Dr. Amr Arafa
Consultant - General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon
Nationality
Egypt
Specialization
General Surgery
Languages spoken
Arabic, English
Experience
+40 Years
About Doctor
Experienced consultant surgeon with skills in Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Laparoscopy, Emergency Surgery, Healthcare Information Technology and Health Care Services. Professional practice is backed up by basic surgical training in Alexandria Main University Hospital, the FRCS in Surgery in General from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK and by updating the surgical knowledge on national and international basis.
Areas of interest
- Bariatric Surgery
- Metabolic surgery to treat diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome (bipartition and gastric bypass procedures in addition to sleeve gastrectomy).
- Open & laparoscopic anterior abdominal wall and groin hernia repair
- Laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and biliary tree surgery
- Open and laparoscopic pancreatic surgery
- Open and laparoscopic splenectomy
- Laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery
- Anal surgery
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy and exploratory laparotomy
- Thyroid surgery and neck dissection
- Salivary gland surgery
- Breast conservative and radical surgery, including axillary lymph node dissection
Academic qualification
- FRCSEd, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Scotland,
United Kingdom (1995)
- Master in Surgery, Alexandra University (1985)
- MB ChB – Faculty of Medicine, Egypt (1980)