OmarYusefKudsiMDMBA, FACS

General Surgery • Boston, MA

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Department of Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School

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Office
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-5500

Education & Training

Main Line Health System/Lankenau Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2011
University of Aleppo Faculty of MedicineClass of 2004
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery
Brigham and Women's HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Tissue Engineering
Drexel University, LeBow College of BusinessM.B.A., Entrepreneurship
University of StrasbourgDiplome in Laparoscopic Surgery

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2006 - 2014
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Swedish Medal Swedish Surgical Society, 2022
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2013
Karl Storz Visiting Fellowship Award SAGES
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

23 citations
Robotic retromuscular ventral hernia repair and transversus abdominis release: short-term outcomes and risk factors associated with perioperative complications.
Fahri Gokcal, Sara Morrison, Omar Yusef Kudsi
Hernia. 2019-02-15
14 citations
Robotic intraperitoneal onlay versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) retromuscular mesh ventral hernia repair: A propensity score matching analysis of short-term outcomes
Omar Yusef Kudsi, Fahri Gokcal, Karen Chang
American Journal of Surgery. 2020-01-08
9 citations
Excess Body Weight and Abdominal Hernia.
Ulrich A. Dietz, Omar Yusef Kudsi, Fahri Gokcal, Naseem Bou-Ayash, Urs Pfefferkorn
Visceral Medicine. 2021-04-28

Journal Articles

Robotic Intraperitoneal Onlay Versus Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Retromuscular Mesh Ventral Hernia Repair: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes
Omar Kudsi, MD, The American Journal of Surgery

Books/Book Chapters

Laparoscopic Splenectomy In Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Kudsi O Y, Jones D BElsevier2013
Shortness of Breath In SURGERY
Chapter: Shortness of Breath
Behrens S, Kudsi OYElsevier2008
Skin in Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering
Chapter: Skin
Kudsi O Y, Pomahac BWiley2006

Authored Content

Robotic Intraperitoneal Onlay Versus Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Retromuscular Mesh Ventral Hernia Repair: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of Short-Term OutcomesJanuary 2020

Grant Support

Developing Physically-Based Virtual Simulation Technology for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic SurgeryNIHPresent
Validation of virtual reality based skill trainers: VBLAST (Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Trainer)NIHPresent

Committees

Co-Chair, Robotic Committee 2015 - Present
Member, SAGES/ Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE)
Founder, Robotic Surgery Collaboration

Research History

Research Fellow in Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolTissue Engineering and Wound Healing

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

French, Arabic, Turkish