Hazem Barmada MD, FRCS Ed, FRCSEd CTh, FRCS CTH

Dr. Barmada studied applied biology at Brunel University in London in the mid-sixties, where he founded the Brunel Equestrian Club and instructed in horse-riding and dressage. In 1968, he gained admission to the prestigious St. Andrews University (Scotland’s First University) to study Medical Science, where he founded the Karate club of St. Andrews. Later, in 1973, while a medical student at Manchester in England, he founded three Karate Clubs, where he also instructed in Karate, reaching the 4th. Dan of black-belt.

Dr. Barmada’s medical career began in 1974, when he graduated from Manchester University. After finishing his internship in hematology he held a one-year residency in pathology and another in internal medicine. He believed that wider experience would make him a better surgeon. In 1977, he started a general surgical residency, followed by a residency in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, working with two of the giants of cardiac surgery: Donald Ross, MD, and Professor Sir Magdy Yacoub, the world’s most experienced heart transplant surgeon. Over the next several years Dr. Barmada acquired extensive experience in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, including trauma.