PERSONAL DATA
NAME : Wassim KHOURY
Address : 66, rue de Ponthieu,
75008 PARIS
FRANCE
Mail : wassim.khoury19@gmail.com
Date of birth : 19 October 1954
Place of birth : SWEDA – SYRIA
Citizenship : French – Syrian
Family status : Single
Languages spoken : French – English – Arabic
MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS
M.D.-Medical Doctor “with distinction”-1978
University of Damascus
“Promotion Major.”
C.U. – University Certificate – 1983
Qualification in General Surgery
University Pierre & Marie Curie-Paris VI
“Promotion Major
D.E.A – Diploma of Advanced Studies – 1985
In Political Science and Economics of Health
(Master degree)
University Paris VII
D.U. – University Diploma in Vascular Surgery. – 1986
University Paris VI
P.U.P.H – University Professor – Hospital Practitioner – 1986
(Consultant Professor) in Thoracic and
Cardio-Vascular Surgery.
Master of Medical Sciences – 1990
Necker Faculty
University of René Descartes
DISTINCTIONS
Master of Medical Sciences – 1990
Delivered by the French Ministry of National Education.
Inscription à l’Ordre des Médecins – 1992
US Patent for a surgical instrument – 2017
Detection means instrument
MEDICAL SOCIETIES
A.F.C. 1983
– Member of the “Société Française de Chirurgie”
F.I.C.A. – 1983
– “Fellowship of the International College of Angiology”.
1990
– Member of the Society “Cryobiology.
1990
– Member of French College of Thoracic
and Cardio-vascular Surgery
1992
– Member of the French Federation of Cardiology
1992
– Member of the French Society of Cardiology
SCFCTV – 1995
– Member of the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IMVCO – 1999
– Member of the Institute of Western Cardiovascular Diseases
– Member of the first instance commission
of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
He sits every year on commission since 2003
SURGICAL TRAINING AND HOSPITAL FUNCTIONS IN FRANCE
GENERAL SURGERY TRAINING : 19791-1983
January 1979 – September 1980
Resident in the General Surgery Department of DE GROOTE M.D.
Soissons Hospital
(Internship validating for the Northern Interns)
October 1980 – September 1981
Resident in the pediatric surgery of Professor DUHAMEL
Hospital center of Saint – Denis
(validating for IHP)
October 1981 – September 1982
Resident in the Department of General and Vascular Surgery of Doctor CLOTEAU, Professor PREMONT and Professor CORMIER
Hospital center of Henry Dunant
(validating for IHP)
Resident in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the service of Professor CABROL
University hospital center of Pitié Salpétrière Hospital)
October 1982 – April 1983
Resident in the Department of General Surgery with “laser plateform” of SULTAN M.D.
Stell Hospital, Rueil – Malmaison
(validating for IHP)
September 1983 : Qualification in General Surgery (obtention of the C.U.).
CARDIAC SURGERY TRAINING IN FRANCE : 1983-1990
May 1983 – September 1984 :
Senior resident in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
of Pr. J.Y. NEVEUX
Laënnec Hospital – Necker University
October 1984 – September 1985 :
Senior resident in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
of Pr. LANGLOIS
Bichat Hospital – Bichat University.
October 1985 – September 1989:
Senior Registrar in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Pr. J.Y. NEVEUX
Laënnec Hospital. Necker University.
October 1986 – September 1990 :
Surgeon (part – time) in the Department of Cardiac Surgery by Pr J.M. LANGLOIS
Bichat Hospital
Surgeon (part – time) in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Pr. J.Y. NEVEUX
Laënnec Hospital. Necker University.
January 1990 – 2000 :
Consultant in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Pr. F. LECA.
Laënnec Hospital. Necker University.
COURSES ABROAD 1989 – 1995
In April 1989, three months internship, in the adult cardiac surgery department
F. LOOP, Fondation Cleevland Clinic – OHIO USA
In April 1995, 2nd three months internship, in the adult cardiac surgery department
F. LOOP, Fondation Cleevland Clinic – OHIO USA
HOSPITAL FONCTIONS
1985 -1990
Attached surgeon
Cardiac Surgery Department of Professor J. LANGLOIS
Bichat Hospital, Paris
1990 – 2000
Attached surgeon
Cardiac Surgery Service of Professor F. LECA
Laënnec Hospital, Paris
2000 – 2006
Part – time surgeon (PAT)
Professor’s Cardiac Surgery Service P. VOUHE
Hospital Necker Enfant Malade, Paris
2000 – 2006
Part – time surgeon (Doctor’s assistant)
Cardiac Surgery Department Doctor O. BICAL
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation, Pari
Since 2000
Liberal Surgeon
Parly II Private Hospital, Le Chesnay
Since 2005
Coordinator- Head of the Unit of cardiac surgery
American Hospital of Paris
HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
1- SURGICAL ACTIVITIES
Between 1989 and 2000 at Laënnec Hospital and Necker Enfants Malades.
Full-time for adults and children
Participation in the heart and heart/lung transplant program and provide heart transplant treatments.
Strains of cardiac grafts
Since 2000.
Necker Hospital for children
Adult private Activity at St. Joseph’s Hospital and The Parly 2 Clinic
Development of Cardiac Surgery at the American Hospital of Paris,
Responsibility for the Cardiac Surgery Department of the American Hospital of Paris
Senior Physician of American Hospital of Paris
Surgery activity of children and adults in collaboration with and in the Arab countries
2- DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES OR SPECIAL OPERATIONS TECHNIQUES
Use of cryopreserved homografts
Consultant at Cryolife – Atlanta, and creation with them a tissues bank
Development of special surgical techniques using cryopreserved homografts
Use of pedicled autologous pericardium.
