Prof. Dr. Ehtuish Farag Ehtuish

M.B., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Surg., Spec.

Nationality :  Libyan

Place of Biirth :  Tripoli

Date  of Birth:  April 01, 1953

Martial Status:  Married with 5 children.

Languages Spoken

Arabic
Native

English
Fluent

French
Good

Croatio – Serbien
Fluent

Educational Attainment

High School Zawia Secondary School Libya 1969–1972

Premed Education Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli University, Libya 1972 – 1973

Medical School Garyounis University, Faculty of Medicine 1973 – 1979

Internship Benghazi Teaching Hospitals, Benghazi, Libya 1979 – 1980

Post Graduate Studies

Kjfesh Hospital Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1983 – 1985

Rebro Clinic Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1985 – 1988

Zagreb University Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1984 – 1988

Degrees

Surgical Specialist Zagreb Teaching Hospitals 1983 – 1988

Master of Science University of Zagreb 1984 – 1986

PhD University of Zagreb 1986 – 1988

Clinical Practice

General Surgery and Trauma Care.

Hepato-pancreatico= billary Surgery

Transplant Surgery

Academic Appointment

Lecturer 1985-1988

Assistant Professor of Surgery 1988 – 1992

Associated Professor of Surgery 1992 – 1998

Full Professor of Surgery 1998 up to present

Chairman of Surgery Department, Medical School 1999 – 2009

President of El Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya 1994 – 1999

Member of Interview Panel for Applicants to Tripoli Medical School 1989 – 1999

Member Surgical board in the Libyan Board for Surg. Spec. 1998 – 2011

Head of Surgical Board in the Arab Board for Surg. Spec. 2006 – 2011

Hospital Appointment

Senior House Officer Tripoli Central Hospital 1980 – 1982

Registrar Tripoli Central Hospital 1982 – 1983

Consultant Surgeon Tripoli Central Hospital 1988 -2011

Head Unit D Surgery Dept. Tripoli Central Hospital 1988 -2011

Head of Surgery Department. Tripoli Central Hospital 2008 _ 2010

Director of the Libyan National Organ Transplant Program 2003 _ 2011

Administrative and Scientific Post

Board of Directors of Sothema for drugs production, Casablanca, Morocco 1989 – 1992

President Committee of Preparation of Tripoli Medical Centre 1991 – 1992

Board of Directors of Fairuz Hospital, Cairo, Egypt 1992-2000

Committee of Assessment of Gharian Hospital, Libya Aug. 1993

Director of Executive Board for Teaching Hospital Tripoli 1995 – 1996

Scientific Committee of Centre of Zoonotic Disease, Zawia, Libya 1989 – 1996

Chairman of Danish – Libyan Health Symposium Tripoli, Libya Nov.24–25, 1990

Part-time Consultants in Libya Arab Foreign Investment Company (Health Sector) 1988 to date

Chairman of Medical Committee in Tripoli, Libya for Treatment Abroad 1996 – 1997

Chairman Scientific Committee of Medical & Drug Research Centre 1989 – 1992

Member of Surgical Scientific Board for the Libyan Board 1995 –2011

Board of Directors of Centre for Zoonotic diseases, Zawia, Libya 1990 – 1995

Examiner

I. Internal

Surgical Department, Tripoli Medical University (undergraduate students) 1989 to date

Libyan Board, Tripoli- Libya 1996 to date

II. External

El Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Tripoli 1994 to date

Arab Board Baghdad, Iraq 1995 to date

Arab Board Damascus, Syria 1996 to date

Tanta University, Egypt 1996

Arab Board Riyadh – Saudi Arabia 2005

Arab Board Sana Yemen 2005

Omar AlMoktar university Libya

Zawia Unversity Medical School  Libya

Misurata Unversity Medical School Libya

Medical Society Memberships

I. Founder

Libyan Surgeon Society Benghazi, Libya 1990

Libyan Scientific Society of Ultrasound Misurata , Libya 1990

World Association of Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Surgery Lund, Sweden 1988

Libyan Society of Endoscopic Surgery Misurata 2007

II. Active Member

Mediterranean & African Society of Ultrasound

Society of European digestive Surgery, Switzerland 1998

Libyan Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation 2007

III. President

Libyan Society of Endoscopic Surgery LSES 2007 up to present

Libyan Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation LSNRT 2007 up to present

Scientific Activities

I. Scientific Meetings

WHO inter country meeting on National Cancer Control Program Cairo, Egypt, November 1993

2nd. World Congress on Hepato – Pancreatico- Billiary Surgery, The Netherlands. May 29 to June 3, 1988

