• 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.