Jamal J. Hoballah MD, MBA, FACS

Dr. Hoballah received his MD from the American University of Beirut in 1981. He joined New York University (NYU) in 1982 where he completed his general surgery residency in 1987 and a trauma/critical care fellowship in 1988. He remained on the faculty at NYU for two years before moving to the University of Iowa where he completed his vascular fellowship in 1991.

Dr. Hoballah then joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Iowa where he became a tenured professor of surgery, director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship program, and chairman of the Vascular Surgery Division in 2002. In 2007, Dr. Hoballah was appointed the surgical director of the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center.

Dr. Hoballah is Board certified in general surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical critical care. He obtained an executive MBA from the Tippie School of Business at the University of Iowa in 2001 and completed a program on Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers at Harvard School of Public Health in 2004. His areas of clinical and research interest include endovascular surgery, infrainguinal revascularization, skeletal muscle reperfusion injury, and surgical education.