General Surgery

Program Description

People in their Life time are exposed to diseases and incidents, such as road accidents, fire and burns, cancers, injuries caused by disputes and wars, fall, earthquake and debris, as well as congenital physical anomalies. In some of these cases, their injured organs, specially the vital ones, need surgical interventions. 

There have been enormous changes and innovations in this field, so that the educational program is constantly changing and programmers must focus their special attention on these various changes. 

Recently, the curriculum of General Surgery program has been revised due to dramatic changes in technology, substantive information, equipment, methods, and even diseases, and its revision was done by experts and professors in this field.

Program Objectives

• Gastrointestinal surgeries, including esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas
• Extra Cranial Endocrine Surgeries
• Breast surgeries
• Reticuloendothelial surgeries, including spleen and lymphatic system
• Skin and soft tissue surgeries
• Peripheral and visceral arterial emergency surgeries 
• Head and neck surgeries (except for brain and spinal cord, eyes, inner ear, and cosmetic surgeries) 
• Emergency and basic thoracic surgeries 
• Emergency and basic pediatric surgeries 
• Trauma and burn surgeries
• Outpatient surgeries (minor)
• Basic laparoscopic surgeries
• Cancer surgeries based on oncologic principles 
• Benign abdominal and pelvic tumor surgeries
• Basic endoscopy of gastrointestinal tract as a therapeutic approach

  Duration

  4 years (full time)