Dr. Sami Otman is senior consultant and the Head of the Burns Unit in Al Wakra Hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr. Otman qualified with MBBCh from the Faculty of Medicine of Tripoli University Libya in 1982 and trained in Tripoli before he moved to France in 1991.
He undertook his surgical training in Libya and France, with specialization in burns, plastic and reconstructive surgery; since then he has been awarded with:
- The Diploma in Skin and Applied Burn Treatment, Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse, France.
- The Diploma Interuniversitaire of Specialisation in Stomatology, Montpellier, France
- The Diploma of the French College of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Awarded a Ministerial State Qualification in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
He was in post of Praticien Hospitalier, ”a lifelong post which is equal to Senior Consultant or Associated Professor according to the English system” in burns and reconstructive surgery centre at the Lapeyronie University Hospital of Montpellier, France.
He has a special interest for Burns and the Reconstructive Surgery and the innovative techniques and was one of the first surgeons in France who used; The NPT, the artificial dermis “Integra & Matriderm” and the Versajet.
Most of his publications and attended congresses are in the field of burns and chronic wounds.
Dr. Otman has undertaken research in burns and has several publications together with many presentations at national and international societies. He has been involved in humanitarian burn treatments in Togo, Afghanistan, and Cambodia. He is a member of several healing and burns societies. He also has an extensive teaching experience.
