Radiation Protection Training Certificate – 1986.

Doctorate in Medicine (M.D) from the “Faculty of Medicine of Tunis” – Graduating class of 1990.

Diploma in General Surgery from the “Faculty of Medicine of Tunis”- Graduating class of 1990.

University Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg – 2014-2015.

2010 : Advanced course in Bariatric Surgery with an experimental module on living tissue – IRCAD – Strasbourg (France)
2013 : Advanced course in Bariatric Surgery with an experimental module on living tissue – IRCAD – Strasbourg (France)
2014 : Advanced training in Laparoscopic Surgery and Endoscopic Surgery – IRCAD- Strasbourg (France)

1990 – 1994 : Surgeon-Assistant University Hospital in the Emergency Department, RABTA Hospital in Tunis – December 1st, 1990 to July 31st, 1994.
1994 to date: Private practice.
Since 1996: Professional expertise in minimally invasive gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and colorectal surgery.
Since 2009: Metabolic Surgery, about 1100 cases.
Since 2004: Medical Manager of the Company E2A International and Head of the Medical Evacuation Department (Field of action: North Africa, West Africa, and Central Africa).

1990: Doctoral Thesis “Cancer of the rectum in young people under 40 years old”, thesis defense: July 5th, 1990.
1990 – 1994: University Hospital Assistant, “Faculty of Medicine of Tunis” – December 1st, 1990 to July 31st, 1994.

Supervision of theses and dissertations :

• Severe Ulcerous Hemorrhages, About 38 Cases Collected in the Emergency Department of RABTA Hospital – Tunis / Proposed by Mr. Iheb Ghariani, student preparing a Medical Thesis.
• Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Hemorrhagic Ulcer, About 126 Cases Collected in the Emergency Department of RABTA Hospital – Tunis / Proposed by M. Ridha Bouhamed, a student preparing a Medical Thesis.
• Contribution to the Study of the Pelvic Colon Volvulus in the Emergency Department of the RABTA Hospital – Tunis / Proposed by M. Lassaad Belouehma , a student preparing a Medical Thesis.
• Traumatic Perforations of the SmallI, About 10 Cases in the Emergency Department of the RABTA Hospital – Tunis / Proposed by M. Taieb Ben Ameur, a student preparing a Medical Thesis.

President & Founder of the Tunisian Association of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Membre Founding member of the Tunisian Society of Esophageal Pathology.

Organizing and hosting scientific congresses and events: :

• The 1st edition of the Scientific Days of the Tunisian Association of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Tunis – December 16th and 17th, 2016.
• 1st seminar “Workshop on Obesity Surgery: Indications, Contraindications and Outcomes”, Live demonstration from the operating room of the National Hospital of Cotonou, Cotonou Benin, October 25th, 2015.
• Workshop “Medical Training and Continuous Professional Development”, with the participation of the Faculties of Medicine of Abidjan, Cotonou, and Dakar / Hammamet, Tunisia, September 24th, 2014.
• 1st Workshop “Laparoscopic Surgery of the RABTA Hospital” / Tunis, May 1991.

Member of the following learned societies:

• Tunisian Surgery Association
• Tunisia Hernia Society (THS)
• Tunisian Society of Esophageal Pathology
• Tunisian Association of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• French Society of Endoscopic Surgery
• American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
• The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders (IFSO)

