My career goal is to develop a breadth of surgical skills in order to help people in high-need areas in Australia and worldwide. Having spent most of my life in Lebanon, I have firsthand experience of the difficulties that face such areas. I have seen how financially prohibitive medical advancements can be; the result, in conjunction with poor availability of care, is a widespread lack of access to limb- and life-saving treatments. I hope that, by pursuing a career in surgery, I can help to advance care in low socioeconomic and medically-deprived areas.
I have engaged myself in volunteer work since my school days, in order to both advance my skills and make pro-social contributions to my community. During my JMO years, I have engrossed myself in the many learning opportunities that I have been fortunate enough to receive: this ranges from bedside joint aspirations to ascitic taps, from operating theatre to clinical experience. Despite the relative juniority of my career, I have also been able to pass my skills and competences forward to medical students and my fellow JMOs in professional positions of leadership; these include both formal evaluations as well as informal teaching of clinical and procedural skills.
In the future, I aim to: further expand the breadth of knowledge I have in the surgical field; increase my engagement in research and teaching opportunities; continue benefiting from the tutelage and expertise of my colleagues and seniors; and use all of my personal and professional edification in order to provide the best patient care that I am able.
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Notable achievements
Frequent participation in surgeries whenever able under the ASU team, orthopaedics team, hands team and vascular team. Performing multiple theatre I&D, surgical wound skin closure, sterile IDC insertion and assistance in surgical theatre setup prior to operation. Performance of multiple bedside procedures including knee aspirations, ascitic taps, punch biopsies, bedside I&D in ED, fiberglass and POP fracture splinting, traumatic wound cleaning and suturing, assisting with ward IDC insertion under cystoscopy, amongst others.
Additionally assisted in reviewing and working up patients in the Fairfield Hospital Hands clinic. Experienced with after hours admission of patients, formulating and enacting plans with approval of seniors.
Attended multiple level 2 trauma calls independently as an intern, as registrars were required in theatres, completed secondary surveys, formulated treatment and admission plans and cleared with seniors prior to implementing decisions.
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English: natural proficiency
Arabic: natural proficiency
Spanish: basic conversational