Noof AL NAIMI

I have a strong background in Visceral Surgery and Coloproctology, having graduated from Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland after seven years of training. I work as a consultant in the Colorectal Unite at Hamad Medical Corporation, where I also lead the General Surgery Residency Program. This program is accredited by ACGME-I, an international organization that sets standards for graduate medical education.

• 17th Scientific Conference of European Society of Coloproctology, Dublin, Ireland, 09/21/2023 - 09/23/2023
• European Colorectal Congress, St. Galen, Switzerland, 12/03/2023 - 12/06/2023
• 14th Scientific Conference of European Society of Coloproctology, Vienna, Austria, 09/25/2019 - 09/27/2019
• 6th Colorectal and Oncology Surgery Combined Conference, Doha, Qatar, 12/12/2019 - 12/14/2019
• 5th Qatar Colorectal Surgery Conference, Doha, Qatar, 09/2017
• Saudi International Colorectal Diseases Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 03/26/2017 - 03/30/2017
• SGC Congress, Lugano, Switzerland, 06/2016
• Direct Vaginal Surgery Course, Geneva, Switzerland, 04/2016
• Obesity and Laparoscopic Surgery Course, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 04/2016
• Postgraduate Formation 'Disorders of the Static of the Perineum', Geneva, Switzerland, 02/2016
• Colorectal Congress Spotlight on the Colon, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 12/2016
• European Society of Coloproctology ESCP Ninth Scientific and Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 09/2016
• Swiss Surgical Society's SSC Congress, Bern, Switzerland, 05/2014
• Postgraduate Formation 'Constipation', Geneva, Switzerland, 02/2013
• ASRCC Symposium 'Approach of Laparoscopy in the Pathology of the Pelvis', Geneva, Switzerland, 04/2012
• Postgraduate Formation 'Cancerous and Precancerous Pelvic Perineal', Geneva, Switzerland, 02/2012
• Swiss Surgical Society's SSC Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, 05/2011
• Organizing Committee in Multidisciplinary Discussions and Pragmatic Messages, Geneva, Switzerland, 04/2010
• 3rd Qatar International Medical Congress, Doha, Qatar, 11/2005
• STCW Convention 'The 21st Century Approach in the Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer', Doha, Qatar, 04/2006
• 4th International Trauma and Emergency Medicine Conference, Qatar, 02/2008

I have always been passionate about Clinical Governance and its role in improving the quality of patient care. In my posts, I have actively contributed to this process by identifying areas of improvement and implementing new strategies to achieve excellence in service provision. I have also maintained a high standard of communication with medical colleagues, patients, and especially General Practitioners, by dictating and sending letters / discharge summaries promptly. As a member of the Lower GI cancer Team in Hamad Medical Corporation, I have participated in the multidisciplinary management of patients with colorectal cancer and other lower GI malignancies. As a member of the Medical Professional Education Chapter committee in Hamad Medical Corporation, I have been involved in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of educational activities for medical professionals. I have also chaired the committee of Qatari Board Specialization Exam, which is responsible for assessing the competence and knowledge of candidates for board certification in various in general Surgery. Additionally, I have served as a program director and a member of the residency evaluation committee, which oversees the training and development of residents in different fields.

I am honored to serve as the Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at Hamad Medical Corporation, which is accredited by ACGME-I (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International). This program offers a comprehensive and rigorous training in general surgery, with exposure to various subspecialties and research opportunities. As a surgeon and an educator, I have always been passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of surgeons. I have delivered formal lectures, bedside teaching, case-based discussions, and small group teaching to medical students and junior colleagues throughout my career. I also have a special interest in colorectal surgery and I have trained several colorectal fellows who have gone on to become successful consultants in their fields.

• Received a scholarship from the Ministry of Education of the State of Qatar in August 2000.
• Received a scholarship from the Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar in April 2009.
• Received Federal Diploma in Advanced Master in Visceral Surgery: Geneva University in Geneva, Switzerland with Honors in May 2016.
• Received an award from Medical Education as the best General Surgery Program Director in March 2023.
• Received certification award from Medical Professional Education for successful achievement of JCI accreditation in surgery without citations in April 2019.
• Received certification award from Acute care surgery for the support and visionary guidance in October 2020.

