Doctor Sami Otman is senior consultant and the Head of the Burns Unit in Al Wakra Hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr.
Otman qualified with MBBCh from the Faculty of Medicine of Tripoli
University Libya in 1982 and trained in Tripoli before he moved to
France in 1991.
He undertook his surgical training in Libya and
France, with specialization in burns, plastic and reconstructive
surgery; since then he has been awarded with:
- The Diploma in Skin and Applied Burn Treatment, Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse, France.
- The Diploma Interuniversitaire of Specialisation in Stomatology, Montpellier, France.
- The Diploma of the French College of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Award a Ministerial State Qualification in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
He was in post of
Praticien Hospitalier, ” a lifelong post
which is equal to Senior Consultant or Associated Professor according to
the English system” in burns and reconstructive surgery centre at the
Lapeyronie University Hospital of Montpellier, France.
He has a
special interest for Burns and the Reconstructive Surgery and the
innovative techniques and was one of the first surgeons in France who
used; The NPT, the artificial dermis “Integra & Matriderm” and the
Versajet.
Most of his publications and attended congresses are in the field of burns and chronic wounds.
Dr.
Otman has undertaken research in burns and has several publications
together with many presentations at national and international
societies. He has been involved in humanitarian burn treatments in Togo,
Afghanistan, and Cambodia. He is a member of several healing and burns
societies. He also has an extensive teaching experience.
