OA Dr. Shahbaz Ghaffari

Main areas of work

• Operations for cholelithiasis / gallstone diseases 
• Minimally invasive intestinal surgery for inflammatory and malignant diseases 
• Hernia repair for inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, incisional hernia, minimally invasive as well as open surgical technique e.g.: operation according to Lichtenstein, component separation for large and complex hernias, TAPP, IPOM, PUMP, EMILOS
• Proctological operations – e.g.: anal fissure, anal fistula, anal abscess, phlebpthrombosis, haemorrhoid operations e.g.: HAL/RAR- Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation and Recto Anal Repair
• Pilonidal sinus – sacral dermoid
• Treatment of varices (varicose veins and spider veins) 
• Colorectal tumour surgery – laparoscopic or open
• Hand surgery: e.g.: carpal tunnel syndrome, ganglion, trigger finger
• Colonoscopy – examination of the large bowel 
• Proctoscopy – examination of the rectum
• Rectoscopy – examination of the rectum
• Gastroscopy – examination of the upper part of gastrointestinal tract 
• Rubber band ligations
• Removal of benign and malignant skin and subcutaneous alterations, e.g.: birthmark – nevus, staetoma – atheroma, benign fat tumour – lipoma; boil – abscess, furuncle, anal skin fold – marisca 
• Nail wedge excision – for ingrown toenails 

If required, there is a close cooperation with plastic surgery.

Medical training

• Medical studies at the University of Vienna and Karl Franzens University Graz 
• Training as a general practitioner at the hospitals KH Göttlicher Heiland, St. Anna Kinderspital, UKH Meidling, Heeresspital Stammersdorf
• Specialist training at the hospital KH der Barmherzigen Brüder Vienna
• Counter-speciality training at the hospital KH Rudolfstiftung Plastic Surgery, AKH at the Clinical Institute for Pathology, UKH Meidling

Professional experience

• Senior physician at the Department of Surgery at the hospital KH of the Barmherzigen Brüder Vienna. 

Further education:

• Austrian Medical Chamber Advanced Training Diploma 
• Emergency doctor diploma 
• System skill training da Vinci Surgical System Strasbourg/France
• EASIE-training in interventional endoscopy AKH Vienna 
• Surgery Workshop Milos – technique „DynaMesh CICAT“ WSP Vienna
• Duplex sonography of the varicose veins or ulcer patient Melk
• Colon advanced workshop BHB Vienna
• Laparoscopy workshop Colon BHB Vienna
• 32nd International Gastrointestinal Surgery Davos/Switzerland
• Gastrointestinal Anastomosis, Suture & Stapling technique Salzburg 
• ACP course Interdisciplinary Pelvic Floor course Innsbruck
• 4th Graz Anatomical-Surgical Week, ACP course - Anatomy II Graz
• ACP Basic course: Anatomy and Coloproctological Surgical Techniques BHS Vienna 
• ACP Basic course: Proctological Dermatology/STD/ Oncology AKH Vienna
• ACP Basic course: Coloproctological Examination Techniques Innsbruck
• Laparoscopy days LKH Linz
• EACCME Visceral & Gastrointestinal Acute Surgery course Graz
• Inguinal Hernia TAPP workshop WSP Vienna
• Phleobosurgery workshop St. Josef Hospital Vienna
• Participation in numerous workshops and congresses in Austria and abroad

My professional memberships:

• Austrian Society of Surgery, Austrian Working Group for Coloproctology (ACP)
• Member of the Austrian Society for Robotic Surgery