International Congress on Surgical Endoscopy, ultrasound international techniques, Berlin, Germany, June 29 to July 2, 1988

Laparoscopic Surgery – Liege, Belgium. October 10 to 11, 1991

The 3rd. Conference of the Egyptian Cancer Society, Cairo, Egypt. February 1 to 3, 1994

Forum of laparoscopic Surgery, Tunis May 10 – 13, 1994

1st. World Congress of Hepato – Pancreatico Billiary Surgery- Lund, Sweden. June 9 – 13, 1996

International Congress on Ultrasound, Tunis May 15, 22, 1988

Gastroenterology Day, Tunis May 2, 3, 1998

The 1st. African Francophone day of Gastroenterology, Course for Medical continuing Education, Dakar- Senegal, May 6 – 8, 1998

Congress of the Transplantation Society, Vienna- Austria September 5 – 10, 2004

Who Consultation of transplantation Ethics, Karatchi 2005

International Summit on Preventing of organ trafficking, Istanbul 2008

Who Consultation Organ Trafficking and Transplant Ethics, Geneva 2007

The 2nd. World Congress of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery Amsterdam, Holland May 1998.

3rd. Conference of Libyan Nephrology Society Benghazi , Libya May 2003.

IX Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation Ankara, Turkey December 2004

MPA Immunotherapy Current Practice and the next step Satellite Symposium Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada March 2005

Canadian Society of Transplant Annual Scientific Meeting Banff Alberta , Canada March 2005

American society of Transplantation 9th. Annual Winter Symposium Banff Alberta, Canada March 2005

12th. Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation Geneva, Switzerland October 2005

British Transplantation Society Edinburgh 9th. Annual Congress March 2006

Third International Meeting on Transplantation for Non heart beating Donors London, UK May 2006

The 13th. Conference of the Libyan Surgeons Society Tripoli, Libya May 2006

15th. International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery Athens, Greece July 2007

12th. Annual Medical and Surgical Approaches to GI disorders – Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine Kiawa Island, South Carolina July 2007

The Third Franco Magrebian Conference on Nephrology & Renal Transplantation Tunis , Tunisia November 2007

10th. Mediterannean Congress of Urology & 8th. Congress of Pan-African Urological Surgery Association Tripoli, Libya November 2007

The sixth Conference of the Libyan Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation The Fourth Magrebian Conference of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation and The 1st. Magrebian Transplant Games Tripoli, Libya February 2008

The 10th. Conference of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Alger- Algeria April 2008.

International Summit on Preventing of Organ Trafficking and commerce, Istanbul 2008.

Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (MESOT) meeting in Shiraz November 20, 2008

ESOT 14 Meeting Paris France September 2, 2009

Mediterranean Transplant network MTN II meeting Palermo Italy March 2, 2009

The global leadership symposium on transplant donation in Delmar California 10-13 May 2010

Madrid Consultation on self sufficiency of organs for transplantation June 15, 2010

The XXIII international congress of the Transplantation Society TTS August 19, 2010

MESOT 12 th Conference in Tunis October 21, 2010

II. Courses

Ian Donald, Inter University School of Medical Ultrasound Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. June 3 – 9, 1984

Ultrasound for Surgeons – Berlin, Germany. June 29 to July 2, 1988

Trans-endoscopic Microsurgery – Berlin-Germany. June 29 to July 2, 1988

Clinic trails, outcome Research & Practice Guidelines In Surgery Toronto, Canada , February 27 to 28, 1989

Breast Imaging: A Review & update Toronto University September 1998

Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery European Association for Endoscopic Surgery Athens, Greece July 2007

Publications

I. Papers

Experimentally induced chronic Pancreatitis in dogs by ligation of pancreatic lobes ACTA Chirurgica Jugoslavica, Vol. 36. 1989 pp 83 – 91

Gall stone Pancreatitis, a review of literatures ACTA Chirurgica Jugoslavica, Vol. 35, 1988 pp 297 – 309

Management of Gastrointestinal Cutaneous Fistula ACTA Chirurgica Jugoslavica, Vol. 35.1988 pp 101- 113

The flushing technique in the treatment of residual CBD stone ACTA Chirurgica Jugoslavica, Vol. 36 1989 Supplement pp 771 - 774

New criteria for identification of non complicated Hydatid cyst 1995 pp 1-6 C. 

Hydatid Cyst – An Unusual Presentation. Saudi Med J 2006; 27(6): 892-893.

Congenital Renal Anomalies. Saudi Med J 2006; 27(5): 739-741.

