Dr Samer Alhashimi Specialist Cardiac Surgery with more than a decade of experience in the field. He holds an impressive array of qualifications, including a Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree and a Master’s degree in Cardiac Surgery from Damascus University. Further enhancing his expertise, Dr Samer has obtained the Jordanian Board in Cardiac Surgery from the Jordanian Medical Council and the Arab Board in Cardiac Surgery.
Throughout his career, Dr Samer has amassed extensive experience working in various prestigious medical institutions. He began his professional journey as a Cardiac Surgeon at the Damascus University Cardiac Centre. He then served as a Cardiac Specialist at Alkindi Hospital and later at Al Zahra Hospital in Sharjah. For the past five years, Dr Samer has been a Cardiac Surgery Specialist at Dubai Hospital, where he continues to provide exceptional care to his patients.
Dr Samer’s contributions to the field of cardiac surgery extend beyond clinical practice; he has several notable publications to his name. These include ""Multiple Migrated Superior Vena Cava Stents with Cardiac Injury - A Stepwise Open Cardiotomy Strategy to Mitigate Potential Fatality,"" published in the Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, ""Surgical Management of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation,"" published by Damascus University in 2017, and ""Combined Procedure for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Pulmonary Hydatid Disease,"" published in the World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery in 2016.
Expertise
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery (on-pump and off-pump)
- Total arterial revascularization CABG with minimal invasive incisions
- Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting (EVH)
- Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting (ERAH)
- Aortic valve surgeries (including minimally invasive procedures through mini-upper sternotomy)
- Mitral valve repair and replacement
- Repair of congenital cardiac defects
- Management of cardiac and mediastinal tumors
- V-V and V-A ECMO (Extra Corporal Membranous Oxygenation)
- Emergency cardiac surgeries
- VATS and thoracic surgery
