Ahmad H M Nassar

Clinical and research interests

• Published the largest series of laparoscopic bile duct exploration and choledochoscopy.
• Devised the difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy now in wide academic use, including the NIHR Global Health Research Unit GECKO study across 109 countries, 1,218 hospitals and more than 52,000 patients, and the AMBROSE study of 30-day morbidity and mortality in 21,706 patients across 57 countries.
• Index admission management of biliary emergencies.
• Safety markers, technique and instrumentation in biliary surgery.
• Training and mentoring as a visiting consultant.

Training and education

• Director, EAES laparoscopic bile duct and choledochoscopy courses at the annual congress since 2003.
• Director, EAES Advanced GI Surgery Course in the Middle East, 2008–2019.
• Postgraduate and hands-on courses at international conferences across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
• Supervised research and theses for a number of higher-degree candidates.
• More than 190 invited lectures at international meetings.

Appointments

• EAES Education and Training Committee, Vice-Chair, 2007–2011.
• ALSGBI Council, 2004–2008 and 2014–2018.
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Glasgow.

On-site teaching

Departments can host a course in their own theatres, with their own equipment and their own selected cases, through the MyCourse programme.