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HMC announces names of visiting global consultants this month

Published: 06 Nov 2017 - 08:46 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 05:18 pm
File photo used for representation

File photo used for representation

The Peninsula

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will welcome a number of visiting consultants from various medical specialities during the month.

The visiting consultants are Dr Marc Ferrante, Assistant Professor at KU Leuven and Gastroenterology Specialist at the University Hospitals Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium, will visit from November 10 to 13 and Dr Antonio Torres, Professor of Surgery at the Complutense University of Madrid and Chief of the General, Digestive and Thoracic Surgery Service at the Clيnico San Carlos Hospital in Madrid, Spain, will visit from November 10 to 15. 

While, Dr Duncan Whitwell, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopedic Centre NHS Trust in Oxford, England, will visit from November 11 to 13 and Dr Jeremy Cobbold, Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and the Manor Hospital, Oxford, England, will visit from November 18 to 22.  Also patients can consult Dr Patrik Velander, Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Skهne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, from November 18 to 24 and Dr Hossein Gharib, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Specialist in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, will visit from 30 November to December 7.

Members of the public wishing to book an appointment with one of the visiting consultants are advised to discuss this option with their physician. If the doctor agrees that an appointment with a visiting consultant is appropriate, they will provide a referral.