Moustapha HAMDI MD, FCCP, PhD.

Medical training:

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 )

Fellowships

  • Fellowship in Microsurgery (10-1996 – 09-1997)

CANNIESBURN HOSPITAL Glasgow, Scotland.

(Mr. WEBSTER, Mr. SOUTAR, Mr. TAGGART, Mr. RATCLIFFE)

Rotation:         – Breast, Head & Neck, Burns, Hand Surgery.

  • Fellow of Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum (FCCP) (15.06.1997)

Graduated as Specialist in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (30.09.1997)

FREE UNIVERSITY of BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

  • Fellowship (in Aesthetic and Oculoplastic Surgery) of 3 months duration: EURAPS/AAPS Fellowship 2005: Atlanta – Plastic Surgery and Recovery Center (PACES) – Chairman: Prof. dr. Foad NAHAI

Professional Carrer

Staffmember and Professor in Plastic Surgery Department (01.11.99 – 31.03.2011)

Gent University Hospital, Belgium.

Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (01.04.2011 – …)

Brussels University Hospital, Belgium

Thesis for PhD degree in Plastic Surgery entitles:

“Pedicled Perforator Flaps in Breast Surgery: a new concept”. July 2007.

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

* A.M.U.B (Association of the M.D of the Free University of Brussels)

Special Experience

Microsurgery – Breast Surgery – Surgical Oncology and Aesthetic Surgery.

Editor

–     Editorial board of the European Journal of Plastic Surgery since April 2004

–     Editorial board of the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery since November 200

–     Editorial board of the Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

–     Reviewer for several Scientific Journals in Plastic and Reconstrcutive Surgery

Book Editor

– Vertical Scar Mammaplasty

Edited by: Hamdi, Hammond and Nahai. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005, XVI, 146 p.

– Twee Borsten: Reconstructie van een vrouw.

Edited by: Moustapha Hamdi, Anna Luyten and Lieve Blancquaert

Roularta – GLOBE, 2007.

– Partial Breast Reconstruction: Techniques in Oncoplastic Surgery.

Edited by: Albert Losken and Moustapha Hamdi

BOOK CHAPTERS: 30 chapters

PUBLICATIONS: 110 articles

further Information: www.ibreast.be