Department of Surgery - Al Madinah

Department of surgical specialties is a rapidly growing department. The department is chaired by Dr. Osama Shareefi, consultant plastic surgeon.

It comprises the following sections:

1. General surgery
2. Plastic surgery
3. Urology
4. Orthopedic surgery
5. ENT
6. Ophthalmology
7. Vascular surgery
8. Neurosurgery
9. Pediatrics Surgery
10. Thoracic surgery.

The available human resources inform of highly qualified medical staff, with modern and highly sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic technology together with all education facilities made it an ideal environment for higher surgical training in all surgical specialties.

Objectves

Department of Surgery Goal to provide the best possible care to all patients who require surgical services and seek consultation and treatment in the hospital.

To provide state of the art educational programs in all areas of clinical surgery.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Orthopedic Residency Program started in Oct 2015, RTP Dr. Abdulrahman Refaie, Consultant Orthopedic Surgery. 9 residents in the program.
• General Surgery Residency Program started in Oct 20, RTP Dr. Abdulsalam Bin Hafiz, Consultant General Surgery. 9 residents in the program.

KPIs

• OR Utilization
• OR Cancellation
• OR Compliance
• OR Average Turn Over

Clinical Care Outcomes

• OR Utilization:

The aim is to improve the utilization to reach >80% and this will decrease the waiting list in OR.

• OR Cancellation:

The aim is to keep the cancellation rate <10% and this also will help to decrease the waiting list and improve the utilization.

• First case start time in OR
• The aim is to increase the compliance >90% and this will decrease the waiting list in OR
• OR Average Turn Over
• The aim is to decrease the turn over time between cases to <30min this will decrease the waiting list in OR

Acheivments And Awards

• Recognized by SCHS for General Surgery Residency Training Program
• Recognized by SCHS for Orthopedic Residency Program
• The Center in Madinah area to conduct BOSS Center

Research And Publications

A Guide to Developing a Competency Based Curriculum for a Residency Training Program – Orthopedic Prospective”

Taha WS.

J Taibah University for Medical Sciences; Vol 10(1) Mar 2015 (109- 115)

• “Promoting excellence in teaching and learning in clinical education”
• AlHaqawi A, Taha WS.
• J Taibah University for Medical Sciences; Vol 10(1), Mar 2015 (97-101)
• Member of the executive editorial board for AO STaRT online program
• “International needs analysis in orthopaedic trauma for practising surgeons with a 3-year review of resulting actions” Richard Buckley, Peter Brink, Kodi Kojima, Wa’el Taha, Donald Moore, Mike Cunningham
• Journal of European CME Volume 6(1), 2017
• “Does delay in surgical debridement increase the risk of infection in open tibia fractures in Saudi patients? A retrospective cohort study” Suhail Alassiri , Faisal Konbaz, Sami Al Eisa, Wael S Taha, Fahad Al Helal, Rayed Al Jehani J of clinical orthopedics & Trauma,

• AO international consensus panel for metrics on a closed reduction and fixation of a 31A2 pertrochanteric fracture.
• Kojima K, Graves M, Taha W, Cunningham M, Joeris A, Gallagher AG.
• Injury. 2018 Dec;49(12):2227-2233. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.09.019. Epub 2018 Sep
• Current Status of Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Systems Worldwide..
• Miclau T, Hoogervorst P, Shearer DW, El Naga AN, Working ZM, Martin C, Pesántez R, Hüttl T, Kojima KE, Schütz M; International Orthopaedic Trauma Study Consortium.

• Collaborators (109): Cimerman M, Concha Sandoval J, Miranda M, Moed B, Reilly M, Taha WS, Wajid MA, Wang M, Balogh ZJ,et al.

• J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S64-S70. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001301

• Caffey's disease (Infantile cortical hyperostosis): Case Report, MRI findings, and review of the literature

• Abdularahman H Refai1, Wael S Taha1, Hanan Almahdi2, Hamdi Arabi

• Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research ¦ Volume 2 ¦ Issue 4 ¦ October-December 2018

• Postgraduate Orthopedic Training in Saudi Arabia: A Need Assessment for Change

• Khalid H. Alzahrani , Sohail Bajammal , Abdullah A. Alghamdi , Wael Taha , Savithiri Ratnapalan

• Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research ¦ Volume 2 ¦ Issue 3 ¦ July-September 2018

• Prevalence of Femoral Shaft Fractures and Associated Injuries among Adults After Road Traffic Accidents in a Saudi Arabian Trauma Center

• Abdullah M. Sonbol, Abdulmalek A. Almulla, Bandar M. Hetaimish , Wael S. Taha , Tafani S. Mohmmedthani, Thabat A. Alfraidi, Yousef A. Alrashidi

• Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research ¦ Volume 2 ¦ Issue 2 ¦ April-June 2018

• Non-technical Training in Orthopedic Surgery : An Unrecognized Need

• Khalid H Alzahrani, Ahmad M Elsheikh, Sohail S Bajammal, Wael S Taha, Miriam Uhlman

• Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery & Research 2019; Volume 3, Issue3 Pages 260-264

• Hemophilia-related radial head re-dislocation.

• I Alhumaidi, W Taha, R Abutalib, Y Alshabi, H Almahdi, B Mohammed. Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research 2020; 4 (1), 52-52

• Traumatic sacralization of L5 vertebra with severe extension type spinopelvic dissociation: A case report

• S Al Eissa, W Taha, F Alhelal, MS Abaalkhail, A Al Turki, M Benmeakel,

• Trauma Case Reports 29, 100338; 2020

• Learning in the AO: Looking Back and Moving Forward

• Guest Editors: Greg Berry, MD, Wael S. Taha, MD, and Chitra Subramaniam, PhD

• J Orthopedic trauma, Special edition, Feb 2021

• Chairperson Education Program and Its Application

• Wael S. Taha, Kodi E. Kojima, Mark Reilly, and Vajara Phiphobmongkol.

• J orthopedic Trauma 28 S33, 2021

• Multicenter Video Recordings of Minimal Invasive Cephalomedullary Nailing of Pertrochanteric Femur Fractures for Metrics Validation Studies: Lessons Learned

• KE Kojima, WS Taha, ML Graves, AG Gallagher, TY Zhu, V Díaz, ...

• J Orthop Trauma 28, S33, 2021
  

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Email:Surgery-Pmbah@MNGHA.MED.SA

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