Samar Nahas MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACOG

Samar Nahas, M.D., M.P.H. is an associate clinical professor of gynecology and oncology at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. She practices at both Rancho Springs hospital - Medical Center and Riverside Community Hospital.

Nahas earned her Canadian board in obstetric and gynecology from the University of British Columbia, followed by a fellowship in gynecologic oncology from the University of Manitoba. She then completed a second fellowship in advance laparoscopic and robotic fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Mayo Clinic. At the same time, she earned a master's in public health from Johns Hopkins University.

She previously worked as a member of the teaching faculty at Trillium health partners hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, she is also a member of the teaching faculty at the AAGL (Americal Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy), LIGO (Laparoscopic Institute of Gynecologic Oncology) in San Francisco, Minimally Invasive Course at USF, Minimally Invasive Course at UBC, and Many International minimally Invasive and Endometriosis Teaching Courses. She is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. She is fluent in English, Arabic, and Persian.

In addition to her interests in improving surgical outcomes and patient’s care in gynecologic oncology and deeply infiltrating endometriosis that failed previous surgeries, Nahas has a special interest in nerve-sparing and innovative surgical techniques and teaching minimally invasive surgery to improve patient outcomes, she made several presentations on a variety of laparoscopic surgical videos and techniques, and taught in several national and international laparoscopic conferences and workshops.