Category: New Faculty

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Selim as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Omar Selim, MD, MSC, FRCSC, RPVI
Associate Surgeon, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Dr. Selim completed his undergraduate studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and received his medical degree from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He holds a Master of Science in medical education from the University of Toronto, where he also completed an integrated residency in vascular surgery. He completed research fellowships at the Temerty-Chang Telesimulation Centre and the Wilson Centre Health Professions Education Research program, both in Toronto.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Selim was an assistant professor of vascular surgery at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to this, he was a vascular surgeon at a private practice in Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Selim’s clinical interests include complex open and endovascular aortic surgery, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular disease and dialysis access, as well as the full spectrum of vascular disease.

His research interests are primarily within the field of quantitative medical education research, with a particular interest in simulation, assessment practice, and generalizability and validity theory. He also has a strong interest in vascular and endovascular device trials.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Dunning as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

John Dunning, MD, ChB, FRCS(C/Th)
Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Cardiothoracic Liaison, COVID Recovery Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Dunning completed his undergraduate studies at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland and received his medical degree from the University of Manchester in England. He completed general and cardiothoracic surgery training at various hospitals in England, including Manchester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and the Leicester Teaching Hospitals, followed by cardiothoracic fellowship training at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Dunning was a professor of surgery, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the director of Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Harefield Hospital in England.  Previously, he was a professor of surgery and interim chief at the University of South Florida Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, as well as the endowed professor of cardiovascular research and surgical director of Heart and Lung Transplantation at Tampa General Hospital. At the Brigham, Dr. Dunning will also serve as the clinical surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program and as the cardiothoracic surgical liaison for the COVID Recovery Center.

Dr. Dunning is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). He regularly reviews articles for the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and Circulation.

Dr. Dunning’s clinical and research interests include mechanisms of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, donor organ preservation and mechanisms of right ventricular dysfunction and failure.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kudsi as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

O. Yusef Kudsi, MD, MBA
Associate Surgeon, Part-time, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dr. Kudsi earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo in Syria, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship in tissue engineering at the Brigham, a surgical residency at Lankenau Medical Center, a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and an advanced MIS travelling fellowship at IRCAD Institute and the University Hospital of Strasbourg in France. He pursued an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship and co-founded DigitalSurgical, which has its own patented technology in intra-operative real-time 3D micrometer scanning and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Kudsi has performed over 3,500 robotic surgeries, assisted in setting up robotic programs in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and has taught hernia surgery to over 1,000 surgeons. Throughout his career, he has assumed prominent leadership roles at Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA), the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Association for Surgical Education (ASE). He founded the Robotic Surgery Collaboration (RSC), a vicarious learning platform that brings together more than 10,000 surgeons to discuss the latest in robotic surgery and to learn how to effectively integrate robotic surgery at their institutions, and he has organized numerous international summits.

Dr. Kudsi also established an accredited MIS fellowship and a funded clinical research fellowship focused on abdominal wall reconstruction, robotic and artificial intelligence surgery. He has written over 100 original peer reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters and is the editor of five robotic textbooks with over 100 national and international presentations.

Dr. Kudsi’s clinical interests include robotic complex abdominal wall reconstruction and abdominal core health. His research interests include machine learning, artificial intelligence and digital surgery.