Communications

• 1985: The Mechanical occlusion of the Small Intestine in Abdominal Surgery, National Congress of Surgery, Department of General Surgery at the RABTA Hospital.
• 1986: Chest X-Ray for 100 Cases of Hodgkin’s Disease, Scientific Day/ October 25th, 1986.
• 1987: Indication and Outcome of Surgery In the Treatment of Gastric Lymphoma, Monthly Medical-Surgical Days of the RABTA Hospital/ April 1987.
• 1987: Role of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy In the Treatment of Residual Lithiasis, Monthly Medical-Surgical Days of the RABTA Hospital / January 1987.
• 1988: The Diaphyseal Pseudarthrosis of the Limbs In Adults, 4th National Congress of the S.O.T.C.O.T, Tunis Hilton / June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1988.
• Radiological Study of Bone Metastases of Breast Cancer in Tunisia, 4th Radiology Day in Tunisia.
• 1989: Digestive Fibro-Inflammatory Polyps According to 2 observations, 4th edition of “Medical-Surgical Meetings of Monastir / June 23rd and 24th, 1989.
• 1989: Contribution of Radiology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis, 5th International Radiology Congress, Tunis / December 14th, 1989.
• 1989: Tuberculous Mastitis; Histological and Epidemiological Aspects, 6th Scientific Day of the Tunisian Society for Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, Hammamet, Tunisia / December 16th, 1989.
• 1989: Regarding a Case of Vesicular Carcinoma Associated With Multiple Adenofibromas of the Breast: Fortuitous or Interrelational Association, 6th Scientific Day of the Tunisian Society for Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, Hammamet, Tunisia/ December 16th, 1989.
• 1989: Critical Study and Evolution of Ideas in the Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhagic Complications of Portal Hypertension, 18th Maghreb Medical Congress, RABTA Hospital / May 1989.
• 1990: Treatment of Patella Fractures; Experiences of the Orthopedic Department of Nabeul, About 50 cases, SOTCOT’s Winter Days / May 3rd and 4th, 1990.
• 1990: Stomach Strangulation in the Case of a Rolling Hiatus Hernia, 11th Tunisian Congress of Surgery, Tunisia / March 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1990.
• 1990: Long-term Results of Operated Perforated Duodenal Ulcers, 14th Maghreb Medical Congress, Algiers / May 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1990.
• 1990: Positive Diagnosis and Diagnostic Problems of Acute Lithiasic Cholangitis, Maghreb Medical Congress, Rabat / June 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1990.
• 1991: Benefit of Using of Antiseptics in the Prophylaxis of Infections in Emergency Visceral Surgery, 2nd Annual Meeting, Tunis / March 8th, and 9th, 1991.
• 1991: Occlusion By Flange, About 90 Cases, 20th Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / 13th to 15th of May 1991.
• 1991: Acalculous Cholecystitis, About 6 Cases, Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / 13th to 15th of May 1991.
• 1991: Profile of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis in Tunisia, About 100 cases, 93rd French Congress of Surgery, Paris / September 30th to October 3rd, 1991.
• 1992: Diabetic Foot, About 39 Cases operated On, 2nd edition of the Medical Days of the Tunisian League against Diabetes, Tunis / April 24th and 25th, 1992.
• 1992: Neoplastic Colonic Occlusion, About 60 Cases, 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Italian-Tunisian Medical Friendship, Trapani, Sicily / 27th to the 30th of April, 1992.
• 1992: Acute Corrosive Gastric Burn, About an Exceptional Case of Extensive Necrosis, 21st Maghreb Medical Congress, Casablanca / 25th to the 27th of May, 1992.
• 1992: Place of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy in the Management of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis in Tunisia, 3rd World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Bordeaux / 18 – 20 June 1992.
• 1992: Clinical Aspects and Therapeutic Problems Posed by Acute Cholangitis of Hydatid Origin in Tunisia, Poster Communication Presented at the 94th French Congress of Surgery, Paris / September 28th to October 1st, 1992.
• 1992: Severe Ulcerous Haemorrhages, About 200 Cases Operated On in 2 years, Francophone Session of the 94th French Congress of Surgery, Paris / September 28th to October 1st, 1992.
• 1992: Diagnostic Problems with Imaging Posed by Complex Diaphragmatic Hernias, 2nd National Congress of Medicine of the Tunisian Society of Medical Sciences, Tunis / 16th to 18th of October, 1992.
• 1992: Hernial Strangulation, About 55 cases, Algiers / 27th to 29th of October, 1992.
• 1992: Severe Liver Trauma, 3rd Pan Arab Congress of Surgery, Tripoli, Libya, November 10-13, 1992.
• 1992: Severe Liver Trauma, 3rd Pan-Arab Surgery Congress, Tripoli, Libya / November 10-13, 1992.
• 1993: The Treatment of Severe Ulcer Haemorrhage, About 38 Cases, 14th National Surgery Congress, Tunisia / 4 – 6 February 1993.
• 1993: Duodeno-pancreatic Trauma after Sports Accident, About a Case, Communication-Post Presented at the 14th National Surgery Congress, Tunisia / 4 – 6 February 1993.
• 1993: Trauma of the Abdomen – Epidemiology – Anatomical Lesions, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital / February 20th, 1993.
• 1993: Trauma of the Abdomen: Clinical Aspects, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital / February 20th, 1993.
• 1993: Trauma of the Abdomen – Therapeutic Attitude, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital / February 20th, 1993.
• 1993: Trauma of the Abdomen: Monitoring of Closed Trauma of the Abdomen and the Contribution of Interventional Radiology, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital / February 20th, 1993.
• 1993: Crohn’s Disease with Colonic Involvement: Surgical Treatment, RABTA Hospital’s Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings / March 13th, 1993.
• 1993: Clinical Particularities and Therapeutic Difficulties of Complicated Hydatid Cysts of the Liver in Tunisia, Digestive Surgery Days at the Beaujon Hospital, Paris / 1 – 3 April 1993.
• 1993: Surgical Treatment of Portal Hypertension: Approaches and Methods, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital / May 29th, 1993.
• 1993: The Contribution of Emergency Imagery to Closed Trauma of the Abdomen, 7th International Congress of Radiology, Tunis / 7-8-9 October 1993.
• 1993: Complicated Duodeno-jejunal Diverticulosis, About 4 Cases with Review of the Literature, 7th International Congress of Radiology, Tunis / 7-8-9 October 1993.
• 1993: Appendectomies with Serious Consequences, 3rd National Congress of Medicine, Tunis / October 15-16-17, 1993.
• 1993: Benign Tumors of the Complicated Small Intestine, 3rd National Congress of Medicine, Tunis / 15-16-17 October 1993.
• 1993: Acute Peritonitis Secondary at Retroperitoneal Abscess, 4th Pan-Arab Congress of Surgeons, Cairo / November 30th-December 3rd, 1993.
• 1994: Mesenteric Ischemia, 15th Congress of the Tunisian Society of Surgery, Tunis / 3 – 5 February 1994.
• 1994: Laparoscopic Approach of the Lithiasis of the Common Bile Duct, Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings of the RABTA Hospital, Radiology Lecture Hall- RABTA Hospital / February 19th, 1994.
• 1994: Post-Operative Pneumonia, 3rd Day of Hygiene of the Sahloul Hospital, Sousse / 25-26 March 1994.
• 1994: Curative and Palliative MethodS for the treatment of Cardia Cancer, RABTA Hospital’s Anatomy-Radio-Clinical Meetings, Radiology Lecture Hall, RABTA Hospital / April 23rd, 1994.
• 1994: Wounds of the Heart, About 5 Cases, 1st National Congress of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Sousse, Tunisia / May 6-7, 1994.
• 1994: Traumatic Lesions of the Small Intestine, About 12 Cases, Communication-poster Presented at the 1st National Congress of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Sousse/ 6-7 May 1994.
• 1994: Acute Cholecystitis and Diabetes, About 34 Cases, 23rd Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / 9-10-11 May 1994.
• 1994: Acute Appendicitis and Pregnancy: Difficulties in Diagnosis and Maternal-Fetal Prognosis, 23rd Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / 9-10-11 May 1994.
• 1994: Colonic Lesions during Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis, Communication-poster Presented at the 23rd Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / 9-10-11 May 1994.
• 1994: Digestive Haemorrhages of Rare Causes, About 3 Cases with Review of the Literature, 4th Public Health Day, Bizerte, Tunisia / June 4th, 1994
• 2014: Current Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Obesity, The 3rd SOBUCHIR Congress, Ouagadougou / December 3-4, 2014.
• 2016: Management of Surgical Complications, the 1st Scientific Days of the Tunisian Association of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ATCMB), Tunis / December 16-17, 2016.

