– Invited Speaker at the 15th Mediterraneanand Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Association Congress and the 6th Emirates Society of Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeons Congress, 18021, 2015 Dubai, U.A.E.
- Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
- Laparoscopic Resection of Esophageal Diverticulum Followed by Lap
Cardiomyotomy and Lap Toupet
- Laparoscopic Procedures with the Surgeon in Sitting Position
– Speaker at the 29th World Congress IFSO(International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) Vienna, Austria, August 26th-29th, 2015:
Oral Presentation:
- Laparoscopic Insertion of Minimizer for the Treatment of Failed Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Oral & Poster Presentation
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gasgtrectomy- Retrogastric Medial to Lateral Approach is the State of the Art Technique
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass State of the Art Technique
Video Presentation:
- Laparoscopic Gastric Plication After Removal of Failed Band is a One Step Procedure
- Laparoscopic Treatment of Sleeve Leak with Roux En Y Gastric Bypass
- Treatment of Delayed Gastric Bypass Bleeding by Combined Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Approach
Poster Presentation:
- Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures with the Surgeon in Sitting Position
- Laparoscopic Gastric Plication for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity
- Laparoscopic Revision of Gastric Band to Gastric Roux EN Y Bypass
– Speaker at the 23rd International Congress of the European Association for
Endoscopaic Surgery (E.A.E.S.) Bucharest-Romania, June 3-6, 2015:
- Laparoscopic Resection of Esophageal Diverticulum Followed by Lap
Cardiomyotomy and Lap TOUPET
- Laparoscopic Redo Hepaticojejunostomy for Stenotic Hepaticojejunostomy
- Laparoscopic Exploration and Stone Extraction of Common Bile Duct Stones
–Invited speaker at the 1st Annual Bariatric Conference GBMC-Jordan Hospital, 16-17, May 2015, Amman,Jordan.
- Chairperson: Tacking complications
- Speaker: Revision of gastric banding
- Panel Discussion: Is it time for a Pan Arab Bariatric Surgery Society
-Invited speaker at the 10th ESBS Congress –The Egyptian Society for Bariatric
surgery, Cario, Egypt, September 16-19, 2014: Presented
– Laparoscopaic Bariataric procedures with the Surgeon in Sitting Position
-Treatment of Delayed Gastric Bypass Bleeding by Combined Endoscopic &
Laparoscopic Approach
– Laparoscopic Revision of Gastric Band to Gastric Roux-en-Y Bypass
-Laparoscopic Treatment of Sleeve Leak with Roux-en Gastric Bypass
- Speaker at the 14th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery,Paris, France, 25-28 June 2014:
Video Presentation:
- Laparoscopic Redo Left Adrenalectomy for a 15cm Pheochromocytoma using Lateral Position and Through Three Trocar Technique
- Laparoscopic Transabdominal Transdiaphragmatic Excision of Pericardial Cyst
- Laparoscopic Resection of Esophageal Diverticulum Followed by Lap Cardiomyotomy and Lap TOUPET
Poster Presentation:
- Laparoscopic Surgery in Sitting Position is Better Than Robotic and Standard Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – Retrogastric Medial to Lateral Approach is the State of the Art Technique
- Treatment of Delayed Gastric Bypass Bleeding by Combined Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Approach
- Laparoscopic Excision of Choledochal Cyst Followed with Hepatojejunostomy Roux-En-Y
- Laparoscopic Exploration and Stone Extraction of Common Bile Duct Stones
- Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Segment VII and VIII
- Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
- Invited Speaker at the 11th International Congress of Minimally Invasive and Techniques Surgeries. 1st Inernational Congress of Obesity Surgery, Tehran-Iran, January 27-31, 2014.
Moderator: Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Segment VTT/VTTT
Speaker: Gastric Cancer
Lap. Bariatric Surgery in Sitting Position is Comparable to Robotic
Surgery
Live Surgery: Hernia repair
- Attended & Participated at the 18th World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders(IFSO), Istanbul/Turkey, 28-31 August 2013.
