Dr. Hischam Taha

Consultant, Burn Surgery
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Dr. Hischam Taha, B.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.S., F.R.C.S., is a dual board-certified hand and burn surgeon with the burn surgery division at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) in Abu Dhabi.

With over two decades of experience, Dr. Taha is trained in all aspects of acute and secondary burn care, complex microsurgical reconstruction, general plastic and aesthetic surgery, scar revision, and post-bariatric body contouring.

During his postgraduate basic and higher surgical training, he obtained his Membership and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Certificate of Completion of Training. Dr. Taha furthered his training through fellowships in aesthetic surgery, microsurgical and burns reconstruction, and the internationally prestigious complex microsurgical reconstructive fellowship in Bristol, specialising in both lower limb trauma and breast reconstruction, in 2014.

Dr. Taha is a longstanding member of an international faculty during charity missions “Facing Africa” to treat NOMA patients in Ethiopia, as well as the highly successful BAPRAS-recognised Microsurgical Reconstructive Course in Lahore, Pakistan, since 2010.

Doctor can help with

  • Burn care surgery
  • General plastic surgery
  • Skin removal post weight loss
  • Microsurgical reconstruction
  • Scar management

Memberships

  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, (MRCS)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, FRCS(Plast)
  • British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, (BAPRAS)
  • German Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
  • German Association of Hand Surgeons

Licences and certifications

  • Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Saxonian Federal Chamber of Physicians, Germany
  • Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Germany
  • Specialisation in Hand Surgery, Germany
  • Specialist Registration General Medical Council, UK
  • Certificate of Completion of Training in Plastic Surgery (CCT), GMC

Training and work experience

  • Consultant, Burn Surgery

    SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive Surgeon Private Practice

    Leipzig, Germany

  • Clinical Lead Burns Surgery

    Klinikum St Georg, Leipzig, Germany

  • Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive Surgeon

    Klinikum St Georg, Leipzig, Germany

  • Microsurgical Fellowship Lower Limb and Breast Reconstruction

    Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol Trust, Bristol, UK

  • Microsurgical and Burns Fellowship

    University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria

  • National Specialist Training Registrar in Plastic Surgery (StR)

    Southwest Deanery, UK

  • Basic Surgical Training

    Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

Education

  • Research Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.)

    University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Hand Surgery subspecialisation

    Saxonian Federal Chamber of Physicians, Germany
  • Specialisation in Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery

    Saxonian Federal Chamber of Physicians, Germany
  • National Specialist Training Registrar (StR) in Plastic Surgery

    Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
  • Basic Surgical Training (BST)

    Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
  • Medicine

    University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Bachelor of Science (Hons)

    King’s College, London
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