Dr. Jamal is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Kuwait University and a consultant Metabolic and upper GI Surgeon.
He graduated with first-class honors from Aberdeen University where he was the top student in his class. He underwent his surgical residency at McGill University and obtained a fellowship in Hepatobiliary and transplant surgery. He then underwent a second fellowship in Advanced laparoscopy, robotics, and Bariatric surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Currently, he is performing hepatobiliary and bariatric Surgery (surgery for weight loss).
Dr. Jamal authored more than 80 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He also authored many book chapters including a book chapter in the most-read bariatric surgery book by Schauer et al.
He won many prizes including the best resident teacher award for undergraduate education where he was voted by McGill University students for this award. His research in pancreatic surgery won him the best research award at the Canadian surgical association meeting in 2011. He was also chosen to be among the top 5 abstracts at the international hepatobiliary association meeting in Buenos Iris in 2010. His studies on the field of weight loss and minimally invasive techniques for weight loss are very remarkable in terms of originality and ideas.
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