Speaker: Laparoscopic Treatment of Sleeve Leak with Roux en
Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass State of the Art
Technique
Conversion of Mini Bypass to Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy State of the Art
Technique
Laparoscopic Conversion of Sleeve Gastrectomy to
Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Sitting Position is
Comparable to Robotic Surgery
- Attended & Participated at the 21st International Congress of the European Associatin for Endoscopic Surgery 19-22, June 2013, Vienna, Austria:
Speaker: Laparosccopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD)
Laparoscopic Redo Left Adrenalectomy for a 15cm
Pheochromocytoma using Lateral Position and
Through Three Trocar Technique
Laparoscopic Excisin of Choledochal Cyst Followed
with Hepatojejunostomy Roux-en-Y
Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Segment VII and VIII
- Off-Site Training Program in the use of the da Vinci Surgical System as a Console Surgeon, da Vinci Console Training Center IRCAD-EITS, Italy June 3-4, 2013.
- 46th Middle East Medical Assembly, AUBMC May 9-11, 2013.
Live transmission: Laparoscopic Revision of Failed Gastric Band
Laparoscopic Revision of Failed VBG
Revision of Failed Bypass with an Adjustable
Gastric Band
- Invited speaker at the First International Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Meeting at Dubai, UAE March 20-21st, 2013.
Speaker: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – State of the Art Technique.
- The 40th Congress of Jordanian Surgical Society & The 12th Congress of Mediterranean & Middle eastern Endoscopic surgery association, & The 21st Congress of Pan arab Association of Surgeons. 11th – 13th October, 2012, Amman – Jordan
Chairperson:
- Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
- Laparoscopic Redo Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal resection for Rectal CA
- IFSO 2012, XVII World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, India, September 11- 15, 2012
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic Gastric Band for The Treatment of Failed Roux en y Gastric Bypass.
- Laparoscopic Esophago Gastric Anastomosis Post Gastric Band Esophageal Stenosis.
Poster Presentation:
- Tretment of Delayed Gastric Bypass Bleeding by
Combined Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Aproach
- Laparoscopic Treatment of Sleeve Leak with Roux En Y
Gastric Bypass
- Master Course Review in Urology. American University of Beirut Medical Center. July 12th, 2012.
Live Surgery: Laparoscopic Doner Nephrectomy.
- 20th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Brussels, Belgium. 20 – 23 June
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia.
- Laparoscopic Esophago Gastric Anastomosis Post Gastric Band Esophageal Stenosis.
- Laparoscopic Floppy Nissen Fundoplication.
- Laparoscopic Gastric Band for the Treatment of Failed Roux En Y Gastric Bypass.
- Laparoscopic Redo Cardiomyotomy For Reccurrent Achalasia.
- Laparoscopic Redo Hepaticojejunostomy for Stenotic Hepaticojejunostomy.
- Laparoscopic Right Colon Resection State of The Art Technique.
- Laproscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy State of the Art Technique.
- Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric CA.
- Laparoscopic Transabdominal Transdiaphragmatic Excision of Pericardial Cyst.
- Laparoscopic Treatment of Sleeve Leak with Roux en Y Gastric Bypass.
- Treatment of Delayed Gastric Bypass Bleeding by Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Approach.
- Laparoscopic Right Radical Nephrectomy”. Live operation transmission. Endolive Beirut 2012 in conjunction with the Lebanese Society of Urology and the Turkish Endourology Soceity. American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon. March 15-16, 2012.
- 11th Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Association Congress, Catania – Italy
17th – 19th November 2011
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic treatment of sleeve gastrectomy leak by Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass.
Moderator:
- Hepato-Biliary Surgery
- IFSO 2011, XVI World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hamburg, Germany
31 August – 3 September 2011
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity.
- Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux – En – Y Gastric Bypass
- Laproscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy State of the Art Technique
Moderator: Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastroplication Session.
