Moamena Elmatbouly , M.D., F.A.C.S., Arab Board (Gen Surg), MRCS
Dr. Moamena El-Matbouly is an assistant professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and an associate consultant in general surgery at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar. She completed her medical education at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, followed by an ACGME-International-accredited general surgery residency at Hamad Medical Corporation. She subsequently completed advanced fellowship training in bariatric, gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, U.S. She also holds a diploma in laparoscopic surgery and completed advanced minimally invasive surgical training at IRCAD–University of Strasbourg, France.
Her clinical interests include upper gastrointestinal and foregut surgery, bariatric surgery and its complications, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia surgery, emergency general surgery and advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy. She has extensive experience in the management of complex upper gastrointestinal emergencies, gastrointestinal bleeding, esophageal perforations, foreign-body ingestion, gastric and small-bowel tumors, and abdominal wall hernias.
Dr. El-Matbouly is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education. She teaches medical students from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and Qatar University and provides structured teaching, simulation, operative-skills training, mentorship and assessment for general surgery residents. She co-directed the first cadaveric hands-on course for general surgery residents at the ITQAN Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center and has taught basic and advanced laparoscopic skills to residents and junior faculty. Her commitment to education was recognized when general surgery residents nominated her for the Best Teacher Award.
She is an active clinical researcher with publications and presentations in bariatric surgery, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, small-bowel tumors, foregut surgery, trauma, hernia surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques. She has presented her work at international meetings, including SAGES, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, the American Hernia Society and IFSO. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, SAGES, EAES, the American Foregut Society and the American Hernia Society.