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Dr. Oussama Chaar

Consultant-Orthopedic Surgeon (Arthroplasty) Book an Appointment

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Dr. Oussama obtained his MD degree from Liege University, Belgium in 1984. He then went to pursue a fellowship in Orthopaedic at liege university hospital with subspecialty in joint replacement which he completed in 1990 with the degree of “high excellency”. He also obtained a diploma in Biomechanics from ULB university of Brussels and has been awarded the best scientific research by the “Lejeune et Lechien” foundation of liege university.

For 24 years he had a highly successful career as a senior consultant in Belgium with intensive clinical activities and worked as a visitor surgeon in the Middle East. He became one of the pioneers in his field and developed his own department of joint replacement with more than 500 knee and hip replacement surgery a year. In 2014, Dr. Oussama moved to the UAE where he practiced at a key government hospital in Abu Dhabi before moving to a private hospital then to Burjeel hospital as a consultant and head of orthopaedic department.

Dr. Oussama has more than 30 years of experience in his field with more than ten thousand knee and hip joint replacement surgeries achieved successfully. He is an author of many publications, co-inventor of knee prosthesis and has done various research studies in different institutes in Europe.

He is an expert in complex primary joint replacement, hip and knee revision, complex pelvic fracture and bone tumour surgery, and has operated on many international patients from the Middle east, South Africa and Australia. He has long experience in total hip replacement for congenital hip dislocation and has developed his own technique without femoral shortening osteotomy.

He is using the most updated minimally invasive procedure and is familiar with navigation and robotic surgery for joint replacement. He applies his own fast track technique in knee and hip replacement since 2017 with minimal postop pain and very quick recovery without the need of physiotherapy.

Dr. Oussama is a speaker and member of the scientific committee organizing every year the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) orthopaedic conference. He is a member of the Belgium orthopaedic association (SOBCOT), the French orthopaedic society (SOFCOT) as well as member of the American Academy of orthopaedic surgeon (AAOS). He is continually active in the medical community and participates as a faculty and attendee in major scientific events in Europe and North America.