Dr. Ghulam Hashem
MD Consultant General Surgeon and Head of the Department of General Surgery
He has close to 30 years of experience in General Surgery, ranging from trauma & bone fractures, lung surgery and breast cancer to abdominal surgery and kidney transplant.
His main focus is on laparoscopic surgery, including laparoscopic bariatric surgery, TEP inguinal hernia repair, laparoscopic ventral & umbilical hernia repair, laparoscopic colorectal surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
His scope of practice also includes anal surgery (fistula, fissure, hemorrhoids), breast tumor, minor surgeries (lipoma, sebaceous cyst, skin lesions, ingrown toe nail, ganglion), colonoscopies & gastroscopies.
Specialties
Laparoscopic and bariatric surgery
Sub-specialties
Pulmonary surgery
Awards & Accreditations
Member; Royal Dutch Medical Association, Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands, International Federation of Surgery for Obesity, European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Emirates Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Emirates Medical Association
Named “Teacher of the Year” by Year III students at Queensland University, Queensland, Australia, where he part-time lectured