Dr. Shadi Al-Bahri, MD, FACS Consultant General Surgery

Awards & Achievements

• November 2024: Committee member on the Emirati Board of Surgery – National Institute of Healthcare Specialties, Surgery
• June 2024: SEHA Award for Outstanding Core Faculty
• May 2024: Certificate of Appreciation – UAE University for contributions to the college
• May 2024: Certificate of Appreciation – Speaker IUCC conference, Robotics in Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• January 2024: Speaker Arab Health – Updates on Hernia Management, Dubai, UAE
• March 2023: Best Teacher Award – Academic Affairs, Tawam Hospital for teaching in General Surgery residency program
• June 2023: Certificate of Appreciation – SEHA, Research Committee
• July 2023: Certificate of Appreciation – Speaker Metropolitan General and Trauma Center, Panama City, Panama
• August 2023: Certificate of Appreciation – DHA, Rashid Hospital, Hernia Workshop
• September 2022: Certificate of Appreciation – National Institute of Healthcare Subspecialties, committee member in General Surgery
• October 2019: Certificate of Appreciation from UAE University College of Medicine and Health Sciences in recognition for contributions in the General Surgery Clerkship at Tawam Hospital
• March 2018: Awarded for mentorship of general surgery residents at SEHA facilities in the Emirate of Abu-Dhabi, UAE
• June 2015: Best Student Teacher Award for excellence in teaching of fellow residents and medical students, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA
• June 2011-2014: Highest ABSITE Score Award at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA

