Dr. Ayman Harake, MD, FACS
Consultant General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon | Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
About
Dr. Ayman Harake is a Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon in Beirut with more than 30 years of clinical, academic and leadership experience. He is internationally trained in colorectal and minimally invasive surgery, with extensive expertise in advanced laparoscopic gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery.
He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the American University of Beirut in 1986 and completed his board certification in General Surgery there in 1991, followed by postgraduate training in colorectal and laparoscopic surgery at Watford General Hospital in England.
He has since completed advanced surgical training across Europe: abdominal wall surgery in Ghent, advanced laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, gastric, colorectal and hernia surgery at the European Surgical Institute in Hamburg, and metabolic and bariatric surgery courses in Paris, Elancourt and Hamburg.
He is Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the Lebanese University and has been Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center since 1998. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Arab Board Scientific Council, and Chairman of the Arab Board Examination Committee in General Surgery.
He has led surgical departments as Head of the Division of General Surgery at Sahel General Hospital since 2015, and as Chairman of its Department of Surgery from 2012 to 2014. He served as President of the Lebanese Laparoscopic Surgery Society from 2008 to 2011 and is Treasurer of the Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Association.
His clinical practice covers advanced laparoscopic surgery, bariatric and metabolic surgery — including sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding and gastric plication — alongside colorectal surgery, abdominal wall and hernia surgery, and upper gastrointestinal surgery. He has published on laparoscopic gastric banding and bypass, choledochal cysts, familial male breast cancer and the management of cystobiliary fistula, and supervises theses at the Lebanese University.
Credentials
- Degree
- Doctor of Medicine (MD), 1986
- Medical school
- American University of Beirut
- Licence
- Medical Licence — Lebanese Order of Physicians — No. ح/470Board Certification — Specialty in General Surgery — American University of Beirut, 1991
- Board certifications
- Specialty in General Surgery — American University of Beirut (1991)
- Professional memberships
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)Lebanese Laparoscopic Surgery Society — President (2008–2011) — 2008Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Association (MMESA) — TreasurerInternational Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)Society of Minimally Invasive General Surgeons (SMIGS)Lebanese Society of General SurgeonsLebanese Cancer Society
- Hospital affiliations
- Sahel General Hospital (University Hospital) — Head, Division of General SurgeryMiddle East Hospital (MEH Private Clinics)American University of Beirut Medical Center — Clinical Associate, Department of SurgeryTrad HospitalBikhazi Medical Group / Fouad Khoury HospitalAl Najjar Hospital
- Languages spoken
- Arabic (native)English (fluent)French (fluent)
Questions patients ask
How many years of experience does Dr. Ayman Harake have?
Dr. Ayman Harake has more than 30 years of consultant surgical practice. He qualified in Medicine at the American University of Beirut in 1986, completed his board certification in General Surgery there in 1991, and has been in private practice in Beirut since 1993.
Is Dr. Ayman Harake board certified?
Yes. He holds board certification in the specialty of General Surgery from the American University of Beirut, awarded in 1991, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He also chairs the Arab Board Examination Committee in General Surgery and is a member of the Arab Board Scientific Council.
Where does Dr. Ayman Harake practise?
He consults at MEH Private Clinics in Ramlet El Baida, Beirut, Lebanon, and has been in private practice in the city since 1993. He is Head of the Division of General Surgery at Sahel General Hospital and holds hospital appointments at Trad Hospital, Bikhazi Medical Group / Fouad Khoury Hospital and Al Najjar Hospital.
What bariatric surgery does Dr. Ayman Harake perform?
His bariatric and metabolic practice includes sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding and gastric plication. He completed the IFSO Advanced Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Course in Paris in 2009, a Metabolic Surgery Master Class in Elancourt in 2010 and an Advanced Bariatric Surgery Course in Hamburg in 2011, and he is a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).
Does Dr. Ayman Harake perform laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery?
Yes — minimally invasive surgery is central to his practice. He trained in colorectal and laparoscopic surgery at Watford General Hospital in England in 1992–1993 and in advanced laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He served as President of the Lebanese Laparoscopic Surgery Society from 2008 to 2011 and directed the Advanced Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery Course in 2002.
What other operations does Dr. Ayman Harake perform?
Alongside bariatric surgery he practises colorectal surgery, abdominal wall and hernia surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery and general surgery. He completed a clinical immersion in advanced laparoscopic abdominal wall surgery in Ghent, Belgium in 2016, and the European Surgical Institute Visceral Week covering gastric, colorectal and hernia surgery in Hamburg in 2000.
Does Dr. Ayman Harake teach or hold academic positions?
Yes. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the Lebanese University and has been Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center since 1998. He teaches undergraduate medical students, trains and supervises General Surgery residents, examines for the Arab Board, and supervises theses at the Lebanese University.
Is Dr. Ayman Harake the same surgeon as the Dr. Ayman Al Harakeh listed in Dubai?
No. Dr. Ayman Harake practises in Beirut, Lebanon — at MEH Private Clinics in Ramlet El Baida, as Head of the Division of General Surgery at Sahel General Hospital, and at Al Najjar Hospital, Trad Hospital and Bikhazi Medical Group / Fouad Khoury Hospital — and holds no appointment in Dubai or anywhere in the UAE. Search results that place a surgeon of a similar name at a Dubai hospital refer to a different person. The spelling used here, Harake, is the one the doctor uses.
What languages does Dr. Ayman Harake speak?
He speaks Arabic as a native language, and is fluent in English and French.