Qualifications:

• American & Canadian board certification in Vascular/Endovascular surgery.
• American & Canadian board certification in general surgery.
• American board certification in Vascular Ultrasound

Treatments:

• Treatment of arterial blockages that lead to chronic pain and gangrene of extremities and internal organs.
• Treatment of carotid/vertebral artery disease that led to stroke.
• Treatment of arterial aneurysms all over the body
• Dialysis access requirements (catheters, fistula)
• Varicose Vein treatment without surgery
• All treatments can be done Endovascularly with balloons and stents under local anesthesia

Academic Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kuwait University

National & International Achievements:

• First in Kuwait vertebral artery surgery — Read more
• First in Kuwait ultrasound guided aortic aneurysm repair — Read more
• First in the Gulf laser fenestration for complex abdominal aortic aneurysm repair — Read more
• First in the Middle East physician modified endograft repair of aortic arch aneurysm — Read more

Interviews:

• Physician modified endograft repair of aortic arch — Watch
• Carotid disease and stroke [English interview] — Watch
• Peripheral arterial disease [English interview] — Watch
• Good Evening Kuwait interview — Watch
• Sabah TV interview — Watch
• Your Doctor Show — Watch
• Peripheral arterial disease [To Clinic] — Watch
• Diabetic foot disease [To Clinic] — Watch
• Varicose veins [To Clinic] — Watch
• Cerebrovascular disease [To Clinic] — Watch
• Aortic aneurysm [To Clinic] — Watch

Newspaper Articles:

• Innovations in aortic surgery — Read
• Successful rare surgery — Read
• Deep vein thrombosis — Read
• Electronic cigarettes and vascular disease — Read
• Aortic aneurysm disease – diagnosis and treatment — Read
• Aortic aneurysm disease – causes and prevention — Read
• Causes of diabetic foot — Read
• Safety of contrast during diagnostic tests — Read
• When is angiography necessary — Read
• Diabetes and vascular disease — Read
• Effect of smoking on blood vessels — Read
• Complications of varicose veins — Read
• Safety of angiography — Read
• Diabetic foot ulcers — Read
• Varicose veins and blood clots — Read
• Leg pain and vascular disease — Read
• Limb regeneration after amputation — Read
• Acute limb ischemia — Read
• Varicose veins — Read
• Peripheral arterial disease — Read
• Diabetic foot ulcer treatment — Read
• Aortic aneurysm – the silent killer — Read
• Stroke and vascular disease — Read
• Cupping and vaccination — Read

Conditions Treated:

Aortic aneurysms (abdominal and thoracic), aortic dissection, penetrating ulcers, traumatic aortic injury, peripheral arterial disease and limb ischemia, intermittent claudication, chronic limb-threatening ischemia, acute arterial occlusion, iliac and femoral artery blockages, diabetic foot ulcers and gangrene, carotid artery stenosis and stroke prevention, vertebral and subclavian artery disease, varicose and spider veins, chronic venous insufficiency, venous ulcers, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), post-thrombotic syndrome, May-Thurner and pelvic congestion syndromes, vascular trauma and pseudoaneurysms, dialysis access dysfunction, arteriovenous fistulas and graft problems, popliteal and visceral artery aneurysms, thoracic outlet syndrome, mesenteric ischemia, Raynaud’s disease, and lymphedema.

Procedures & Treatments:

Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR and TEVAR), fenestrated and branched endografts, physician-modified and laser-fenestrated grafts for complex aortic repair, endovascular treatment of aortic dissection, peripheral angioplasty and stenting (iliac, femoral, popliteal, tibial), pedal and plantar loop revascularization for diabetic foot, drug-coated balloon angioplasty, atherectomy, endovascular thrombectomy and thrombolysis, iliac vein and DVT stenting, catheter-directed thrombolysis, endovenous ablation for varicose veins (laser, radiofrequency, mechanochemical), VenaSeal vein closure, embolization of aneurysms or bleeding vessels, open aortic repair, carotid endarterectomy, lower-limb bypass (fem-pop, fem-tibial, axillo-femoral), patch angioplasty, AV fistula and graft creation or revision, thrombectomy for acute ischemia, surgical management of vascular trauma, hybrid aortic and peripheral reconstructions, combined carotid endarterectomy and stenting, dialysis access salvage, duplex ultrasound diagnostics, CT and MR angiography interpretation, ankle-brachial index and vascular lab testing, wound care and limb salvage programs, diabetic foot screening, compression therapy for venous disease, and comprehensive vascular risk management.