Dr Fidel Touma (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Fidel Touma
- Qualifications
- MD University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine Syrian Arab Republic 1993
- FRACS Australia 2018
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Arabic
Mr Fidel Touma is an experienced General and Laparoscopic Surgeon and trained in adult gastroscopy and colonoscopy. Fidel is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and holds appointments as a consultant general surgeon with The Northern Hospital and the Epping Private Hospital.
Mr Touma undertook the General Surgery Fellow position at the Northern Health 2016-2018, before being appointed as a Consultant General Surgeon with Northern Health.
Mr Touma is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University where he completed medical training in 1993 and then completed his training in General & Laparoscopic Surgery in 1998.
Mr Touma was the co-founder of laparoscopic general surgery in the province of Hama, Syria, and extensively contributed to the education and training of laparoscopic surgery for more than 15 years.
Mr Touma was Director of Surgery at the Assuqaylabiyah Public Hospital in Syria in 2006 and held this position until he fled Syria due to the Syrian civil war, then he migrated to Australia with his family in 2014. Throughout his tenure as a general surgeon, Mr Touma has always strived to gain new insight and techniques to advance his practice to the forefront of the surgical arena. Mr Touma practices endoscopy (Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy) in addition to a wide range of general surgeries including gut surgery (Gastrointestinal), hernias, breast and thyroid surgery as well as skin surgery and lumps and bumps. He has a special interest in laparoscopic procedures and repairing complex hernias.
Mr Touma is fluent in Arabic and likes to work with people from different cultural backgrounds, promoting respect and inclusion of people from all walks of life.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Epping Private Hospital
- Affiliated Organisations
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
Practice Locations
VIC
- Epping Private Hospital
- Address
- Level 1
230 Cooper Street
Epping VIC 3076
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9422 4444
- Fax
- 03 9422 4100