1985 – 1997
Cours : la prévention et risques cardio vasculaire
D.U De la Santé Publique.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Paris VI.
1990 – 2006
Cours de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire.
(cours organisés dans le service pour étudiants en medecine)
service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire
Hôpital Laënnec – (Professeur F. LECA)
Necker Enfant Malade – (Professeur P. VOUHE)
1985 – 1990
Cours d’ enseignement de la chirurgie cardiaque
(cours organisés dans le service pour étudiants en medecine)
service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire
Hôpital Bichat – (Professeur J. LANGLOIS).
De 1988 à 2003
Enseignement aux Ecoles d’infirmières
Cours de Chirurgie Cardiaque
École d’Infirmières de l’Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades.
École d’Infirmières de l’Hôpital La Roche Foucault.
École d’Aides Anesthésistes de l’Hôpital La Pitié Salpetrière.
École des Penseuses de l’Hôpital La Pitié Salpetrière
École d’Infirmières de l’Hôpital Fondation St Joseph
Professeur en Chirurgie Cardiaque : Cours
ABROAD ACTIVITY
1- HUMANITARIAN
- Humanitarian doctor
- Establishment from the beginning of career, a free consultation in Syria, for the poorest people.
- Creation of humanitarian missions and participation in humanitarian missions
- Engagement is mainly in the Arab world (Near and Middle East) and Africa; Mali, Mauritania and Maghreb countries essentially
- Commitment in associations to actions carrying peace and education in the world. Ex NGO: Children for Peace
- Commitment to the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, ex.November 28, 2018 “Peace: Toros Integral Work”, exhibition jointly organized by the Permanent Representations of Armenia and Syria to UNESCO.
2- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
- Development of a partnership with abroad.
- Transposition of knowledge and know-how to the European confreres, the Middle East, the Middle East and the Maghreb
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – September 2018
With the Zulekha Clinic in Dubai, Pursuing a Pediatric Surgery
Project with French Team Collaboration with Dubai
Algers (Algeria) – since July 2018
Since 2018, regular missions to the Chahrazed clinic in Algiers.
Casablanca (Morocco) – since 2010
In regular contact with the confreres of Casablanca in Morocco at the clinic France Ville – Casablanca
Damascus (Syria) – May 1995
Medical and surgical mission, at the invitation of Professor S.Kabani,Head of the Cardiac Surgery Center of the University Hospital of Damascus, and the organization by the Franco – Syrian Medical Association (AMFS), (with Professor Leca, Dr. Haydar Intensifier) .
– Conferences.
– Visits of the different centers.
– Consultations (children with complex congenital heart disease).
– Participation in the operating program.
– Meeting of two ministers (health and national education).
Subsequently, a twinning contract was signed with Dr Sukar, director of the Basel Assad Cardiological Institute in Damascus.
Dhahran (Saudi Arabia) – November 1992.
Collaboration contract between the KFMMC of Dhahran (Military Hospital) and Necker CHU – Sick Children (program led by Professor EVEN),
A cardiological symposium was organized:
The main purpose of this trip was the on-site study of an equipment project for a cardiac surgery center: evaluation of local possibilities (architecture, budget, recruitment).
A comprehensive study report was then provided to Professor EVEN and Saudi local authorities.
In this project Laenecec’s cardiac surgery department took care of the medical and surgical part; to know :
– Recruitment of medical and paramedical personnel.
– Staff training on site and in Laënnec.
– A rotation of surgeons to operate and train the surgical team on site.
– Missions three or four times a year.
– Receive at Laennec hospital complex congenital heart disease.
This project has been postponed due to budgetary problems.
Oran (Algeria) – October 1992.
Information day as part of the scientific collaboration between Professor Leca’s cardiac surgery department, Laennec Hospital in Paris and Professor Iles’s cardiology department, CHU Oran:
– Conferences on homografts.
– Consultations and follow-ups of children who have had homografting sites.
– Consultations and follow-up of children operated on a mitral plasty and aortic valve replacement.
Madrid (Spain) – March 1992.
Organization of a conference and a one-day workshop by the Cryolife-Mediset laboratories and Spanish cardiologists and surgeons for the use of cryopreserved homograft.
TEACHING FUNCTION
1984 – 1986 :
Anatomy lessons for medical students
with Professors J. LANGLOIS and J.L. DEBRUX.
Bichat University
1985 – 1998 :
Teaching of General Surgery
To students preparing a D.U (University Diploma) in Naval Medicine.
Pierre & Marie Curie University , Paris VI
1985 – 1997:
Teaching of Cardiology : prevention and cardiovascular risks
for doctors in preparation to obtain the D.U. (University Diploma) of Public Health.
Pierre & Marie Curie University, PARIS VI.
1985 – 1990 :
Teaching of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
for medical students (in Department of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery)
BICHAT Hospital (with Professor LANGLOIS).
1990 – 2006 :
Teaching of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
(for medical students, in Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
Laënnec Hospital (with Professor LECA),
Necker Enfants Malades (with Professor P.VOUHE)
1988 – 2003 :
School of Nursing teaching :
Courses of Cardiac surgery,
Cardiac and vascular Surgery,
Heart Transplantation,
Congenital heart disease.
- Nursing School of Necker Hospital
- Nursing School of La Rochefoucauld Hospital
- Anaesthetist Assistant School of La Pitié Salpétrière Hospital
- Scrub Nurses School of la Pitié Salpétrière Hospital
- Nursing School of Fondation Saint Joseph Hospital
1992
Post – University teaching abroad:
March 1992 : Cryopreserved Homografts
- Methods of conservation
- Surgical techniques
Training symposium for Spanish cardiac surgeons
Organized by MEDISET Lab.