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East : Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop for Iraque Surgeons at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
July 14 –15th, 2011
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass 2 Cases
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundiplication
Hands on : Animal Lab
- The 19th International Congress of The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery , June 15 – 18th , 2011, Torino, Italy
Speaker:
- Laparoscopic Redo Hepaticojejunostomy for Stenotic Hepaticojejunostomy
- Laparoscopic Exploration & Stone Extraction of Common Bile Duct Stones
- Conversion of Open Maisson Technique to Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Trans Gastric Removal Of Gastro Esophageal Stent
- Laparoscopic Construction of Left Diaphragm in anterior Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Laparocopic Sleeve Gastrectomy State of the Art Technique
- Thoracic Sympathectomy for the Treatment of Hyperhydosis
- Laparoscopic Redo Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Conversion of Nissen Fundoplication to Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass in Morbid Obesity Patients
- Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Peptic Ulcer
- Laparoscopic Transabdominal Transdiaphragmatic Excision of Pericardial Cyst.
- Association of Doha Medical, Training Workshop for Saudi Arabian Surgeons at the American Univeristy of Beirut – Medical Center
May 4 – 6, 2011
Hands on : Animal Lab
- Workshop at King Hussein Medical Center at Amman – Jordan, April 16th 2011
Live demonstartion: Lap gastric Bypass 2 cases, to train Jordanian Surgeons.
- Single Port surgery Workshop at the American University of Beirut – Medical Center
April 14 – 15, 2011
Live Demostration: Lap Cholecystectomy 2 cases
Hands on : Animal Lab 2 sessions
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East : Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop for Iraque Surgeons at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
April 7, 8 – 2011
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass 2 Cases
- Association of Doha Medical, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
March 24, 25- 2011
Hands On : Animal Lab
.
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East : Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop for Iraque Surgeons at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
February 16,17,18 – 2011
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass 2 Cases
Hands On : Animal Lab
- Association of Covidien, Metabolic Surgery in the use of a Tristapler, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
January 12-13, 2011
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass 2 cases
- Association of Storz, Middle East: Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop on single port incision at the American University of Beirut Medical Center for Iran and Middle East Surgeons.
December 20,21 – 2010
Live Demonstration : Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 3 cases.
Hands on : Animal Lab
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East : Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop for Iraque Surgeons at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
December 13,14,15 – 2010
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Removal of Band and Gastric Bypass
Hands On : Animal Lab
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East: Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop for Iraque Surgeons at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
November 11,12,13 – 2010
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorraphy
Hands on : Animal Lab.
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East: Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop at the American University of Beirut Medical Center November 4,5,6 – 2010 for Iraque Surgeons.
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Hands on : Animal Lab.
- The 10th Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress and the 8th Annual Congress of Association of Iranian Endoscopic Surgeons
Tehran – Iran 27 – 29 October 2010
Live Surgery: Sleeve Gastrectomy
Speaker : Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, state of the art (tips and tricks)
Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision
Nissen Fundiplication
Innovation in Laparoscopy
Moderator : Morbid Obesity Sessions
Posters : Laparoscopic Right Adrenalectomy using lateral position
Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
- Association of Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Middle East: Laparoscopic Training Workshop for nurses at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
October 21, 22 – 2010
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Band
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Hands on : Animal Lab.
- Association of Doha Medical, Laparoscopic Workshop.
Training Session on Bariatric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
September 30 – Ocober 1, 2010.
Live Demonstration: 1 Gastric Bypass
1 Sleeve Gastrectomy (September 30, 2010)
Animal Lab Training.
– Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop Training Session on Single Port Surgery SILS, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, July26 – 27th ,2010:
Live Surgery 3 cases Transumbilical Cholecystectomy.
Animal Lab practice.
– Attended and Participated the 18th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, Geneva Switzerland, June 16-19, 2010:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Laparoscopic Right Adrenalectoy Using Laeral Position
Laparoscopic Insertion of Jejunostomy Tube
Laparoscopic Redo Nissen Fundoplication
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – State of the Art Technique
Laparoscopic Treatment of Perforated Peptic Ulcer
Laparoscopic Right Colon Resection: A Superor Technique
Laparoscopic Transumbilical Appendectomy
Laparoscopic Transumbilical Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: State of the Art Technique
Laparoscopic Treatment of Esophago Jejunostomy Leak
Laparoscopic Reduction and Repair of Trocar Site Incarcerated Hernia
– Association of Doha Medical, Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, June 24, 2010.
