OmarMelhemGhanemMD
General Surgery • Rochester, MNBariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Division Chair, Metabolic & Abdominal Wall Reconstructive Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery
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Office
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905Phone+1 507-284-2683Fax+1 507-284-5196
Summary
- Dr. Omar Ghanem is a Bariatric Surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He received his medical degree from University of Balamand Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 8 years. He specializes in bariatric surgery, revisional bariatric surgery and minimally invasive median arcuate ligament release (MALS)
Education & Training
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2016 - 2017
MedStar Health (Baltimore)Residency, Surgery, 2010 - 2016
University of Balamand Faculty of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
MN State Medical License 2016 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2017 - 2022- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsClosed Facebook™ groups and CME credit: a new format for continuing medical educationOmar M. Ghanem, Heather J. Logghe, Benjamin V. Tran, Desmond Huynh, Brian P. Jacob
Surgical Endoscopy. 2019-02-01 - 2 citationsMulti-society clinical practice guidance for the safe use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the perioperative period.Tammy L Kindel, Andrew Y Wang, Anupama Wadhwa, Allison R Schulman, Reem Z Sharaiha
Surgical Endoscopy. 2024-10-29 - 206 citationsAmerican Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2020 estimate of metabolic and bariatric procedures performed in the United States.Benjamin Clapp, Jaime Ponce, Eric DeMaria, Omar Ghanem, Matthew Hutter
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2022-09-01
Press Mentions
Body Fat and the Health RisksApril 20th, 2023- Mayo Clinic Q and a: What Is Bariatric Surgery?March 8th, 2023
- Bariatric Surgery May Reduce the Risk of Some Common CancersDecember 2nd, 2022
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Arabic
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