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HMC to receive visiting consultants from various medical specialities

Published: 15 Oct 2017 - 08:41 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 04:39 pm

The Peninsula

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is set to receive a number of visiting consultants from various medical specialities during the month of October.

The visiting consultants include, Dr Fred Muhletaler Maggiolo, a fellowship-trained Robotic Urologist and Oncologist and Director of Robotic Urologic Surgery at Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Florida, USA, is on a visit until Tuesday. 

Professor Alan Saber, Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive General Surgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, who arrived on Friday will be here until October 30. 

Dr Alexander Lyon, a Senior Lecturer in Cardiology at Imperial College London and a Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, England, UK, is visiting since yesterday until October 19. 

Professor James B. Richardson, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon and Professor of Orthopedics from the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Oswestry, England, UK, will visit from October 22 to 26 and Professor Christian Dumontier, a Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon located in Guadeloupe, France, will visit from October 28 to November 3. 

Other experts are scheduled to visit throughout the remainder of the year as part of HMC’s focus on hosting highly-respected physicians and surgeons from around the world. Hosting visiting international consultants who are experts in their field is in line with HMC’s policy to provide specialized medical services to the people of Qatar. Members of the public wishing to book an appointment with one of the visiting consultants are advised to discuss this option with their physician. If your doctor agrees that an appointment with a visiting consultant is appropriate, they will provide a referral.

For more information visit www.hamad.qa.