Live Demonstration: Lap Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Lap Hiatus Herniorrhaphy
– 4th Lebanese Endoscopic Surgery Society Meeting, March 12-13, 2010, Beit El Tabib:
March 12, 2010: Animal Workshop at A.U.B.M.C.
March 13, 2010: Live Transmission from A.U.B.M.C. to Beit El Tabib:
- Transumbilication Single Port Cholecystectomy
- Laparaoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Colon Resection
– Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop
Training Session on Bariatric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut
Medical Center, March 1-2, 2010:
Live Demonstration: 2 Gastric Bypass (March 1, 2010)
– Lebanese Society for General Surgery (CSE) 2010 Se ond Meeting, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Issam Fares Hall, Saturday February 27, 2010.
Speaker; Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
– Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop
Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut
Medical Center, January 12- 14,2010:
- Obesity Surgery, Where do we stand?
- Live Bariatric surgery
- Animal Lab practice
– Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, December 14-15,2009:
Didactic session: Inguinal Hernia Repair , Lap Bariatric
Inguinal Hernia Repair Live surgery
Didactic session: Laparoscopic Bariatric surgery
Bypass Live Surgery
Didactic session: Lap Colorectal surgery- Right and left colectomy
Hands on Training in Dry Lab:
Instruments overview
Laparoscopic suturing techniques
– Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, November 16-17,2009:
Didactic session: Inguinal Hernia Repair , Lap Bariatric
Inguinal Hernia Repair Live surgery
Didactic session: Laparoscopic Bariatric surgery
Bypass Live Surgery
Didactic session: Lap Colorectal surgery- Right and left colectomy
Hands on Training in Dry Lab: Instruments overview
Laparoscopic Surturing Techniques
- Invited Speaker at the 9th Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress and the 5th Annual Congress of the Syrian Association of Laparoscopic Surgery, Damascus-Syria, Omayyads Congress Palace, November 11-13, 2009.
Speaker: Laparoscopic Right Colon Resection for Colon CA
Laparoscopic Total Gasrectomy for Gastric CA
Totally Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure
Laparoscopic Revison of Lap. Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy, J Pouch & Ileo Anal
Anastomosis
Moderator: Gastro-Esophageal Surgery
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, October 22-23,2009:
October 22, 2009: Live Demonstration: Lap Gastroplasty
October 23, 2009: Animal Lab Workshop
– Participated in Laparoscopic Workshop-Training on Bariataric Surgery at King
Abdullah Hospital, Amman- Jordan, Saturday, October 3, 2009:
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (2 cases)
- Attended & participated at the 14th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surger of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Paris, August 26-29, 2009:
Speaker: Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux-
En-Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Revision of Gastric Band to Gastric Roux-En-Y
Bypass
Laparoscopic Transgastric Removal of Migrated Gastric Band
- 12TH Spring Lebanese Congress of Surgery and the 19TH Annual Congress of the Pan Arab Assciationof Surgeons, Beit El Tabib, Lebanse Order of Physicians, Beirut June 25-27, 2009.
Speaker: Restoration of Normal Anatomy of Laparoscopic RYGBP
Laparoscopic Manageent of Several Complications in RYGBP
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, June 25-26,2009:
June 25, 2009: Live Demonstration: Lap Gastric Bypass (3 cases)
June 25, 2009: Animal Lab Workshop
- Attended & Participated at the 17th International Congress of the European
Association for Endoscopic Surgery, Prague, June 17-20, 2009:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Appendectomy – A New Standard of Care
Laparoscopic Revision of Lap Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass to
Normal Anatomy
Three Trocar Technique for Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
Poster Presentation:
Laparoscopic Right Adrenalectomy Using Lateral Position
Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy – J Pouch and Ileo Anal
Anastomosis
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Right Colon Resection for Colon CA
Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
Laparoscopic Floppy Nissen Fundoplication
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, June 11-12,2009:
June 11, 2009: Live Demonstration: Lap Gastric Bypass (4 cases)
June 12, 2009: Animal Lab Workshop
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, April 27-28,2009:
April 27, 2009: Live Demonstration: Lap Colon Resection
April 28,2009: Animal Lab Workshop
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, April 20-21,2009:
April 20, 2009: Live Demonstration: Lap Gastroplasty
April 21,2009: Animal Lab Workshop
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Feb. 19-20,2009 and Feb. 23-24,09:
Director of the Program
February 19,29: Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
February 20, 09: Animal Lab Workshop
February 23,09: Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Colon Resection
February 24,09 : Animal Lab Workshop
- Attended & Participated at the EuroAmerican MultiSpecialty Summit IV – Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Orlando, Florida, February 11-14, 2009.
