HOUSSAM ABTAR

Qualifications:

• Medical doctorate in general surgery, Makassed General Hospital, affiliated with AUBMC. 
• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Diploma, University of Strasbourg, IRCAD. 
• Advanced Robotic Surgery Diploma. 
• Lebanese board of general surgery, fellow of the American College of Surgeons. 
• Member of the Lebanese Society of General Surgery. 
• Member of the International Federation of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). 
• More than 35 publications. 
• Reviewer for multiple international journals. 
• Member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery. 
• Member of the European Hernia Society.

Cases to be seen:

• Advanced laparoscopic procedures: laparoscopic hernia repairs (inguinal, incisional, umbilical, and hiatal), laparoscopic appendectomy, cholecystectomy, splenectomy, colectomy, adrenalectomy, etc... 
• THD (Transhemorrhoidal Dearterialization)
• Laser therapy for anal diseases.
• Other proctology conditions (fistula, fissure, abscess).
• Pilonidal sinus disease. 
• Peritoneal dialysis catheter (open & laparoscopic). 
• Laparotomy for different surgical conditions. 
• Thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. 
• Many other general surgery procedures. 
• Skin Cancer Surgery.
• Treatment of acute surgical conditions. 
• Laparoscopic Management of Diastasis Recti. 

All Robotic Surgeries:

• Robotic hernia repairs: inguinal, incisional, ventral, and umbilical. 
• Robotic hiatal hernia repair. 
• Robotic cholecystectomy, robotic appendectomy. 

- All colorectal procedures (open, laparoscopic, and robotic). 
- Adhesolysis (open, laparoscopic, robotic). 

- All kinds of breast cancer surgeries (total mastectomy, radical mastectomy, quadrantectomy, breast reconstruction, sentinel lymph node biopsy, axillary dissection).