, The Royal Hospital
Oman Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada
American Board of Surgery President, Oman Surgical Society

MD, FACS

Consultant general surgeon, bariatric and minimal invasive surgery
Al-amiri hospital kuwait ministry of health
Fellow American college of surgeons
Kuwaiti board of general surgery
Clinical tutor kuwait university faculty of medicine
President of kuwait association of surgeons

BSc, MD

Her training of general surgery at McGIll University – Canada followed by minimally invasive and bariatric surgery
Fellowship at McGill university.
She currently works as an assistant professor
Consultant of minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Sultan Qaboos university – Oman

General Surgeon HU-UFSC.
Member of the Brazilian Society of Hernia and Abdominal Wall and America Hernia Society Active Member World Partner.

General surgeon, director of the Brazilian Hernia Society.

MD FACS

General Surgeon
President of Brazilian Hernia Society (SBH)

MD, PhD

HPB Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD, FACS

Chief of General Surgery at Anne Arundel Medical Center
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow, Carolinas Medical Center
General Surgery Resident, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

MD, MSc, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Head of Complex Hernia & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vice-President (and President-elect) of the Hellenic Hernia Society – Certified robotic surgeon

Associate Prof of Surgery, PhD, FEBS-AWS
Specialized in general surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery, experienced in the field of hernia surgery for more than 20 years.
Subspecialised in hernia surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction

Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in University of Porto – Portugal.
Abdominal Wall Surgeon
President of EHS 2026 Porto

MD, PhD

Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Reims University Hospital, France
Complex Hernia surgeon
Treasurer of EHS and French Hernia Society

MD, General Surgery, Hernia Repair

Professor of Surgery
Director, Comprehensive Hernia Center
Chief, Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery, Department of Surgery Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Past President, American Hernia Society

MD, General Surgery

Professor of Clinical Surgery – Department of Surgery
Associate Director of Surgical Education
Surgery Clerkship Director – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Clinical Director – Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA
Associate Professor – Department of Palliative Care

MD, FACS

General, Bariatric, and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 1982
General Surgeon, Hospital San Ignacio, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 1987
Sub-specialist in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Universidad CES, Medellín, 2012

Professor of Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center and President Elect of American Hernia Society.

Consultant General Surgeon and Colorectal Surgeon
Expertise in Damage Control Surgery and Trauma Surgery
Graduate of RCSI Medical School
Facharzt from Germany (2010)
Worked at ZMH since 2010
Extensive experience in Field Hospital and Forward Surgical Teams
Participated in Task Forces and military hospital setups globally

General Surgery Specialist (CBC)
Digestive System Specialist (CBCD)
Specialist in ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS
Abdominal Wall Surgery Center of the Santa Catarina Network.
Surgeon at Casa de Saúde São José.
CEO of Talking To The Wall (Advanced and Minimally Invasive Surgery Course for Surgeons).

MD, FACS

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Laparoscopic Surgical Center of New York

MD, FACS

American board certified general surgeon since 2006.
Residency at SUNY Downstate former Assistant Professor of Surgery.
Robotic practice started in Florida (2014) and launched Dubai’s first robotic surgery program in 2020.
Chief of Surgery at American Hospital Dubai and Chair of the Robotic Surgery Committee.
Specializes in hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction.

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