Diploma in Thaoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Baghdad, Iraq. (DCTS - 1989)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK. (FRCS - 1991)
Fellow of the American college of Chest Physicians (FCCP- 1999)
American Board certification in Surgery ( 2003)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University ( 2003)
Society of Endo-laparoscopic Surgeons (2003)
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS- 2004)
North Pacific Surgical Association (2005)
President of Washington county Medical Society ( 2006)
Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Vascular Surgery
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic Surgery