Ghassan Abu-Sittah

• 32 years of experience
• Head of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery, American University of Beirut (2012 - present)
• Craniofacial, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, American University of Beirut (2011 - present)
• ​Co-director, Conflict Medicine Programme, Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut (present)
• War surgeon in Iraq, South Lebanon and Gaza (present)

• 2018 ALPH OMEGA ALPHA Honor Medical Society, USA membership
• Professor Abu-Sittah was honoured by having the library at the ​Bioethics and Professionalism Programme of the American University of Beirut dedicated as ‘The Ghassan Abu-Sittah Library’ in 2018

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah is a highly distinguished consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon. With more than 25 years of experience, he is internationally recognised for his expertise in cosmetic surgery without scarring, combining a unique approach that incorporates elements of field work, academia and humanitarianism.

In London, Professor Abu-Sittah currently sees patients at 121 Harley Street. His highly-skilled practice focuses on face and body treatment procedures, including facelift, scarless lip lift, scarless chin augmentation, minimal access browlift, blepharoplasty and non-surgical rhinoplasty procedures.

Professor Abu-Sittah qualified from the University of Glasgow and completed his postgraduate training in London. Following his specialist registrar training, he went on to accomplish three prestigious fellowships: a paediatric craniofacial surgery fellowship and a cleft surgery fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Kids, and later, a further trauma reconstruction fellowship at the Royal London Hospital.