• Clinical Professor of Surgery at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine.
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
• Board certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
• President and Founder of the Chicago Institute of Advanced Surgery and the Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics. Former Section Chief of Metabolic Surgery at Advocate Aurora Illinois Masonic Hospital.
• Medical Director of the Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics and CEO of The Chicago Institute of Advanced Surgery.
• Previous roles include Chairman of Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at St. Joseph Presence Hospital.
• Educated at Damascus University School of Medicine; completed general surgery training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and research fellowship at Vanderbilt University.
• Fluent in English, French, and Arabic.
• Served as President of the ASMBS Foundation and an elected member of the ASMBS Executive Council.
• Recognized with awards including the Excellence in Clinical Care Practice Award and the Lloyd Nyhus, MD Award of Academic Excellence.