Karim Nawfal, MBBS FACS

Dr Nawfal is the Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecologic Surgery at Clemenceau Medical Center in Beirut - Lebanon. After finishing his training at the American University of Beirut in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr Nawfal pursued further training in Minimally Invasive, advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic gynecologic surgery in the United States at Henry Ford Health System in Michigan, a pioneering institution in Minimally Invasive surgery. He is a certified expert robotic surgeon and a trainer for other surgeons on the robotic platform. He also specializes in advanced laparoscopic and single port laparoscopic surgeries. In addition to being a fellow of the American college of surgeons, he is a member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), the Society of Laparoendoscopic surgeons (SLS) and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). He has published in prestigious journals, has presented in multiple international conferences and is a reviewer for the Journal of minimally invasive gynecology (JMIG). Dr Nawfal has performed the first single port robotic surgery in Michigan, the first single port laparoscopic hysterectomies (June 2012) and the first Robotic gynecologic surgeries (August 2012) in Lebanon and the region.He currently is the Chairman of the Reproductive surgery interest group in the Middle East Fertility society (MEFS)