The Pattern Of Renal Vessels In Live Related Potential Donors Pool: A Multislice Computed Tomography Angiography Review. Saudi Med J 2006; 27(6): 841-844.

Trichobezoar. Saudi Med J 2006; 27(7): 1057-1059.

Spontaneous Appendico-Cutaneous Fistula – A Rare Complication. European J Radiol Extra 2006 July;59(1): 19-21. Doi: 10.1016/J.Ejrex.2006.04.002

Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome – An Extremely Unusual Presentation. European J Radiol Extra 2006 August;59(6): 71 – 75. Doi: 10.1016/J.Ejrex.2006.04.017

Crossing Renal Vessel Causing Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction. Saudi Med J 2006; 27(9): 1457-1459.

Value Of Multidetector Computed Tomography In Preoperative Assessment Of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction – Case Report. European Journal Of Radiology Extra 60 (2006) 85–88 . Doi : 10.1016/J.Ejrex.2006.08.003.

Imaging Of Peripheral Arteries By Sixteen-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography: A Feasible Tool? European Journal Of Radiology Volume 61, Issue 3, March 2007,Pages 528-533

Takayasu Arteritis – Two Cases Diagnosed By Ct Angiography. Neurosciences 2007; Vol. 12 (1): 73-75.

Isolated Massive Splenic Hydatidosis. Jamahiriya Medical Journal. Vol. 6 No. 2 Winter 2006.

A Patient With Rapidly Changing Pulmonary Infiltrates And Right Flank Pain. Case Report. Jamahiriya Medical Journal. Vol.7 No.1 Spring, 2007.

Early Results Of Kidney Transplantation In Libya. Jamahiriya Medical Journal. Vol.7 No.1 Spring, 2007.

Living related kidney transplantation in Libya – a single centre experience. (Accepted by Transplantation Proceedings).T in acute g

Retropharyngeal Castleman’s Disease: US, CT & MR Imaging Findings. Case Report & Review of Literature. (Accepted by European Journal of Radiology) doi:10.1016/j.ejrex.2008.04.024

Diagnostic accuracy of helical Castrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review

II Books

A. Edited

Principles of General Surgery ( In Arabic )

Liver Transplant ( In Arabic )

Kidney Transplant ( In Arabic )

Ethics of Organ transplants ( In Arabic )

Understanding the Complexities of Kidney Transplantation

Chapter II Ethical Controversies in Organ Transplantation

B. Translated

Clinical Surgery by Prof. Cusheri, Translated into 2 volumes with group of Arab Surgeons

International Scientific Presentation

I. Oral Presentation

Carcinoma of the thyroid gland in Libyan patients a 5 year studies 

(The 2nd Congress of Libyan Surgeon Society) September 24 – 26, 1994

Congenital absence of the common bile duct World Association of Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Surgery ( The Congress of the Italian Chapter Bologna ) November 13 – 14, 1998

Technique of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and its complications ( The 2nd Libyan Moroccan Health Week, Tripoli , Libya ) July 1- 4, 1996

Ultrasound Findings in Obstructive Jaundice & retrospective study ( The 3rd. Pan-Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli. Libya ) November 10 -13, 1992

Mirrizi syndrome an unusual cause of obstructive jaundice The 3rd. Pan- Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli, Libya November 10 -13, 1992

Ultrasound diagnosis of cancer gall bladder Congress of the 2nd Libyan Surgeons Society, Tripoli, Libya September 24- 26, 1994

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in 2nd. March Clinic The 3rd. Congress of the Libyan Surgeons Society, Sabratha, Libya October 3 – 6, 1995

The role of choledoscope in decreasing the incidence of retained CBD stone 10th. Annual meeting of the International Hepato-Billiary- Pancreatic Association, Nice, France September 12- 14, 1988

The flushing technique in the treatment of retained CBD stone 10th. Annual meeting of the International Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Association. Nice, France September 12 – 14, 1988

Experimentally induced chronic Pancreatitis in dogs by ligation of pancreatic lobes. 4th. International course in advanced Hepato-Biliary Surgery, Lund, Sweden. June 2 – 6, 1986

U. S. Findings in Mirizzi syndrome 2nd. International Congress of Ultrasonography, Cairo Egypt January 6 – 9, 1997

The Role of choledoscope in decreasing the incidence of retained CBD stone. 7th. Yugoslavian Surgical Congress – Sarajevo. October 26 – 28, 1988

Tripoli Experience with Echinococcosis The 3rd. Pan-Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli, Libya November 10 – 13, 1992

The effect of anti-peristaltic intestinal segment in permanent ileostomy in dogs. 10th. World Congress

The umbilicus a potential enemy of the surgeons The 3rd. Pan-Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli, Libya November 10 -13, 1992

Clinical Presentation of colorectal Carcinoma The 3rd Pan – Arab Surgical Congress, Tripoli, Libya. November 10 – 13, 1992

"Sixteen row multislice CT angiography in renal donor assessment – a feasible tool?" Oral Presentation on 20-11-2007 in 10th Mediterranean congress of Urology in Tripoli, Libya.

