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| Dr. Fawaz Torab | | | Associate Professor, MD, Facharzt, PhD | | Department of Surgery | | | Phone: | 971 3 7137 578 | | Fax: | 971 3 7672067 | | Email: | ftorab@uaeu.ac.ae |
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates University
P.O.Box 17666, Al-Ain
United Arab Emirates |
| Degree | University | Year |
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| MD, Faculty of Medicine | University of Aleppo, Syria | 1988 | | Specialist in Traumatologic Surgery (Facharzt) | German Medical Association of Wuerrtemberg, Germany | 1998 | | Ph.D, Faculty of Medicine | University of Ulm, Germany | 1999 | | Specialist in General Surgery(facharzt) | German Medical Association of Wuerrtemberg, Germany | 1997 |
| | Postgraduate Diplomas, Certificates, and Fellowships | Year |
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| Professional Certificate in Emergency Medicine (Fachkunde) | 1997 | | Professional Certificate in protection from radiation and radiologic diagnostics (Fachkunde) | 1998 | | Advanced Training course Morbid Obesity SAGB | 2001 | | postgraduate course on GI Oncology | 2002 | | Advanced Trauma Operative Management Instructor | 2010 | | Advanced Course on Bariatric Surgery | 2007 | | Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor | 2004 |
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| Surgical Resident, University Hospital of Aleppo, Syria | 1988-1989 | | "Assistenz Arzt"(Resident Doctor), University Hospital of Ulm, Germany | 1989-1997 | | "Facharzt" (Specialist Surgeon),University Hospital of Ulm, Germany | 1997-1999 | | Assitant Professor & Senior Consultant Surgeon, UAE University, UAE | 2001-2009 | | Associate Professor & Senior Consultant Surgeon, UAE University, UAE | 2009-now |
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| Research Interest |
| Inflammatory mediators and endotoxin by acute pancreatitis and peritonitis.
2) Methodology for measurement of endotoxin.
3) Morbid obesity: Surgical treatment and complications
4) Ethics
5) use of simulations in teaching |
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| Selected Publications |
| 1. Torab FC, Hefny AF, Taha M, Abou-Rebyeh H, Abu-Zidan FM. Delayed life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding as acomplication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Case report and review of the literature. Asian J Surg. 2012 Jul;35(3):127-30.
2. Abouchacra S, Chaaban A, Gebran N, Hussein Q, Ahmed M, Bernieh B, Torab F, Kayyal Y, Al Omary H, Nagelkerke N. (Correspondence Author). GFR estimation in the morbidly obese pre- and postbariatric surgery: one size does not fit all, Int Urol Nephrol. 2013 Feb;45(1):157-62
3. Torab FC, Abu-Zidan FM, Al-Salam S, Berger D, Branicki FJ. Peritoneal Resorption Capacity for Lipopolysaccharide and Interleukin-6 in Acute Zymosan-induced Chemical Peritonitis, Eur Surg Res 2011;46:127-132.
4. Eid HO, Barss P, Adam SH, Torab FC, Lunsjo K, Grivna M, Abu-Zidan FM. Factors Affecting Anatomical Region of Injury, Severity, and Mortality for Road Trauma in a High-Income Developing Country: Lessons for Prevention. Injury. 2009 Jul;40(7):703-7.
5. Torab FC, Amer M, Abu-Zidan FM, Branicki FJ. Perforated peptic ulcer: different ethnic, climatic and fasting risk factors for morbidity in Al-Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates. Asian J Surg. 2009 Apr;32(2):95-101.
6.Torab FC, Bokobza B, Branicki F. Laparoscopy in gastrointestinal malignancies. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Sep;1138:155-61. Review.
7.Botden SM, Torab F, Buzink SN, Jakimowicz JJ. The importance of haptic feedback in laparoscopic suturing training and the additive value of virtual reality simulation. Surg. Endosc. Endosc. 2008 May;22:1214-1222.
8. Buttenschoen K, Berger D, Hiki N, Buttenschoen DC, Vasilesco C, Chikh-Torab F, Seidelmann M, Beger HG. Endotoxin and Antiendotoxin Antibodies in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis. Eur J Surg. 2000 Jun;166(6):459-66.
9.Chikh-Torab F, ShugaŽa A, Schoenberg MH, Beger HG. [The Warren-Cattell-Anastomosis in soft pancreatic stump after pancreatic resections]. Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:249-51. German. |
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