  Reports & Publications

• 1985: Report on Mechanical Occlusions of the Small Intestine published and presented at the National Congress of Surgery.

• 1990: Ultrasound aspects of Metastatic Liver According to the Location of the Primary Cancer: About 70 Cases, “Medical Tunisia”, Volume 68, March 1990, P209-213.

  Report on Perforated Duodenal Ulcers presented and published at the 19th Maghreb Medical Congress.

  Total Duodenal Diversion in the Treatment of Peptic Esophagitis: About 11 cases / Article sent to the Revue “Surgical Lyon”.

• 1993: Acute Peritonitis due to Necrosis of a Small Bowel Tumor, “Medical Maghreb” – N ° 273, November 1993.

• 1994: Surgery of Hydatid Cysts of the Liver: Results of Surgical Treatment of Hydatid Cysts of the Single Liver with Clear, Bilious, or Purulent content, Report presented at the 15th Congress of the Tunisian Society of Surgery, Tunis / 3-4- 5 February 1994.

• 1994: Acute Peritonitis of Renal Origin, About 2 Cases / 1994.

• 1994: Colonic Necrosis during Acute Pancreatitis, About 2 Cases, Tunis / 1994.

  Research Papers
  Regarding a case of Melanoma of the Cervix: An Etiological discussion.

   

• 1992: Clinical Aspects and Therapeutic Problems Posed by Severe Cholangitis of Hydatid Origin in Tunisia, 94th French Congress of Surgery, Paris / September 28th to October 1st, 1992.

   

• 1993: Duodeno-pancreatic Trauma after Sports Accident, About a case, 14th Tunisian Congress of Surgery, Tunis /February 4-6, 1993.

• 1994: Aneurysm of the Hepatic Artery in the Duodenum, 15th Congress of the Tunisian Society of Surgery, Tunis / 3-5 February 1994.
  1994: Traumatic Lesions of the Small Intestine, About 12 cases, 1st National Congress of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Sousse, Tunisia / 6-7 May 1994.

• 1994: Colonic Lesions during Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis, 23rd Maghreb Medical Congress, Tunis / May 9 – 11, 1994.

  Live Surgery: Films shown at the first edition of the scientific days ”Surgical Treatment of Obesity”, Tunis / 16-17 December 2016.

  Gastric Sleeve for the Super Obese: Tips & Tricks.

  Gastric Sleeve and Steatotic Hepatomegaly: Technical Considerations and Operative Procedure.