• Updates in robotic colorectal surgery - Mahmood Al-Dhaheri, Ibrahim Amer, Noof AL Naimi, Amjad Parvaiz
• Choice of specimen’s extraction site affects wound morbidity in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery - Mahmood Al Dhaheri, Mohanad Ibrahim, Omer Al-Yahri, Ibrahim Amer, Mahwish Khawar, Noof Al-Naimi, Ayman Abdelhafz Ahmed, Mohamed Abu Nada, Amjad Parvaiz
• The use of Indocyanine green fluorescent in patients with abdominal trauma for better intraoperative decision-making and less bowel anastomosis leak: case series - Ibrahim Afifi, Husham Abdelrahman, Ahmed El-Faramawy, Ismail Mahmood, Sherwan Khoschnau, Noof Al-Naimi, Ayman El-Menyar, Hassan Al-Thani, Sandro Rizoli
• Meta-analysis of biological mesh reconstruction versus primary perineal closure after abdominoperineal excision of rectal cancer - Nasir Zaheer Ahmad, Muhammad Hasan Abbas, Noof Mohammed A B Al-Naimi, Amjad Parvaiz
• Colic PEComa: one disease, two outcomes - Noof AN., Abbassi Z., Xavier PJ. et al.
• Robotic operative strategy in locally advanced colon cancer-anatomical precision and the importance of fascial planes - A video vignette - Yasmine Mahgoub, Mahmood Al-Dhaheri, Khadija Mansoor, Noof Al-Naimi, Mohamed Abu Nada, Amjad Parvaiz
• Robotic Exposure and arms positioning as a key factor of successful Robotic - A video vignette - Noof AL Naimi, Mahmood AL Dhaheri, Mohamed Abu Nada, Amjad Parvais

• Immediate Life Support, 03/2023
• Continuing Professional Development Program, 11/27/2019
• European Colorectal Surgery Masterclass, 11/30/2019
• IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement online course, 11/2016
• CITI program Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative online course, 11/2016
• Communication Skills Workshop, 10/23/2016 - 10/24/2016
• Professionalism in Medicine, 10/18/2016
• Grant Writing, 05/19/2016 - 05/21/2016
• Acute Care Surgery Quality Team Symposium, 04/29/2016 - 04/30/2016
• Annual Advanced Course in Coloproctology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, 02/2016
• Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Advanced Course, 11/12/2015 - 11/14/2015
• Master Class in Colorectal Surgery, 11/30/2015
• International Workshop Course for Gastrointestinal Surgery, 02/2014
• Training in Laparoscopic Surgery Techniques, 02/2013
• Training in Minimal Access Surgery, 02/2013
• Training in Laparoscopic General Surgery, 02/04/2013 - 02/08/2013
• International Geneva Robotic Surgery Course, 03/2012
• Annual Basic Scientific Writing Course, 11/2012
• Basic Examination in Surgery Preparatory Course, 05/2011
• Course of Proctology for the Use of the Practitioner, 06/16/2011
• Course of Surgery of War and Disaster, 09/2011
• Basic Life Support, 06/2008
• Advanced Evidence Based Medicine, 06/2008
• Course of Search of the Evidence, 06/2008
• Basic Surgical Techniques Course, 02/2007
• Key Competencies in Laparoscopic Surgery Course, 03/2007
• ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2007
• Immediate End of Life Support, 11/2006
• End Bowel Anastomosis, 07/20/2007 - 07/21/2007
• Time Management Course, 12/2005

• 09/2005 - 09/2006, Completed internship at HMC teaching hospitals in Doha, Qatar.
• 09/2006 - 09/2007, Completed training year rotation in general surgery at HMC teaching hospitals in Doha, Qatar.
• 04/2007 - 2008, Completed four-month rotation in trauma service at the University of Pittsburgh HMC teaching hospitals in Doha, Qatar.
• 04/2008 - 05/2008, Completed two-month rotation in the intensive care unit in HMC teaching hospitals in Doha, Qatar.
• 06/2008 - 08/2008, Completed three-month rotation in orthopedic surgery at HMC teaching hospitals in Doha, Qatar.
• 06/2009 - 03/2014, Completed five-year residency training in visceral surgery at HUG University Hospital of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 05/2014 - 05/2016, Completed two-year fellowship in colorectal and proctology at HUG University Hospital of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 08/2016 - 05/2017, Specialist in colorectal unite in Hamad Medical Corporation.
• 06/2017 - Present, Consultant in Colorectal Unite in Hamad Medical Corporation.
• 06/2019 - Present, Program director of General Surgery Residency Program.

Fluent in Arabic, English, and French.

Available upon request.