Graduated from Aleppo University Medical School, Syria 1991.
Completed residency programme in thoracic surgery at Damascus Central Hospital, Syria 1996.
Joined SpR cardiothoracic surgical training (NorthWest region SpR rotation) in 2001, CCT in 2007.
Research experience at Manchester University, awarded the M.D. degree in 2007.
Trained in the surgical management of heart failure (LVAD fellowship) at Berlin Heart Centre in 2006
Appointed as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in 2007.
Aortic surgery
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Thoracic surgery, rib fixation, VATS lobectomy