Ghassan Abu-Sittah

Abu-Sittah in 2023 Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah (; born 1969 in Kuwait) is a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon who specialises in craniofacial surgery, aesthetic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, and trauma-related injuries. Since April 2024 he has served as Rector of the University of Glasgow.

He is known for providing medical assistance as a surgeon in twelve crisis and conflict areas, like in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, where he supported local clinics and doctors, particularly in the Gaza Strip. He first visited the Gaza Strip as a medical student during the First Intifada in 1989, and was a member of Medical Aid for Palestinians during the Second Intifada starting 2000. He also traveled to the Gaza Strip during the 2008-2009 war, the 2012 operation, the 2014 war, and the 2018 Great March of Return.

Abu-Sittah returned to the Gaza Strip after the start of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, where he provided medical assistance with Doctors Without Borders out of the Al-Shifa Hospital. He has spoken to news outlets participated in press conferences discussing his experiences. In January 2024, he traveled to The Hague to meet with International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Damned if You do… Damned if You don’t!

    Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Damned if You do… Damned if You don’t! by Theresa Farhat, Sarah Ibrahim, Zahi Abdul-Sater, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

    Published 2023-08-01
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    AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health

    AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health by Mark Zeitoun, Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Reem Abu Shomar, Nassim el Achi

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    How COVID-19 highlighted the need for infection prevention and control measures to become central to the global conversation: experience from the conflict settings of the Middle East

    How COVID-19 highlighted the need for infection prevention and control measures to become central to the global conversation: experience from the conflict settings of the Middle Ea... by Roula El Mouallem, Krystel Moussally, Anita Williams, Ernestina Repetto, Marilyne Menassa, Chiara Martino, Ghassan Abu Sittah

    Published 2021-10-01
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    Evaluating a research training programme for frontline health workers in conflict-affected and fragile settings in the middle east

    Evaluating a research training programme for frontline health workers in conflict-affected and fragile settings in the middle east by Hady Naal, Tracy Daou, Dayana Brome, Rania Mansour, Ghassan Abu Sittah, Christos Giannou, Enrique Steiger, Shadi Saleh

    Published 2023-04-01
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    The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review

    The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review by Elsa Kobeissi, Marilyne Menassa, Krystel Moussally, Ernestina Repetto, Ismail Soboh, Marwan Hajjar, Shadi Saleh, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

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    Demonstration of the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality Telesurgery in Complex Hand Reconstruction in Gaza

    Demonstration of the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality Telesurgery in Complex Hand Reconstruction in Gaza by Max J. Greenfield, BSc, Joshua Luck, MRCS, Michael L. Billingsley, MBBS, Richard Heyes, MRCS, Oliver J. Smith, MRCS, Afshin Mosahebi, FRCS, Abu Khoussa, MD, Ghassan Abu-Sittah, MD, Nadine Hachach-Haram, MRCS

    Published 2018-03-01
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    Long-term burden of war injuries among civilians in LMICs: case of the July 2006 war in Lebanon

    Long-term burden of war injuries among civilians in LMICs: case of the July 2006 war in Lebanon by Elsa Kobeissi, Marilyne Menassa, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Nassim El Achi, Zahi Abdul-Sater, Theresa Farhat, Dalia Al Mohtar, Marwan Hajjar, Rima A. Abdul-Khalek, Bachar F. Chaya, Ahmad Elamine, Shehan Hettiaratchy, Shehan Hettiaratchy, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

    Published 2023-12-01
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