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From Syria to plastic surgery

“The breast is one of the most noble parts of the body. It has always been my passion to be able to remodel it.”

Graduated at the University of Damascus in Syria in Medicine and Surgery, Prof. Dr. Moustapha Hamdi specializes in surgery and breast reconstruction. His diversified and complete experience in large hospitals, has allowed him to develop his expertise in this area.

Very human in his approach, Professor Hamdi has also been involved in humanitarian missions by See and Smile.

Up to now, Prof. Hamdi has personally trained more than 500 surgeons from 80 countries on his breakthrough procedures. He instructs by performing live-surgery demonstrations and one-on-one examinations with his patients. Many of the surgeons who learned his techniques from many international meetings and courses and also by attending the world recognised meeting in aesthetic surgery in Brussels (www.CATBBAS.com) returned home and applied his techniques to benefit their own patients.

A complete experience

Moustapha Hamdi graduated in 1990 at the University of Damascus Syria as a doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics. After graduating, he moved to Belgium to complete an internship in general and plastic surgery at the various hospitals of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was then part of the academic staff of the Hospital in Glasgow Canniesburn, engaged in microsurgery and breast reconstruction between 1996-1997.

Between 1999 and 2011, Professor Hamdi was one of faculty members of the Plastic Surgery Department in Gent University Hospital where he also presented his doctoral thesis for pedicled Flaps in Breast Surgery: a new concept.
In 2005 he again explored other horizons and worked three months along with the staff of the PACES Clinic in Atlanta. There, he focused mainly on aesthetic surgery of the eyelids and facial rejuvenation.
Since 1 April 2011, Moustapha Hamdi worked as a department head in the department of plastic surgery of the Brussels University Hospital. More recently, since 2007, he is also attached to the Medical Institute Edith Cavell in Brussels (Chirec group) which moved recently to Delta hopsital.

Experience is made to be shared

Thanks to his extensive international experience, Professor Hamdi is the current president of the Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery (RBSPS. He is also active within the scientific committee of the European Society of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS). He is also a member of the British (BAPS), International (ISAPS), the U.S. (ASPS and ASRM) and the World Society (WSRM). Additionally, he is a honorary member of the national societies of Syria and Colombia.
Prof. Hamdi has personally trained more than 500 surgeons from 80 countries on his breakthrough procedures. He instructs by performing live-surgery demonstrations and one-on-one examinations with his patients. Many of the surgeons who learned his techniques from many international meetings and courses and also by attending the world recognised meeting in aesthetic surgery in Brussels (www.CATBBAS.com) returned home and applied his techniques to benefit their own patients.

“The human body is the best work of art.”

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My dream team

Mieke Wijsgeer

Patient coordinator

Jeanne Imoti

Scrub nurse

Dr. Hélène Dumont

Anaesthesiologist

Muriel Hallet

Personal assistant