Dr. Shafik Sidani

Shafik Sidani, MD

Staff Physician, Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute

Languages
Spoken
EN AR
Surgeon
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE
16

Achievements & Career Highlights

Member of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society
Member of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
Received the Ohse Research Grant Award for two consecutive years
Recipient of the Brown-Cox Research Grant Award
Authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed publications
Established the colorectal surgery Enhanced Recover After Surgery (ERAS) program at Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA, US
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS)
Certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Holds Virginia, US, medical license and Health Authority-Abu Dhabi license

Biography

Dr. Shafik Sidani, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and is the section head of colorectal surgery. He is a clinical assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Sidani served as Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Virginia Hospital Center in the United States. He moved to Abu Dhabi with his wife and 3 children to join Cleveland Clinic and serve patients in the middle east.

After completing a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship in Gastrointestinal Physiology at Yale University in the United States, he completed his training in General Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital. Subsequently, he completed a Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Minnesota prior to several years of practice at Virginia Hospital Center.

Dr. Sidani specializes in the minimally invasive surgical treatment of colorectal cancer using laparoscopic and robotic techniques. He established the colorectal surgery Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program at Virginia Hospital Center and at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He has particular expertise in robotic surgery for colorectal cancer, and sphincter sparing surgery for low rectal cancer. He is an active member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons as well as having authored numerous publications and book chapters.

In his spare time, he enjoys time with the family and staying active by playing soccer and tennis.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Medical School

2001

2001 - 2005

American University of Beirut School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Residency

2008

2008 - 2012

Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, US

Residency, General Surgery
2007

2007 - 2008

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, US

Internship, General Surgery
2005

2005 - 2007

Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut, US

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Gastrointestinal Physiology

Fellowship

2012

2012 - 2013

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US

Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery

Work Experience

2015

2015 - 2016

Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, Virginia, US

Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery
2013

2013 - 2015

Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, Virginia, US

Staff Surgeon

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