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Career

Meet Dr. Mahmoud Tabbal

Consultant General Surgeon, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Robotic Surgery

Dr Mahmoud Tabbal is a Board-Certified Consultant General Surgeon with more than twenty years’ experience in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. He is currently working as the Chief of the General, Robotic, Bariatric, Paediatric, and Acute Care Surgery Division at Al Zahra Hospital in Dubai. Most recently, he worked as the Head of Hepatobiliary surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Dr Tabbal is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and received his advanced surgical training in the USA and Canada through the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association. He also holds a Jordanian Board Certificate in General Surgery, an advanced Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from France, and an Advanced Robotic Training Certificate from the USA. He conducts a broad range of procedures in General Surgery, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Advanced Surgical Oncology, and Cancer Surgeries. He is an active member of many local and international societies and a regular speaker at many leading medical congresses around the world.

Certificates

2024, Ireland Masters in Healthcare Management (completion 2024) Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
2019, USA The American College of Surgeons Fellowship Certificate /FACS
2017, Canada Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery Fellowship Certificate AHPBA, IHPBA and Fellowship Council accredited, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2015, USA Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship Certificate ASTS accredited, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2012 ECFMG Certificate (2012)  
2008, Jordan Jordanian Board Certificate in General Surgery Islamic Hospital/Jordanian Medical Council, Amman, Jordan
2007, France Diploma in Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery University of Luis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
2002, Jordan Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB BS) University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, Amman, Jordan
1996, Jordan General Secondary Education Certificate Examination Islamic Scientific College, Amman, Jordan (1996) ranked first in Jordan with a score of 98.6%

Professional Experience

Aug 2021 – To-Date

Head of Surgery Department, Consultant General, Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon 

  • The hospital is Joint Commission International accredited, holding various prestigious certifications from accreditation bodies around the world. The state-of-the-art facility has a capacity of 187 beds, serving patients with a broad range of health services, providing personalized service with a focus on clinical outcome through evidence-based medicine.
  • Managing the surgery department with more than 20 staff, including Consultants, Specialists, RMOs, Administrative Coordinators
  • Performing different types of general, minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, hepatobiliary and oncological surgeries
  • Restructured the surgery department, focusing on super specialties and advanced surgical services (surgical oncology, breast, endocrine, vascular, thoracic, simple and complex hernia surgery, upper GI, lower GI, hepatobiliary and pancreas, proctology, plastic, neurosurgery),and promoting innovation and technologies (robotic and minimally invasive surgery)
  • Improved quality in surgery department and initiated clinical pathways for different surgical procedures, which also reflected on better patient satisfaction and outcomes
  • Established the Hepatobiliary surgery unit in 2022, performing all kinds of simple and complex procedures, including complex and extended liver resections, complex pancreatic resections with vascular resection and reconstruction, and advanced biliary surgical procedures
  • Participated in increasing the ICU awareness of reporting and diagnosing brain dead donors in collaboration with the Emirates Organ Donation Network
  • Participated in the first deceased organ donor procurement surgery in Al Zahra Hospital Dubai in early 2022
  • Member of the Morbidity and Mortality Committee
  • Member of the Operation Theatre Committee

May 2018 – August 2021

Section Head, Hepatobiliary Surgery

Sep 2017 – May 2018

Consultant, Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon

  • A tertiary Saudi MOH 500-bed hospital. The first MOH hospital in Saudi Arabia that received JCI Accreditation, the leading hospital of the first Eastern Province (E1) cluster
  • Responsible for taking care of the transplant and hepatobiliary patients, both inpatients and outpatients, in addition to performing multiple minor and major operative cases, including:
    40-50/year deceased donor procurements
    30-35/year live liver transplants, adult and pediatric
    25-30/year deceased liver transplants, including domino and split liver transplants
    >150/year live kidney transplants, including adult and pediatric, pair exchange, ABO incompatible, positive cross match
    >50/year deceased kidney transplants, adult and pediatric
    >150/year complex hepatobiliary cases, including pancreatic resections, liver resections, biliary reconstructions and other tertiary based hepatobiliary cases
  • Managing the Hepatobiliary Surgery Section, under surgical services center, with a manpower of 5 consultants, 1 associate consultant, 1 assistant consultant, 2 clinical coordinators and rotating residents, interns, and medical students from different hospitals in the Eastern Province and the whole Kingdom
  • Recently reactivated the minimally invasive program in Hepatobiliary Section; performing different procedures of laparoscopic liver and pancreas resections
  • Preparing to start the Robotic Hepatobiliary Surgery program by end of 2020
  • Directly responsible for organizing the workflow of the assistant consultants and fellows in Transplant Surgery Department (under Multi Organ Transplant Center) with a manpower of 6
  • Chairman of the “Living Liver Donor Inpatient Pathway” Committee (Taskforce)
  • Member of the Surgical Services Center Research Committee
  • Member and representative at the “Hospital-wide Surgical Services Taskforce”; part of the perioperative committee and quality planning for the whole surgical services center
  • Drafting hepatobiliary surgery fellowship proposal; to be started under the umbrella of the Saudi Commission of Health Services in 2021
  • Launched a specific Hepatobiliary Surgery Database program; the first database program in the whole Surgical Services Center
  • Established the One Stop Clinic for hepatobiliary surgery patients that significantly reduced the duration of patients’ workup prior to surgery (the second of which in surgical services center)
  • Started the ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) program for liver resection patients; and currently working on setting ERAS programs for other major hepatobiliary surgeries

