- Gender:
- Male
Specialties
- Critical Care
- General Surgery
- Surgery
Hospital Admission Privileges
- Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Education
Residency
- 1982-1987
- Boston University Medical Center, General Surgery
Fellowship
- 1987-1988
- Boston University Medical Center, Surgical Critical Care
Graduate
- 1971-1976
- Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria
Teaching or Professional Positions
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Temple University
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians, FCCP
- Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)
- Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma
Honors, Awards, etc.
- 2009 Organ Donor Medal of Honor, Department of Health and Human Services
- Top Doctor in Main Line Magazine, December 2006, 2008, 2009,2012
- Surgical Residency Teaching Award, 1997-1998
Age Groups
1 year and older
Area of Special Interest
Gastrointestinal and Hernia Surgery (stomach, intestine, colon, gall bladder, and pancreas)
Board Certified
Critical Care
Trauma & General Surgery
Current Research
Prophylactic IVC Filter in Trauma; Eradication of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia with the Intensive Care Unit
Disease Condition Syndrome
Critical Illnesses; Large Ventral Hernia; Sepsis
Procedures
Minimally Invasive Abdominal and Hernia Surgery: Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair, Component Separaton of Large Ventral Hernia, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Colon Resection, Stomach Resection
Other Training
Executive MBA, Temple University
