CURRICULUM VITAE
AWADH ROBAAN S. ALQAHTANI
MBBS (MD), MSC,FICS, FRCSC (GENERAL SURGERY)
FRCSC (SURGICAL ONCOLOGY),
DR. AWADH ROBAAN S. ALQAHTANI
PERSONAL DETAILS :
NAME
: AWADH ROBAAN S. ALQAHTANI
NATIONALITY
: Saudi
DATE OF BIRTH
: 10-6-1979
MARITAL STATUS
: Married
CURRENT ADDRESS
: Alnakeel,abdulaziz althunain streat,
Bulding No. 47 ,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
350 Maisonneuve west
APT 1603
Montreal, QC ,Canada
H3a0b4
MOBILE #: 01966552894444
Canada +15148144303
E. Mail : dr_aq1@yahoo.com
QUALIFICATIONS :
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High SCHOOL
Al-Fawaz High School ( 1996 )
Grade : Excellent ( Awarded Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Prize as the Excellent
student in South Region )
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MBBS
Faculty of Medicine & Medical Science Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah
2003-2004
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Residency in General Surgery, 2005 – 2010
o McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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FRCSC
Fellow of the Royal College of physician and surgeon of Canada
(FRCSC ) 2010 general surgery
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FICS : Fellow of International College of Surgeons -2011
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FRCSC (Surgical Oncology) 2010-2012
o McGill University
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MSc: Master of Health technology assessment and management(
HTA) University of Montréal 2011-2013 ( English Master )
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Laparoscopic and bariatric surgery fellowship 2012-2013
Laval University/Montreal University ,Quebec city/Montreal university
TRAINING& EXPERIENCE :
INTERNSHIP
 August 2003
Department of Intensive Care Unit at King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Center , Jeddah.SA
Grade ( Excellent99%)
 September – October 2003
Department of Pediatrics, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital,Makkah,SA
Grade ( Excellent 98% )
 November – January 2003,2004
Department of Surgery , King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah
,SA
Grade : ( Excellent 100% )
 February – April 2004
Department of Medicine , Al-Noor Specialist Hospital .Makkah,SA
Grade: ( Excellent 98% )
 May - June 2004
Department of Obstetric & Gynecology
Al - Noor Specialist Hospital,Makkah,SA
Grade: ( Excellent 98% )
 July 2004
Department of Primary Health Care . Makkah,SA
Grade: ( Excellent 99% )
Residency:
 (2004-2005) General Surgery resident,
At college of medicine king Saud University & king khalid university
hospital (KKUH) Riyadh.
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( 2005-2010)
Clinical fellow of General Surgery at McGill University.
 2010- 2012:
Surgical oncology Fellow at McGill University
 2012-2013:
Laparoscopic and bariatric surgery Fellow at Laval University,
QC,Canada
HONOR & Prizes:
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Year 1989 – 1990 ( Prince Khalid Al-Faisal prize as the excellent
Primary School Student on South Region )
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Year 1993 ( Prince Khalid Al-Faisal prize as the excellent intermediate
School Student on South Region )
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Year 1994 (Prize of Research in South Region) .
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Year 2002 –2003 ( overall excellent performance through-out summer
program assignment at Saudi Aramco Hospital )
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Year 2004 a scholarship for General Surgery and surgical oncology
subspecialty training ,King Saud U. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Year 2004 Demonstrator position at college of medicine king Saud
university & king Khalid university hospital (KKUH) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Year 2006-2012 Academic Success Award, Saudi Cultural Mission in
Canada
Appointments
07-2013-till Now:
1-Consultant of Laparoscopic Surgical Oncology and endocrine surgery at
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
2- Consultant of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, College
of Medicine, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada.(replacement postion)
Teaching Undergraduate
2013- till Now : Supervision of medical students rotating through General
surgery and introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) 3rd & 5th year medical
students:. (Rounds, Teaching, Didactic Sessions, Operative Skills). King saud
University
2009 - 2012 :
Supervision of medical students rotating through General
surgery and Oncology Service. (Rounds, Teaching, Didactic Sessions, Operative
Skills). McGill University
2009 - 2010 : Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) 3rd & 4th year medical
students: “Small Bowel Obstruction - Differential, Investigations and
Management” McGill University
2009 - 2010 : Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) 3rd & 4th year medical
students: “Large bowel obstruction - Differential, Investigations and
Management” McGill University
2008 - 2009 : Supervision of medical students: rotating in general surgery .