- Member of the Organizing Committee
- Speaker:Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Part I – Resection
Part II-Reconstruction
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
- Association of Covidien/Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session on Bariataric Surgery, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, December 15-16,2008, December 18-19,2008:
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Animal Lab Workshop
– Attended and Participated at the Euro-Mediterranean & Middle East Laparoscopaic Meeting-SFCE-MMESA 2008 Joint Meeting, Bordeaux, 13-15 November 2008.
Presented: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Laparoscopic Rt. Colon Resection
- Course Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Gastric Band Johnson & Johnson, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, August 8-9, 2008: Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Animal Lab Workshop
- Association of Covidien /Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, 31July – August 1, 2008:
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Animal Lab Workshop
- Association of Covidien /Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Workshop-Training Session, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, July 28-29, 2008:
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection
Animal Lab Workshop
– Association of Covidien /Middle East and Africa: Laparoscopic Hernia Workshop-Training Session, at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, July 4, 2008:
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
Speaker: Laparoscopic Hernia
Animal Lab Workshop
- Attended & Participated at the 16th Inernational Congress of the European
Association for Endoscopic Surgery, Stockholm Sweden, June 11-14, 2008:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Transgastric Removal of Migrated Gastric Band
Laparoscopic Para Aortic Lymph Node Biopsy
Laparoscopic Repair of Incarcerated Huge Hiatus Hernia
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y
Gastric Bypass
Poster Presentation:
Laparoscopic Left Paraduodenal Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Pancreatic Cystogastrostomy
Laparoscopic Billroth II Procedure
Laparoscopic Excision of Pararectal Soft Tissue Mass
– Invited Speaker at the First International Medical Conference of the University of Aleppo(IMCUA) – Aleppo, 4-7 May 2008:
Speaker: Bariatric Surgery (Lebanese Experience)
Workshop on Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery (Live
Demonstration)
- Lebanese Society for General Surgery – Gastric Cancer, American University of Beirut Medical Center,SB-101, March 29, 2008.
Speaker: Laparoscopic Resection for Early Gastric Cancer
- Invited Speaker at the 1st Saudi Bariatric Surgery Meeting, Dammam,
March 1-2, 2008:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Treatment of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Complication
Moderator: Diet and Nutrition in Obesity
– Guest Speaker at the Arab Health Congress – Dubai, January 29-31, 2008:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD)
– Guest Speaker at the 7th Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery in Hourghada -Egypt, 2nd-5th December, 2007.
Chairman: of the “Hepatobiliary & Pancratic Session”
Speaker of the following 6 topics:
- Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Total Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
- Laparoscopic Treatment of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Complications
– Attended the XII World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery
of Obesity – Portugal, 5-8, September 2007.
- 15th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) 4-7 July 2007, Athens, Greece.
Speaker:
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Treatment of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Complication
Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy – Part I
Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy – Part II
- XLI Middle East Medical Assembly – A.U.B.M.C., May 10-13, 2007.
Participated in Live Demonstration from the O.R. to the Surgical Conference:
- One Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
- Two Cases:Laparoscopic Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass
- Invited speaker The Annual Symposium of the Syrian Association of
Laparoscopic Surgery – Al Assad University Hospital, Damascus-Syria,
29-30 March, 2007:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
Two Live Demonstration of “Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
and Laparoscopic Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass”
- Invited speaker The 3rd Abu Dhabi Annual Surgical Conference,
March 1-4, 2007, Abu Dhabi:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity by Laparoscopic Gastric
Banding and Laparoscopic Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass
Moderator: Session #3 – Laparoscopic/Bariatric Surgery
- Attended and Participated in the Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery, Dubai. January 31-February 1, 2007.