"Efficacy of Multislice CT angiography in renal vascular anatomy" – Oral Presentation - Libyan Society of Nephrology congress in Benghazi, Libya.

U.S. Findings in Mirizzi syndrome 2nd. International Congress of Ultrasonography, Cairo Egypt January 6 – 9, 1990

The Role of choledoscope in decreasing the incidence of retained CBD stone. 7th. Yugoslavian Surgical Congress – Sarajevo. October 26 – 28, 1988

Tripoli Experience with Echinococcosis The 3rd. Pan-Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli, Libya November 10 – 13, 1992 

The effect of anti-peristaltic intestinal segment in permanent ileostomy in dogs. 10th. World Congress

The umbilicus a potential enemy of the surgeons The 3rd. Pan-Arab Surgical Congress – Tripoli, Libya November 10 -13, 1992 

Clinical Presentation of colorectal Carcinoma The 3rd Pan – Arab Surgical Congress, Tripoli, Libya. November 10 – 13, 1992

"Sixteen row multislice CT angiography in renal donor assessment – a feasible tool?" Oral Presentation on 20-11-2007 in 10th Mediterranean congress of Urology in Tripoli, Libya. 

"Efficacy of Multislice CT angiography in renal vascular anatomy" – Oral Presentation - Libyan Society of Nephrology congress in Benghazi, Libya.

"Sixteen-row multidetector computed tomography in preoperative renal donor assessment : comparison with MRA, DSA & Intraoperative findings.". Oral Presentation in 14th Libyan congress of surgery 27-29 October, 2007 in Misurata, Libya.

"Our experience with kidney transplantation from living related donors". Oral Presentation IN 14th Libyan Congress of Surgery 27-29 october, 2007 in Misurata, Libya.

"Imaging of peripheral arteries by sixteen-row multidetector computed tomography angiography – a feasible tool?". Oral presentation (B-062) in European congress of radiology, March,2007. Published in European Radiology suppl. Volume 17/ February 2007. 

"Comparative evaluation of volume rendering and maximum intensity projection techniques in sixteen-row multidetector computed tomography angiography of renal and hepatic arteries." Oral Presentation B-192 in European congress of radiology, March,2007. Published in European Radiology suppl. Volume 17/ February 2007. 

"16-row MDCT angiography in preoperative renal donor assessment". Oral presentation B-758 in European congress of radiology, March,2007. Published in European Radiology suppl. Volume 17/ February 2007.

"Value of multidetector CT in preoperative assessment of UPJO". Scientific & Education exhibit C-380 in European congress of radiology, March,2007. Published in European Radiology suppl. Volume 17/ February 2007. 

"Complications in percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy – how can we predict them?" Oral presentation in Libyan Society of Nephrology congress 21 – 24 February, 2008 in Tripoli, Libya.

"Percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy by automated biopsy gun: Is it feasible for adequate diagnostic yield?" Poster presentation in Libyan Society of Nephrology congress 21 – 24 February, 2008 in Tripoli, Libya. 

"Complications of percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy : What is the optimal period of observation?" Oral presentation in Libyan Society of Nephrology congress 21 – 24 February, 2008 in Tripoli, Libya.

"Volume rendering and maximum-intensity projection techniques in sixteen-row multidetector computed tomography angiography". Oral Presentation B-195 in European congress of radiology, March, 2008. Published in European Radiology suppl. Volume 18/ Supplement 1/ February 2008.

II. Video Presentation

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy The 2nd Conference of the Libyan Surgical Society – Tripoli, Libya September 23 – 26, 1994

Laparoscopic hernioplasty The 2nd Conference of the Libyan Surgical, Tripoli, Libya September 23 – 26, 1994

Laparoscopic funduplication The 2nd .Conference of the Libyan Surgical Society, Tripoli, Libya September 23 – 26, 1994

Laparoscopic Orchidectomy for abdominal testes The 2nd Conference of the Libyan Surgical Society, Tripoli, Libya September 23 – 26, 1994

Laparoscopic high ligation of spermatic vessels in Varicocele, in 2nd. March Clinic The 2nd Conference of the Libyan Surgical Society – Tripoli, Libya September 23 – 26, 1994