Under the patronage of Prof. Mohamed Zaki El-Dahshoury – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Prof. Mohamed Salah El-Din Fahmy – Executive Director of Aswan University Hospitals, under the supervision of Prof.Mansour Kabbash – Scientific Supervisor of the Department of General Surgery and former President of Aswan University, and Prof. Ibrahim El-Zayat – Head of the Department of General Surgery at Aswan Faculty of Medicine, the Department of General Surgery held today, Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the first major workshop in the department, on “Advanced Cases in Surgical Endoscopy”, in the presence of Prof. Ashraf Maabad – Vice Dean of the Faculty for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and Prof. Mohamed Mustafa Hussein – Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs. The workshop was coordinated and organized by:
Dr. Ayman El-Sayed Mandour – Lecturer of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Ahmed Mostafa Maghrabi – Lecturer of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Haitham Gamal Abdel Hadi – Assistant Lecturer of General Surgery.
Dr. Mahmoud Hassani – Assistant Lecturer of General Surgery.
Dr. Ahmed Radwan – Specialist in the Department of General Surgery.
Dr. Abu El-Azaem – Deputy in the Department.
Dr. Kholoud – Deputy in the Department.
Al-Dahshouri, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, welcomed the attendees, who were also joined by Prof. Dr. Adel Fathy, Professor of Endoscopic Surgery and Tumors at the Mansoura Faculty of Medicine. The session was also attended by faculty members and doctors from Aswan University Hospital’s department, as well as doctors from Luxor, Qena, Sohag, Assiut, Dakahlia, and Sharkia governorates. He stated that the department will perform eight endoscopic procedures over the course of two days at the university hospital, all for free.
For his part, Al-Zayat, Head of the General Surgery Department, explained that the workshop will be held over the course of two days, Wednesday and Thursday, January 15-16, 2025, so that on the first day the department will perform (4) advanced endoscopic surgeries in the upper digestive system, including the following cases (two cases of extreme obesity – hiatal hernia – narrowing of the lower esophagus), and on the second day it will perform (4) advanced endoscopic surgeries in the lower digestive system, including the following cases (removal of a tumor in the right colon – removal of a tumor in the left colon – removal of a uterus – prolapse of the rectum).
His Excellency emphasized the significance of holding these workshops in transferring knowledge from experts to young doctors about everything new in advanced laparoscopic surgery, explaining that performing these operations in Aswan helps to reduce the burden on the shoulders of the Aswan citizen so that he does not have to suffer the trouble of traveling, as well as serving patients from neighboring governorates where operations are performed.