Research & Publications

• Significance of Scapular Fracture Existence in Blunt Chest Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Hefny AF, Mansour NA, Hefny MA, Masuadi E, Al Bahri S, Elkamhawy AA, Saber KS. Surg Res Pract. 2024 May 20;2024 : 3550087. doi: 10.1155/2024/3550087. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38803452
• Design Of 3D-Printed Compression Ring for Enhanced Wound Healing of Colorectal Anastomosis to Minimize Dehiscence and Leakage Post Colectomy Phowarasoontorn P, Rajakaruna S, Holter J, Al-Ketan O, Vega C, Barajas-Gamboa J, Al-Bahri S, Ramadi K. Journal of Medical Devices. 2024 May 31. doi: 10.1115/1.4065638 
• Traumatic lumbar hernias, when should I operate? Alharmoodi F, Ghabra S, Chebli AA, Alharthi S, Al-Bahri S. 2023;6:207-11. Int J Abdom Wall Hernia Surg 10.4103/ijawhs.ijawhs_34_23
• The ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis?  Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Husam Mousa, Shadi Al-Bahri et al, World J Emerg Surg 2022 Dec 16;17(1):61 doi: 10.1186/s13017-022-00466-4
• Management of Fourniers gangrene secondary to perineal invasion by rectal cancer. Al-Bahri SS, Mousa HM.Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar;104:107955. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107955. Epub 2023 Mar 2.PMID: 36871502
•  Inguinal Hernia Prevention in Penile Prosthesis Implantation via Peno-scrotal Approach Javereeya Abduljabbar MD, Shadi Al-Bahri, MD FACS, Poster Presentation at SAGES, Montreal, Canada 2023
• Does a peno-scrotal approach for penile prosthesis implantation increase the incidence of inguinal hernias postoperatively? Shadi Al-Bahri, MD, FACS, Hazem Taifour, MBBS. Accepted for presentation at the AHS/EHS (European Hernia Society) in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2021
• Can Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment (EPSiT) be an effective alternative to the routine Open Pilonidal Cystectomy Layal Al Barghouthi, Shadi Al-Bahri, Elrasheed Salih, Issam Faour; Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE, accepted for presentation as a poster at the European Society of Coloproctology in Vilnius, Lithuainia, September 2020
• Does Preoperative Splenic Embolization Facilitate Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Massive Splenomegaly? Zarooni H, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Mannaerts G, MD PhD, accepted for presentation as a poster at SAGES April 2019, Baltimore, MD
• Can you operate on a mirror image? Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy in Kartagener syndrome. Zarooni H, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Mannaerts G, MD PhD, accepted for presentation as a poster at SAGES April 2019, Baltimore, MD
• Surgical versus Conservative approach to Appendicitis – debate speaker at the Arab Health conference in Dubai, UAE – February 2018
• Doctor, Why Do I BARF? Hiatal Hernias As A Cause of Chronic Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Reflux, Regurgitation and Food Intolerance in Patients With A History of Bariatric Surgery, Al-Bahri S, MD; Fakhry T, MD; Murr M, MD; Gonzalvo JP, DO; Presented November 2016 at ASMBS in New Orleans
• Bariatric Surgery as a Bridge to Renal Transplantation in Morbid Obesity and Renal failure, Al-Bahri S, MD; Rodriguez A, MD, FACS, Fakhry T, MD; Murr M, MD, FASMBS – Obes Surg. 2017 May 13. doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2722-6. Presented at USF Research Day February, 2016 as a poster presentation, as well as a podium presentation at the Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in May, 2016
• Simultaneous Gastric and Colonic Band Erosion Presenting as Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Abdominal Pain, Al-Bahri S, MD; Tufts C, MS; Murr M, MD; Gonzalvo JP, DO; presented as a podium presentation during Obesity week in New Orleans, November 2016, accepted by SOARD as a video manuscript for publication. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Mar;13(3):538-539. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.11.010
• Why is my Gastric Band Patient Gaining Weight? Al-Bahri S, MD; Cha E, MD; Murr M, MD, FACS – Accepted as a poster presentation at SAGES, Houston - April 2017
• Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: An updated Systematic - Review and Meta-Analysis, Fakhry T, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Gonzalvo JP, DO; Murr M, MD; Accepted as a poster presentation at SAGES in Houston, March 2017
• Laparo-Endoscopic Removal of Eroded Gastric Band Impacted in the Proximal Jejunum, Al-Bahri S, MD; Fakhry T, MD; Murr M, MD - Submitted to Surgery of Obesity and Related Diseases as video presentation
• Lumboperitoneal shunt removal during Robotic assisted Sleeve gastrectomy in patient with Pseudotumor Cerebri, Al-Bahri S, MD; White B, MS; Gonzalvo JP, DO, FACS – Submitted to Surgery of Obesity and Related Diseases as video presentation
• Metabolic Surgery in Patients with Type I Diabetes, A Case Series and Literature Review, Fakhry T, MD; Roberts J, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Martinez M, MD; Gonzalvo JP, DO, FACS; Murr M, MD, FASMBS – Submitted to Surgery of Obesity and Related Diseases pending review
• ACS video presentation: Subxiphoid laparoscopic hernia repair – Ghanem O, Al-Bahri S, Belyansky I, presented as a video presentation at ACS 2015 – Chicago, IL
• Terminal Ileostomy and On-table Enteroscopy – A Novel Approach for Retrieval of Foreign Bodies in the Difficult Abdomen. Esther Cha, MD; Shadi Al-Bahri, MD; Gregory Burgoyne, MD, Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017 May 17;36:140-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.017
• Giant Bilateral Adrenal Myelolipoma with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; Al-Bahri S, MD; Tariq A, MS; Lowentritt B, MD; Nasrallah DV, MD, FACS, accepted and presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress meeting in Savannah, GA, February 2014, Case Rep Surg. 2014;2014:728198. doi: 10.1155/2014/728198
• Comparison of Radiologic Modalities in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer; Ghanem O, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Farha P, BS; Farha M, MD, FACS. Accepted as a poster presentation at the American Society of Breast Surgeons meeting in Las Vegas, NV May 2014
• Meckel’s Diverticulum – A 5-year Analysis; Al-Bahri S, MD; Burgoyne G, MD. Accepted and presented as a poster at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2014
• An aggressive approach to recurrent loco-regional breast cancer is advisable in select cases; Al-Bahri S, MD; Ghanem O, MD, Farha M, MD, FACS, accepted and presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress meeting in Savannah, GA, February 2014
• Acquired Paraduodenal Hernia as a cause of Small Bowel Obstruction; Sahajwani S, MD; Al-Bahri S, MD; Duson S, MD, Nasrallah DV, MD, FACS, accepted and presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress meeting in Savannah, GA, February 2014
• Operative Management of a Giant Lipoma of the Posterior Neck; Al-Bahri S, MD; Burgoyne GB, MD, Gupta VK, MD, FACS, presented at the Southeastern Congress meeting, Jacksonville, FL, February 2013
• Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the elderly; Al-Bahri S, MD; Burgoyne GB, MD; Kainth, A, BSc, Gupta VK, MD, FACS, presented as a poster presentation at the ACS October 2013 meeting in Washington, DC
• Role of Naloxone in Postoperative induced Ileus; Al-Bahri S, MD; Nasrallah DV, MD, FACS, presented as a poster presentation on Author’s day, Union Memorial Hospital 2010
• Foreign body as a cause of Pneumo-peritoneum – Al-Bahri S, MD; Nasrallah DV, MD, FACS – presented as a poster presentation on Author’s day, Union Memorial Hospital 2011, published as a case report in the General Surgery News - Surgeon's Lounge January 2014
• Transthoracic Splenectomy – Al-Bahri S, MD; Heitmiller RF, MD, FACS; Nasrallah DV, MD, FACS – presented as a poster presentation on Author’s day, Union Memorial Hospital 2011
• Laparoscopic Spigelian Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic Incisional hernia repair – presented videos at the American Hernia Society, March 2013, Orlando, FL; Al-Bahri S, MD; Park, A, MD, FACS, Belyansky, I, MD, FACS
• Parasitic Leiomyoma – Al-Bahri S, MD; Casasanta M, MD; McCarron, E, MD, FACS – Case Report published in The Surgeon’s Lounge, General Surgery News, September & October 2013 issue
• Hepatoid carcinoma of the pancreas: a rare diagnosis; Al-Bahri S, MD; Khalil B, MD; Allen E, MD; Gupta V, MD, FACS. Presented at Author’s day May at MedStar Union Memorial Day 2013
• Reviewer for SOARD – Reviewed manuscript number – SOARD-16-491. A Systems Innovation Model:  An Integrated Interdisciplinary Team Approach Pre- and Post-Bariatric Surgery at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center

Education & Training

• American Board of Surgery
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Fellowship in Bariatric and Robotic Surgery

Expertise

• Hernias (all types – laparoscopic and open approaches)
• Abdominal wall reconstruction
• Gallbladder disease
• Bariatric surgery
• Skin and soft tissue swellings
• Endoscopy/colonoscopy