Ghassan Nawfal, MD FACS

Dr. Ghassan Nawfal is the Chief of the Department of Surgery at the Beirut General Hospital. Having finished his Medical studies at the American University of Beirut in 1987, Dr. Nawfal completed a 5-year General Surgery Specialty Training Program at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and a 2-year fellowship program in HPB Surgery at the Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. Dr. Nawfal returned to Lebanon late 1994 as Chief of the Surgery Department at the Beirut General Hospital. He has a special interest in HPB, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Nawfal is the Governor and Past President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Lebanon Chapter and serves on the executive board of several Lebanese and international Medical and Surgical Societies such as the Lebanese Society for General Surgery (LSGS) and the International HepatopancreatoBiliary Association (IHPBA). In addition to his medical and surgical studies, he has completed a 2-year Masters Program in Hospital and Health Management in 2012 at the E.S.A. - Paris VII University. More recently, in January 2018, Dr. Nawfal was re-elected as Chief of Staff and President of the Medical Committee at the Beirut General Hospital for a period of 3 years.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• laparoscopic gastric bypass
• roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• liver biopsy
• liver surgery
• liver/hepatic disease
• pancreatic cancer
• pancreatic cysts
• pancreatitis

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Department of Surgery, Beirut General Hospital

Beirut,

Chief

Trad Hospital medical Center

Beirut, AA

Attending Surgeon

01/2000—Present