Dear Prospective Fellows,
A warm welcome to aspiring fellows interested in our Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program. We are eager to have you join our Program, as we strongly believe that this Program will take you through an exceptional educational experience.
Our program contains a robust hands-on experience that was gathered over many years and countless complex cases and surgeries. Our strong academic faculty who are experts in the fields of general pediatric surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric gastroenterology, minimally invasive surgery, oncology and burn service are highly skilled and committed to passing on their experience.
As experience is a crucial learning tool, our three-year Program provides the fellow with a broad experience in the clinical and operative setting; it is a competency-based program that emphasizes learning through hands-on experience. The goal of our Program is to present graduates who are enthusiastic and dedicated to the field of pediatric surgery.
Pediatric surgery is frequently regarded as a hybrid of pediatrics and general surgery, yet it differs significantly from both specialties in terms of the scope of practice. While general surgery has grown increasingly subspecialized, and most adult surgeons only do a small number of operations, pediatric surgeons serve a wide range of anatomical regions and age groups.
The program aspires to graduate fellows who excel as practitioners of pediatric surgery, however the joining fellows should have a clear mindset of becoming top leaders in this field, and defying the impossible, as quoted by his highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum “The word impossible is not in the leader’s dictionaries”. No matter how big the challenges, strong faith, determination and resolve will overcome them”.
As a Program Director, I promise to support each fellow to achieve their full professional and academic potential.
Warm regards,
Dr. Ghadir Jaber
Program Director
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Graduate Medical Education
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences