Abdullah Jibawi

Mr Abdullah Jibawi (AJ)

MBBCh MS AVS FRCS DM

Consultant Vascular, Endovascular, and General Surgeon

Academic Instructor to the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Doctorate in Vascular Surgery - Brighton, Sussex & Oxford Universities

Biographical Sketch

Mr Jibawi is a specialty Consultant vascular surgeon with an interest in diabetic foot diseases, endovascular and aortic surgery, and in advanced varicose vein treatments.

Mr Jibawi grew up in the city of Damascus, Syria, and received his medical degree from the University of Damascus, with distinctions in physiology and anatomy. He undertook general and laparoscopic surgical training at Damascus University teaching hospitals, where he was trained on emergency, trauma and laparoscopic surgery. He received a Masters degree in surgery, then joined UK training in General and vascular surgery. Mr Jibawi completed a structured SpR surgical training in the East Midlands Deanery (University of Leicester), with additional training within All Wales Deanery and Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Deaneries. This was followed by a two year fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University College London Hospital. Mr Jibawi received his FRCS (General/Vascular) in 2013.

Under the mentorship of Prof Ross Naylor (a world renowned vascular surgeon in carotid surgery), Prof George Hamilton (a world renowned vascular surgeon in rare vascular diseases), and Prof Krassi Ivancev (a world renowned endovascular specialist in complex aortic aneurysm repairs), Mr Jibawi obtained his Specialist License from the General Medical Council (GMC) in the fields of vascular diseases, aortic surgery and endovascular surgery in the United Kingdom. Mr Jibawi commenced his vascular surgical practice as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2013.

Mr Jibawi was awarded a Doctorate Degree (D.M) for his academic work on developing better methods in improving outcome in vascular surgery, a joint work between University of Brighton, Sussex and Oxford, and authored a featured book 'Current surgical guidelines' published by Oxford University Press in 2010, featured in the British Journal of Surgery, and now in preparation for the 2nd edition. Mr Jibawi is an Accredited Vascular Scientist (AVS) from the Society for vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland.

Specialties

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

General and Laparoscopic surgery

Training and Academic surgery

Education and Training

Medical School: The University of Damascus - Syria. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Residency: Damascus University Hospitals Higher Surgical Training (HST) Programme

Basic Surgical Training: Merseyside Surgical Training Programme. University of Liverpool.

Specialty Training: East Midlands SPR training. University of Leicester, with further training at All Wales SpR training programme, University of Cardiff, and training in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) SPR training, University of London.

Vascular Fellowship Training: Two year advanced vascular and endovascular training program, leading to FRCS (Gen/Vasc)

Research Training: two years Research Fellow in vascular surgery at Universities of Oxford, Sussex and Brighton, UK.

Special Vascular Training: One year training programme with the Royal College of Surgeons of England as a certified Vascular Scientist.

Certifications

General, trauma and laparoscopic surgery. Masters in Surgery. University of Damascus. Syria. Specialist Registration

Vascular Surgery - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Registration in Vascular Surgery. Certified Vascular Scientist from the Association of Vascular Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Research Interests

Mr Jibawi's research has focused on different aspects of vascular surgery. During his research fellowship at Oxford University in association with Brighton University, he conducted research on:

Improving outcomes of aortic surgery using prospective monitoring technologies

Biomechanical modelling of stent-aortic interactions

Modelling and predication of blood flow in bypass surgery

Application of evidence-based medicine in the treatment of arterial and venous diseases

The use of 3D CT workstations for planning and better design of aortic stent grafts

Ultrasound criteria and prediction of distal bypass surgery outcome

Mr Jibawi has published in numerous peer reviewed journals. He has authored a book titled Oxford handbook Current Surgical Guidelines. He presented scientific papers to learned societies all over UK and Europe.

Mr Jibawi has ongoing research in progress on:

Biomechanical analysis of stent grafts in the management of aortic diseases

Spinal cord ischemia in complex aneurysm repair

Human factor in the management of complex venous diseases

Outcome of using drug-eluting stents in peripheral arterial disease

Using simulation in improving outcome for endovascular procedures

Mathematical modelling in Carotid artery diseases

Modelling vascular malformation treatment options

Arterial atherectomy

Endovenous therapy in venous diseases

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England