July 2015 – July 2017

Lecturer at Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

July 2015 – July 2017

Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery Fellow (AHPBA accredited)

  • A tertiary teaching 1100-bed hospital, accredited by the CCHSA
  • Providing comprehensive, state-of-the-art medical and surgical care to patients with surgical diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract, and duodenum, with appropriate treatment options, performing operative procedures in the following loads:

30-40 major hepatic resections / year
30-40 pancreatic resections / year
30-35 liver transplants / year
5 – 10 cholangiocarcinoma resections / year
30-40 multiorgan procurements / year

July 2013 – June 2015

Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellow (ASTS Accredited)

  • A tertiary teaching 800-bed hospital, JCI-accredited
  • Handling abdominal transplant surgery cases including liver, kidney, intestine, and pancreas transplant, in addition to hepatobiliary and vascular access cases. Annually performing:

85-90 deceased liver transplants

8-10 live liver transplants

8-10 live donor hepatectomies

80-90 deceased kidney transplants 

30-35 live kidney transplants

30-35 (laparoscopic or robotic) live donor nephrectomies

6-8 pancreas transplants

4-6 intestinal/multi visceral transplants

100-120 major hepatobiliary procedures

100-120 deceased donor procurements

July 2009 – June 2013

Assistant Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon

  • A tertiary Saudi MOH 500-bed hospital. The first MOH hospital in Saudi Arabia that received JCI accreditation
  • Responsible for taking care of the transplant and hepatobiliary patients, both inpatients and outpatients, in addition to performing multiple minor and major operative cases, including deceased donor procurement, living and deceased kidney transplant, liver resection and complex hepatobiliary cases. Also assisting in liver and pancreas transplant, and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies

August 2007 – May 2009

General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery Specialist

  • A tertiary 600-bed hospital, accredited by JCI, CCHSA, ACHSI
  • Covering pediatric surgery service, taking care of the inpatients, outpatient, performing minor cases and assisting in major pediatric surgery cases in the OR
  • Also spent four months in general surgery service, rotating with the hepatobiliary team, with care of inpatients and the OR cases

August 2003 – July 2007

General Surgery Resident

  • A private 300-bed teaching hospital
  • General surgery resident, with full hands-on training towards getting the Jordanian and Arab Board Certificate in General Surgery

July 2002 – July 2003

Intern/General Physician

  • One year internship in one of the MOH hospital in Jordan, getting clinical experience in General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obs/Gyne and Pediatrics towards getting full license to practice as a general physician in Jordan

Medical Licenses and Memberships

Dubai Health Authority Registration/License as General Surgery Consultant

August 2021

The American College of Surgeons Fellowship (ACS)

October 2019

Jordanian Medical Council Registration/License as General Surgery Consultant

December 2018

Saudi Commission for Health Services (SCFHS) License as Consultant

Since May 2018

Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Membership

Since August 2016

Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Membership

Since October 2016

Canadian Liver Transplant Network (CLTN) Membership

Since October 2016

Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) Membership

Since October 2016

Canadian Medical Association Membership

Since August 2015

Doctors Nova Scotia Membership

Since August 2015

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (Canada)

Defined License August 2015

American HepatoPancreatic Biliary Association (AHPBA) Membership

Since August 2015

International HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Association (IHPBA) Membership

Since August 2015

State of Michigan (USA) Education Limited License, Mahmoud Tabbal, MD FACS CV 1-8

July 2013 – June 2015

American Society of Transplant Surgeons Membership

Since July 2013

Jordanian Medical Council Registration/License as General Surgery Specialist

2008

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties License as Registrar in General Surgery

2008

Jordanian Medical License as a General Physician

Since 2003

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