Speaker: 12 Years Experiences of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia at
the American University of Beirut
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
- Attended and Participated at the 6TH Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress – Malaga, Spain, October 25-27, 2006.
President: Session 6 “With Lap Surgery a New Generation of
Surgeons Has Been Born”
Speaker: Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
Three Trocar Technique for Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
– Attended and Participated at the 10th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery – Hosted by the EAES and incorporating the 14TH International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery – Berlin,Germany, September 13-16, 2006:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
Three Trochar Technique for Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
Laparoscopic Band for Morbid Obesity
Laparoscopic Left Adrenalectomy Using Lateral Position
– Course Director: Fundamental Basic Laparoscopic Surgery – Professional Development Program- Johnson-Johnson Middle East, at A.U.B.M.C. , April 6-8, 2006.
Live Surgery: A.U.B.M.C.
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Lap.Nissen Fundoplication
Lap. Inguinal Hernia Repair
Lap. Inguinal Hernia Repair (TEP)
Lap. Inguinal Hernia Repair (TAPP)
Live Intervention- Side-by-Side: Bekhazie Hospital
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Lap. Nissen Fundoplication
Lap. Inguinal Hernia Repair
Hands on-Training in Wet Lab
Hands-on Training in Dry Lab
Training on Computer Simulator
– Lebanese Society for General Surgery- Blunt Abdominal Liver & Spleen Trauma – Haroun Hospital-Zalka, Lebanon, March 25, 2006. (4 CME Credits)
Speaker: Laparoscopic Management of Spleen Injury
– Lebanese Society for General Surgery – Continuous Surgical Education Program, A.U.B.M.C. Issam Fares Hall, February 25, 2006. (4 CME Credits)
Speaker: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach to Gastric Carcinoma
Minimally Invasive Approach to Diseases of the Adrenals
Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach to Common Bile
Duct Stricture
– Course Director: Fundamental Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery-
Professional Development Program, AUBMC, February 3-4, 2006.
Live Intervention: Side-by-Side SAGB/QC
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
Suturing techniques
Hands-on training in Wet Lab
Hands-on training in Dry Lab
Training on Computer Simulator
Experimental Laboratory (Practice on live tissue)
– Course Director: Fundamental Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery,
Professional Development Program, AUBMC, January 6-7, 2006.
Live Intervention: Side-by-Side SAGB/QC
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
Suturing techniques
Hands-on training in Wet Lab
Hands-on training in Dry Lab
Training on Computer Simulator
Experimental Laboratory (Practice on live tissue)
– 15th Pan-Arab Surgical Conference – Bahrain (December 18-20, 2005)
Speaker: Laparoscopic Rt. Colon Resection for Colon CA
Chaired Session: Surgery for Morbid Obesity Lesson Learned
– The 5TH MMESA Congress, Tunis (November 24-26, 2005).
Speaker: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding(Swedish)
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
Laparoscopic Rt. Colon Resection for Colon CA
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
Laparoscopy in the Management of Splenic Injuries
Chaired Session: Oncology
- 3rd International Laparoscopic Surgery Symposium – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
(October 1-3, 2005).
