Lessons in Practical Clinical and Operative Surgery

Dr Salah M. Abbas is a consultant surgeon at Geelong University Hospital, Australia, as well as an Associate Professor at Deakin University. He studied medicine in Iraq at Baghdad University. Dr Abbas has been practising surgery for over three decades, he began his career in Baghdad before moving to Yemen, eventually moving to New Zealand and was trained there in general surgery. He moved to Australia in 2009 and was trained in Liver and pancreas surgery in Sydney. His success is testament to his resilience, having being born in poverty in Iraq, living through four wars and overwhelming loss as a result. He is currently practicing Hepatobiliary and pancreatic Surgery, supervises surgical trainees and teaches surgery at Deakin University.