Dr. El Salhat is a Hungarian trained subspecialised surgeon and is currently a consultant surgeon and head of surgical departments at Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital. Dr. El Salhat has almost 20 years of experience in surgery including laparoscopic surgery, with the major part of it in Surgical Oncology. He diagnoses, stages and treats oncology of the GI tract, pancreas and the breast and has special expertise in treating rare diseases like neuroendocrine malignancies and GISTS, as well as dealing with complex malignancies requiring complex multidisciplinary team work, with a special interest in soft tissue sarcoma.

He is committed especially to the early detection and successful treatment of breast cancer.

Dr. El Salhat is a fellow of the royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow), the American College of Surgeons, the American College of the Colorectal Surgeons, the American Society of Surgical Oncology and the European Society of Surgical Oncology.

Dr Basim Alkhafaji is a distinguished Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon at Canadian Specialist Hospital Dubai, bringing a wealth of experience and academic excellence to his practice. His expertise spans a wide range of minimally invasive surgical procedures, making him a leading figure in the field of laparoscopic surgery.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Alkhafaji specializes in advanced laparoscopic techniques for various surgical procedures, including:

• Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
• Bariatric Surgery (Obesity Surgery)
• Gallbladder and Gastrointestinal Surgeries
• Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeries
• Breast Surgeries
• Endoscopic Procedures (Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy)
• Oncology Surgery