Speaker: Laparoscopic Choledochoduodensotomy
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Swedish)
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
- The 4th Congress of the Syrian Association of Laparoscopic Surgery,
Damascus (March 31-April 2, 2005)
Speaker : Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric CA
Laparoscopic Rt. Colon Resection for Colon CA
– Arab Health Congress – Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery, Dubai-UAE (February 13-14, 2005)
Speaker: Laparoscopy in the Management of Splenic Injuries
– Coordinator of the Basic Laparoscopy Training Course at A.U.B.M.C. for the training of Yemeni Surgeons (February 3-4, 2005):
Live Demonstration in the Operating Room:
Lap. Cholecystectomy
Lap. Hernia Repair
Lap. Nissen Fundoplication
Lap. Intracorporeal suturing
Lap. Dissection using the Harmonic
Speaker: Laparoscopic Hernia
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Hands-on pigs in the Animal Lab
– Lebanese Society of General Surgery, A.U.B.M.C. Issam Fares Hall, Beirut
January 29, 2005: Morbid Obesity Session
Speaker: Laparoscopic Gastric Banding – Technique and Results
Laparoscopic Management of Band Complications
– The Egyptian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery (ESLS) – The Egyptian International Congress of Laparoscopic Surgery, Cairo-Egypt
(January 11-13,2005)
Speaker: Laparoscopic Excision of Pancreatic Insulinoma
Laparoscopy in the Management of Splenic Injuries
Laparoscopic Choledochoduodenostomy
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Chairperson:
Session: Hepato-Billiary I, Thursday, January 13, 05
– First Arab Congress for Laparoscopic Surgery – Kuwait
November 27-29, 2004
Speaker: Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalesia
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Swedish)
Live Demonstration at Sabbah Hospital-Kuwait:
Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy
– 4th Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress, Venice- Italy, November 18-21, 2004
Speaker: Laparoscopic Treatment of Hydatid Cyst (Nov. 19, 2004)
Treatment of Gastric Band Complications (Nov. 20, 2004)
– IFSO European Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, May 28-30, 2004
Speaker:
Friday, May 28, 2004
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Swedish)
– Advanced Laparoscopic Course at King Abdallah Medical Center, Jordan, April 10-11,2004:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
Lparoscopic Cardiomyotomy
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundiplication
Laparoscopic Partial Rt. Hepatectomy for Hydatid Disease
- 3rd Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress, Istanbul,
October 22-25, 2003:
Moderator: Benign Colo-Rectal Disease
Speaker: Solid Organ – Laparoscopy in the Management of Traumatic
Splenic Injuries
Endocrine Surgery – Laparoscopic Excision of Pancreatic
Insulinoma
Gastric Surgery – Laparoscopic Gastrectomy with Billroth II
Reconstruction
- 31st Conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society, Jointly with the European Association for the Endoscopic Surgery and the European Association of Video Surgery that was held in Amman, September 10-13, 2003:
Chaired: The Colo-rectal Session
Speaker: Laparoscopic Colon Resection for Benign and Malignant Lesions
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Benign and Malignant Lesions
Laparoscopic Pancreatic Gastrostomy and Laparoscopic
Resection of Insulinoma
– Laparoscopy in the 3rd Millennium – International Congress and Worshops
2nd Lebanese and Mediterranean Endoscopic Surgery Meeting –
July 3-6, 2003:
President of the Congress
Director of:
Advanced Urologic Laparoscopy Course – July 1-2,03
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Hands-0n, Faculty-Supervised Laboratory – July 2-3, 03
Excercises and Operating Room Training on Animal Models
Hands-0n Training Surgical Procedures: Laparoscopic Upper GI Course
Procedrues on Animal Models
Live Demonstration from AUBMC Operating Room to Movenpick
July 6, 2003:
Laparoscopic Gastric Band
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic Achalesia
– Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Course in Coordination with Tyco at A.U.B.M.C
Operating Room on June 5& 6,2003:
Operating Room Live Demonstration Laparoscopic Heriorrhapy-
June 5, 2003
TAPP – Dr. Maher Hussein, June 5, 2003
– Second Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress,
Athens-Greece, October 31 – November 3, 2002
Moderator: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Speaker: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Common Bile Duct
Surgery in the Mediterranean & Middle Eastern
Countries
LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
DISEASE & ACHALASIA
Laparoscopic Renal Transplant
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
– First Laparoscopic Gastric Banding at King Abdallah Medical Center (Teaching Course), Jordan-Amman, September 21, 2002.
Director: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Course, American University of
Beirut, May 1-2, 2002.
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
– The 29th Conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society, Jordan-Amman,
April 24-27, 2002.
