Maher Sraj

Results-oriented Urology Specialist with significant expertise in robotic surgery and clinical judgment. Assisted in over 50 minimally invasive urologic oncology operations, that improved patient outcomes. Effective in managing surgical care in inpatient and outpatient settings, delivering high-quality patient care and operational efficiency.

• California Physician and Surgeon License
• Fellow in Transplant Surgery- Certificate of Fellowship, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. August 1, 2019–June 30, 2021
• Fellowship in Pediatric International Urology-Certificate of Completion, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
• Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association

• 06/2023Present | General Surgery Resident
• Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California
• 10/202205/2023 | Research Fellow
• American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
• 07/202106/2022 | Preliminary General Surgery Resident, PGY1
• Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California
• 08/201906/2021 | Fellow, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
• University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
• 07/201306/2014 | Fellow, Pediatric International Urology
• Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 06/200806/2013 | Resident, Urology
• Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
• 07/200706/2008 | Rotating Intern
• Makassed General Hospital / Military General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

• Dakroub F, Boutros CF, Teixeira D, Alkalamouni H, Hamzah N, Hourani N, Haddara A, Dalle S, Khreis D, Tawil E, Baasiri S, El Zein Z, Naser M, Korman R, Sraj M, Salameh Y, Merhi S, Faour K, Tfailey N, Damaj S, Taleb M, Ghanem S, Daddouki G, Shaker R, Chokr I, Breish D, Karam M, Melhem NM, Abou Fayad A, Zaraket H, Harrison EM, Matar GM, Dbaibo GS. Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon: a prospective multicenter study 20202024. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2026;26:424. doi:10.1186/s12879-026-12635-w. PMID:41606515.
• El Zein Z, Boutros CF, El Masri M, El Tawil E, Sraj M, Salameh Y, Ghadban S, Salameh R, El Baasiri S, Haddara A, Nasser M, Tabbara S, Khafaja S, Korman R, Ghanem S, Al Hamod D, Dbaibo GS. The challenge of multidrug resistance in hospitalized pediatric patients with urinary tract infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2025;15:1570405. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2025.1570405. PMID:40667421.
• Sraj M, Berg WT, Gridley C, Fumo M, Badani KK. Does hospital setting post robotic fellowship training affect outcomes? A multi-institutional comparison of initial outcomes between academic and community settings. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2013;7(2):187192. Published online July 24, 2012. doi:10.1007/s11701-012-0366-z. PMID:27000911.

Sraj M, Freeman HD, Ilagan CH, Ji L, Saunders AC, Solomon NL, Khorfan R, Lum SS, Narayan RR. The Decline of Laparoscopic Oncology Surgery in the Era of Robotics. Submitted to JAMA.

Sraj M, Wiafe S, Perez KO, Reeves ME, Saunders AC, Namm JP, Narayan RR, Khorfan R, Solomon NL, Eguia E. Proximity is Not Access: An Integrated Geospatial Framework of Social Vulnerability and Hepatobiliary Cancer Care. Submitted to Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Perez K, Dominguez V, Sraj M, Molina DC, Ramos V, Saunders AC, Eguia E. Metastasectomy Improves Survival in MSI-High CRLM Patients in the Immunotherapy Era: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Submitted to Journal of Surgical Oncology, September 2026.

Haddara A, Dakroub F, Boutros CF, Hourany N, Al-Kalamouni H, Soudani N, Hamze N, Youssef Y, El Tawil E, Baasiri S, El Zein Z, Nasser M, Korman R, Sraj M, Salameh Y, Khafaja S, Merhi S, Faour K, Tfaily N, Damaj S, Bou-Karroum S, Chmaisse A, Haj M, Houry Z, Chamseddine S, Youssef N, Taleb M, Shaker R, Chokr I, Feghali R, Breish D, Karam M, Ghanem S, Naous A, Lahoud C, Jabbour N, Zaraket H, Dbaibo GS. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza morbidity and mortality. Submitted to Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Manuscript ID: IRV-2025-235.

Dakroub F, Kassem M, Boutros CF, Hamzah N, Hourani N, Baasiri S, Breish D, Chokr I, Dalle S, Damaj S, Dichjknian C, El Zein Z, Faour K, Feghali R, Ghanem S, Haddara A, Ismail R, Taleb M, Khreis D, Karam M, Korman R, Al-Kalamouni H, Khafaja S, Merhi S, Nasser M, Salameh Y, Shaker R, Sraj M, Tfaily N, El Tawil E, Zaraket H, Dbaibo GS. RSV viral load at admission is independently associated with clinical complications in patients with severe acute respiratory infections. Submitted to Scientific Reports, September 2026.

Alvarez-Casas J, Sraj M, Scalea JR. Donor Procurement After Circulatory Death. In: Gruessner RWG, Gruessner AC, eds. Transplantation of the Pancreas. 2nd ed. Springer; 2023:203–214. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20999-4_15.

Sraj M, Freeman H, Ji L, Ilagan C, Saunders A, Solomon NL, Khorfan R, Lum S, Narayan R. The Decline of Laparoscopic Oncology Surgery in the Era of the Robot. Pacific Coast Surgical Association; February 2026; Hawaii, USA. First author.

Sraj M, Wiafe SA, Reeves ME, Saunders AC, Namm JP, Narayan RR, Khorfan R, Solomon NL, Eguia E. Geographic and Social Drivers of Surgical Access in Hepatic Malignancies: A Geospatial Study. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting; March 2026; Phoenix, Arizona. First author.

Sraj M, Perez K, Dominguez V, Molina DC, Eguia E. Molecular profiling of hepatopancreaticobiliary cancers: Racial and ethnic variations in genomic alterations and immunologic targets. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting; March 2026; Phoenix, Arizona. First author.