Nadey Hakim

Nadey S. Hakim GCSJ, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCSI, FACS, FICS (Hon), FASMBS, FINS (Hon), FIMSA (Hon), born April 9, 1958, is a British - Lebanese general, transplant and bariatric surgeon.

Biography

Hakim qualified as a medical doctor from Paris Descartes University - Cochin Port Royal in 1984 as Laureate of the Faculty of Medicine. He underwent surgical training at Guy’s Hospital, London and received his PhD from University College London. Hakim further specialised by undertaking a Gastrointestinal Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, and subsequently, a Transplant Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.

After appointment as a consultant at St Mary's Hospital, London he successfully started the first Pancreas Transplant Program in South East England. In 1998, Hakim represented Britain in the international team which performed the world's first arm transplant in Lyon. France.

He was awarded Honorary Professorships from Lyon University (2005), Ricardo Palma University, Başkent University, University of São Paulo (2007) and was visiting professor at several institutions worldwide including Harvard University and the Cleveland Clinic. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Transplantation Surgery at Imperial College London.