CHAIRED: HEPATO-BILIARY SURGERY SESSION
Speaker & Video Presentation:
Laparoscopic Choledochoduodenostomy
Speaker & Video Presentation:
Laparoscopic treatment of GERD(Gastro Esophageal Reflux
Disease)
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia
Laparoscopy in Spleenic Injuries
Live Demonstration from King Hussein Medical Center-Jordan to the
Conference:
Laparoscopic Rt. Adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
Laparoscopic Lt. Colon CA resection
Laparoscopic Bilateral Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
– Qatar International Trauma & Emergency Medicine Conference and Doha Neurotrauma Symposium, Doha-Qatar, April 13-16, 2002.
Speaker: Laparoscopy in the Management of Splenic Injuries.
- Director of the Advanced Laparscopic Gastric Surgery Course, American University of
Beirut, March 8-9, 2002.
Live Demonstration: Laparoscopic Gastric Banding procedure
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplicaiton
– Ninth Arab International Health and Hospitalization Congress,
Unesco Palace, Beirut – Lebanon, April 19-21, 2001.
– Speaker: Minimally Invasive Surgery – Surgical Grand Round,
Department of Surgery, A.U.B.M.C. April 2, 2001.
– Speaker: New Advancement in Laparoscopic Surgery at the
A.U.B.M.C. Koura Hospital-Lebanon, April 7, 2001.
– The 33rd Arab Physicians Union Congress- “Arab Physicians in the 21st
Century “Lebanese Order of Physicians-Head Quarter, Beirut – Lebanon
(March 15-18,2001)
Chairperson: Endoscopic Surgery, Session 2 –Laparoscopic Surgery
(March 16,2001)
– American College of Surgeons – Lebanon Chapter, IX Surgical Congress
Lebanese Society for General Surgery–5th Lebanese Surgical Congress
(February 22-24,2001)
Moderator: Laparoscopic Surgery
– The 1st Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress
16-19 November, 2000 – Portemilio Suite Hotel, Kaslik – Lebanon:
Speaker: Laparoscopic Choledochoduodenostomy- AUBMC Experience
(Nov. 17,2000)
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – AUBMC Experience (Nov. 18,2000)
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy – AUBMC Experience (Nov. 18,2000)
- Moderator of Laparoscopic Colon Resection in Makassed Hospital,
September 30,2000.
– Advanced laparoscopic surgery (AUB), June 18-19, 1999.
– Laparoscopic inguinal hernia training course (AUB), May 20-21, 1999.
– Laparoscopic surgery of the upper GI tract (AUB), May 7-8, 1999.
– Laparoscopic advanced training course, American University Hospital,
March 4-5, 1999.
– Videoscopic techniques for OR staff, American University Hospital,
February 26-27, 1999.
– Laparoscopic inguinal hernia training course (Cyprus), July 28-30, 1998.
– Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy training course for surgeons from Appolonian Private Hospital
Cyprus, June 18-19, 1998.
– Laparoscopic Ultrasonography course held in May 1998, AUB-MC.
– Laparoscopic Urology Training Course, AUB-MC, May 7-9, 1998.
– Presentation of Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy and Appendectomy for the Ethicon Representative, held on January 27, 1998, Mariott Hotel, Beirut. Animal Lab. AUB-MC hand on, January 30, 1998.
– Intracorporeal suturing course for the attending staff, November 1997.
– European Arabian Medical Congress, October 1997, Laparoscopic Appendectomy,
Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Session.
– The Middle East Medical Assembly. Advanced Laparoscopic Course,
May 1997.
– Symposium on Diabetic Foot Ulcers Management and Rehabilitation – American University of Beirut-Medical Center, December 17, 1996
Topic: Vascular Management of Diabetic Foot.
- Symposium on Prevention of Amputation in Diabetic Patients – Lebanese
Medical Association, Hazmieh, October 29, 1996,
Topic: Vascular Reconstruction.
– 7th Annual Congress of the Surgical Society of North Lebanon. June 2, 1995.
Topic: Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Les Ivemes Journées Medicales held at Lebanese Faculty of Medicine –
Presentation of AUB-MC experience of Medullary CA of thyroid.
March 4, 1994.
– Laparoscopic hernia course held on January 1994 at the American University of Beirut-Department of Surgery.
– Regional symposium on advanced laparoendoscopic surgery. Beirut, January 14, 15, 16, 1994.