European Center of Lymphatic Surgery

6 years at the Medical School of Damascus, SYRIA (1984-1990) Medical Doctor (M.D) with high academic honours (30.06.1990) Equivalence of Free University of Brussels, Belgium. General Surgery training: SHO in General Surgery (10-1990 – 07-1991) Al-Assadi Hospital, Damascus, Syria. Registrar (10-1991 – 09-1993) JULES BORDET INSTITUTE, CENTER of TUMOURS Registrar (10-1993 – 09-1994) UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER JOSEPH BRACOPS Brussels, Belgium. ( Prof. VAN GIJSEL ). Plastic Surgery training: Registrar (10-1994 – 09-1996) BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REINE FABIOLA UNIVERSITY PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL Brussels, Belgium.( Prof. DE MEY ). Professional Membership: Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery (RBSPS), British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS), American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), The European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS), World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM), The Pyrenean Lodge of Plastic Surgeons (PLPS), Belgian Society for Senology and A.M.U.B (Association of the M.D of the Free University of Brussels).

1996 – 2003 MD degree University of Antwerp, Belgium. Clinical Career: 2003-06 – General surgery (cardiovascular, trauma, plastic, abdominal, pediatric). CH Jolimont, Belgium. 2006-2007 – Fellowship Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – SOS mains Lille – France. 2007-2011- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. 2011 – Board certification in Plastic Surgery, Fellow of the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum (FCCP). Since January 2012 Staffmember, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium. Fellowships in Plastic Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Hand Surgery- SOS mains Lille France, Coupure Center for Plastic Surgery – Gent Belgium and Plastic and Reconstructive surgery – Gazi University, Ankara Turkey. Awards: 2011 – Gold Medal Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum. 2012 – Prize Guido Matton for best publication. 2014 – Prize for best International publication of the American Society of Plastic Surgery.

1996 – 2003 medical school: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany. Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland. Clinical Career: 11/03 – 11/09 Residency: Department of Plastic Surgery, Frankfurt am Main, PD.Dr.K.Exner. Burn Unit (6 month), Department of Plastic Surgery, Köln, Germany. General Surgery, Petrus Krankenhaus, Wuppertal, Germany. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Düsseldorf, Germany; Prof. C. Andree. 12/09 - board certification in Plastic Surgery. 05/10 - Promotion to Registrar (Oberärztin). Since 9/14 - Staffmember, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium. Fellowships: General: Division of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Microsurgery: Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Gent, Belgium. Supermicrosurgery: Prof. Jaume Masia, Barcelona, Spain. Reconstructive: BG Ludwigshafen, Prof. Lehnhardt, Deutschland. Lymphatic Surgery: Dr. Corinne Becker, Paris, France.