Academic Background

M.D., Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria, 1991.

Postdoctoral Training

Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria, Residency in Surgery, 1991-1993.
SUNY Health Sciences Center, Brooklyn, NY, Internship in Surgery, 1993-1994.
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, Residency in Anesthesiology, 1995-1997.
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, Fellowship in Cardiovascular Anesthesiology,
1998.
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, Fellowship in Pain Management, 1998-1999.
UMass Memorial Medical Center, Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, 1999-2000.

As the associate director of UMMHC's Surgical Critical Care Services, I am involved in the daily activities of the surgical critical care units at the University and Memorial campuses. I am also the program director of Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship.

My job involves not only leading a large team of fellows, residents, medical students, PA/NP's, nurses, and other professionals on the ICU rounds, but also actively participating in supervising and teaching the ICU residents, who come to us from three different departments: anesthesiology, surgery, and emeregency medicine.

I am also a member of the anesthesia team for liver transplants.