Dr. Mohammed Raafat

Core Competencies

• Limb swelling
• Spider veins/Varicose veins
• Pelvic Vein Compression
• Arterial aneurysms (abdominal aortic and other peripheral aneurysms)
• Diabetic feet with critical ischemia
• Vascular access for dialysis patients
• Telangiectasias 
• Acute limb ischemia
• Chronic ischemia and claudication
• Mesenteric ischemia
• Aortic aneurysm and dissection
• Port cath insertion for chemotherapy patients
• Vascular trauma (RTA, Gunshot, Stab, Cut and Latrogenic)
• Carotid artery disease
• Endovascular diagnostic and therapeutic techniques 

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Brief Profile

Dr. Mohammed Raafat is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon with 20 years of experience. His areas of special interest include deep vein thrombosis (DVT) management method (thrombectomy, IVUS, stenting - both acute setting and chronic post thrombotic). One of the key highlights of his career is the pioneering use of advanced catheters for dissolving blood clots, intravascular ultrasound and branched grafts for patients with enlarged pelvic arteries in the UAE.

He is the co-founder of Emirates Vascular Surgery Society (EVSS) and currently serves as the General Secretary of the society. Dr. Raafat is also on the advisory board of numerous international endovascular equipment companies and helps them improve and innovate techniques and devices in vascular surgery. Additionally, he is a Member of Higher Comittee for Medical Liability in the field of vascular surgery.

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Qualification

• MD, Vascular Surgery, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2014
• Master of Surgery, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2010
• Fellowship of Peripheral Endovascular Intervention (FEIN), Kiel, Germany, 2013
• Bronkwall Cologne Aortic Grafting Fellowship (BCAGF), Cologne, Germany, 2015