(Rounds, Teaching, Didactic Sessions) McGill University
2006- 2010 : Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Students - Knot Tying
Skills .McGill University
Teaching Postgraduate
December 2010 Drian in GI surgery, evidence based medicine General
Surgery Residency Program ,McGill University
January 2010
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, General Surgery
Residency Program,McGill University
2009 - 2011 Supervision of residents rotating through oncology department
(Rounds, Teaching, Didactic Sessions, Operative Skills),McGill University
August 2009
Diagnosis and Management of Shock Core Surgery Program,
Dept of Surgery, McGill University
July 2009 Airway, breathing and circulatory control for trauma, General Surgery
Residency Program , McGill University
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PRESENTATION
1 - Impact of supplementary pre-operative breast MRI on surgical decision-making
Armen Parsyan1, MD, PhD, MPH, Awad Al-Qahtani, MD1 and Sarkis Meterissian1,2,3,4,
M.D.C.M., M.Sc., FRCSC, FACS , World J Surg. 2013 Sep;37(9):2134-9. doi:
10.1007/s00268-013-2077-7
2- Parathyroid hormone levels 1 hour after surgery as an Early Predictor of Post
thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia Awadh alqahtani, Armen Parsyan1Richard Payne, Rojer
Tabah ,2011 oral presentation at CAGS accepted for publication in Canadian journal
of surgery
3- Clinical variables related to small bowel obstruction: comparison of patients with and
without Crohn’s disease .AlQahtani Awadh MD ,FRCSC*,Ryan Perlman MD*, Holcroft
Christina A.ScD**, Gordon, Philip H MD,FRCSC, FACS* Szilagyi Andrew MD,
FRCPC,Accepted and presented at ACG 2011 , poster presentation at CAGS 2011.
has been published in Gastroenterology Insights June 2012
4-Intracholecystic Fat Herniation in Traumatic Gallbladder Perforation: A Case Report ,
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, Amr M. Ajlan, MD, Awadh Alqahtani, MD,
and Zina Kellow, MD 2008
5-Evidence-based Value of Prophylactic Drainage in Gastrointestinal Surgery, general
surgery grand round presentation at McGill University, 2008
6-Evidence-based Value of Ileal J pouch anal anastomosis in CD, IBD Round McGill
University 2008
7-breast phyllodes tumors McGill experience and review of the literature
has been presented at MacLean research day at McGill university .Feb.2009
8-Management of colorectal cancer in pregnant pt known for UC, IBD Round McGill
university 2008
9-Rectal Cancer and new adjuvant therapy presentation and literature reviews for
oncology fellow of McGill University
10- Implementation of breast cancer screening program in Saudi Arabia :
Current master student project with Saudi Arabia Health ministry.
11- Implementation of Obesity guideline in Saudi Arabia:
current research project with Saudi Arabia Health ministry
12- Nora Trabulsi Md , Awad Al-Qahtani Md , Carol Ann Vasilevsky Md,
Intussusception of the colon through a colostomy: A rare presentation of colonic
intussusception." Case report has been published in World Journal of Colorectal
Surger 2012
13- Chalanges in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advance breast cancer
SSO Surgical Oncology socity National Videoconference presentation April 2012
14- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer Oral case
presentation and literature reviews at Canadian society of surgical oncology (CSSO
)April 2012
15- Economic evaluation of a mammography-based breast cancer screening
programme in Saudi Arabia, research project with Saudi Arabia Health ministry
16-Parathyroid hormone levels 1 hour after surgery as an Early Predictor of
Post
thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia Awadh alqahtani, Armen Parsyan1Richard Payne, Rojer
Tabah , accepted for publication in Canadian journal of surgery 2013
17-Lapraroscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Morbidly Obese children below 14 years of
age, submit for publication 2013
18- Changes in food preference and eating behaviour following Vertical Sleeve
Gastrectomy in adolescents. Grant project (National science & technology innovation
plan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 2013
19-Duodenal switch as rescue procedure for weight regain, Oral presentation at
3rd International Congress on Obesity Management & 2nd SASMBS Meeting
15-16 February 2014
20- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Morbidly Obese Children Below 14
Years of Age, Oral presentation at SAGES 2014
LICENCES & COURSES:
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Public First Aid Course, April 2001, Makkah
Pediatric advanced life support provider (PALS) September 2003.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) September 2003, Jeddah, KFSH.
Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), August 2003, Jeddah.
Surgical Laparoscopic skill conference in the GCC Countries 25th January.
Second scientific conference in the GCC Countries 25th –28th January
2004.
7. Tropical Disease on Surgery (National Guard) Presenter.
8. Post Surgical Syndrome (National Guard) Presenter.
9. Multi Disciplinary Breast Care Symposium 7th –9th December 2003.
10. The new in the infectious disease 22/01/1424 (9CME) credit
Hours.
11- Evidence based medicine Course 2004
12. Summer program in Surgical & Diagnostic SVCS department in Aramco
Hospital 2001-2002
13. Saudi Council Medical Selection Exam, March 2004
14. FAST Scan Course in 2004
15. Medical council of Canada evaluation examination ( MCCEE) 2005
16. Advance trauma life support (ATLS) 2005
17. Principles Of Surgery Exam (POS), McGill U ,Canada , 2007
18. CAGS meeting Toronto 2007
19. Kung-fu (brown belt) 2008
20. General Surgery Board Review Course Toronto, Ca 2009
21. Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS ) may 2010
22. Fellow of the Royal College of physician and surgeon of Canada
(FRCSC) 2010 general surgery
23 – College of physicians and surgeons of Nova Scotia License as general
surgeon 2010,2011,2012
24- College of physicians and surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador
License as general surgeon) 2010,2011,2012
24-Fellow of the Royal College of physician and surgeon of Canada
(FRCSC) 2012 Surgical Oncology
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFFESSIONAL BODIES
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Member of Canadian ass. Of surgery since 2005
Member of American ass. Of surgery since 2005
Member of World Journal of Surgical Oncology since 2008
Member of American society of breast surgery since 2008
Canadian society of surgical oncology since2008
American society of surgical oncology since 2008
Member of WeBSurg and EATS Newsletter since 2007
Member of BMJ Journals since 2008
9- Member of the ass. Of surgical education,USA since 2008
10- Member of American journal of surgery since2008
11- American society of surgical oncology since 2009
12- Member of American society of bariatric and metabolic surgery
since 2012
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
 Participated with the Saudi Red Crescent during Hajj 2000, Makkah
 Participated in the organization of the first Medical Book Fair, Faculty of
Medicine & Medical Book Fair, Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences,
and Makkah 2002.
 Participated in study during Hajj for common diseases in Pilgrims, with
the Faculty of Medicine Makkah 2000.
 Sports and social activities ,kung-fu, soccer.
References:Dr.Sarkis Meterissian
Ass. Dean of medical collage McGill U.
Royal Victoria Hospital
687 Pine Avenue West, S9.26
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1
Tel.: (514) 843-1532
Fax: (514) 843-1503
Dr. Paola Fata
General Surgery Program Director
Royal Victoria Hospital
687 Pine Avenue West, S9.26
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1
Tel.: (514) 843-1532
Dr. Ronald Denis
Chief, Bariatric Surgery
Scare coure Hospital
Montreal University
Telephone:(514) 240-4240
Dr.Simon Biron
Chief of bariatric surgery
Chirurgie Générale, l'IUCPQ
Local D4312, pavillion Notre Dame
2725, Chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec city
Québec, G1V 4G5
Tel: 418.656.8711 x.5978
Fax: 418.656.4825