Research Publications - College of Medicine and Health Science

Department of Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in
San Francisco in October 2011.
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Prof. Farouk Safi’s clinical interests in colorectal
and hepatobiliary surgery led to presentations
at national and overseas meetings. His contributions
have included the management of severe
liver injuries, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
and pancreatic carcinoma with lectures in Al Ain,
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Umm Al Quwain and in
Europe (Copenhagen and Milan). Currently, Prof
Safi’s clinical practice has generated data relating
to surgical interventions for hepatic and pancreatic
malignancy and colorectal resections. Liver
failure after hepatectomy, atypical appearance
of HCC, rare liver tumors are new areas in which
he has developed an interest. Professor Safi made
presentations in 2011 in Jeddah (KSA), Kuwait,
Oman and three presentations during the Annual
Meeting of the Asian Society for Surgery in the
Philippines. Professor Safi also organized a very
successful (1st) Liver Surgery Workshop held at
FMHS with international speakers and participants.
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In 2011 Professor Fikri Abu-Zidan continued his
focused research activities in the areas of trauma
management, ‘point-of-care’ critical care ultrasound
and acute care surgery. He is effectively
leading the Trauma Research Group of the FMHS
with collaborative work involving the Departments
of Community Medicine and Radiology
(FMHS), and Departments of Surgery, Critical
Care, Emergency Medicine and Radiology at both
Tawam and Al Ain Hospitals. In 2011, he published
18 articles/reviews in international refereed
Journals. At present he is studying seatbelt injuries,
pedestrian injuries, animal related injuries,
and ‘point-of-care’ emergency abdominal ultrasound.
He has been able to raise external funds to
appoint a Research Fellow (Dr Alaa Abbas) and a
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Senior Research Fellow (Dr Ashraf Hefny).
Professor Abu-Zidan was the Chair of the Organizing
Committee of the 7th Middle East Trauma
Meeting in the Accident and Emergency Conference
in 2011 in Abu Dhabi (October), and the
Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd
International Conference: Trauma Management,
Critical Care and Prevention which was held in
February 2011, in Al Ain, Prof. Branicki being the
Chair of the Scientific Committee (Trauma).
Professor Abu-Zidan continued scholarship activities
including being a Guest Editor for two symposia
on emergency sonography for the Journal
of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock.
Associate Professor Fayez Hammad
Assoc Prof. Fayez Hammad has particular clinical
interests in minimally invasive surgery for renal
stone disease and oncology. He is the Founding
Program Director for the recently established
residency training program in Urology which is
currently under the auspices of HAAD (Health
Authority of Abu Dhabi).
Assoc Prof. Fayez Hammad completed a study on
the “propagation characteristics of the electrical
impulse in the normal and permanently and reversibly
obstructed ureter as determined at high
electrophysiological resolution” in collaboration
with Prof. Wim Lammers from the Department of
Physiology, FMHS. This work has resulted in two
publications in both the Journal of Urology and
the British Journal of Urology-International. The
research was funded by an Individual Research
Grant from the United Arab Emirates University
(2008).
From the experimental work performed at the
Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery
(FMHS), Dr Hammad also completed a study of
“The effect of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs) on the obstructed kidney” funded
by a Seed Grant from FMHS, United Arab Emirates
University. The study commenced in late 2008