Guest Speaker

Dr. Buthaina Al-Shunnar
Surgeon

Dr. Buthainah Al-Shunnar is an American Board certified Plastic Surgeon with extensive experience in breast surgery, body contouring, aesthetic facial surgery, hand surgery, cancer reconstruction and microsurgery.
She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.  She is also a member of the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.

After graduating medical college with honors from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland in 1991, Dr. Al-Shunnar received her five years of general surgery training at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore and George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C., where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society. She then completed her plastic surgery training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. 

After her training, Dr. Al-Shunnar spent three years in York, Pennsylvania as Consultant Plastic Surgeon in private practice, also covering a major trauma center for its reconstructive needs.  In addition, she held an academic position at Hershey Medical College where she mentored and taught the residents and fellows.  She subsequently returned to the Middle East and took up a position as Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center in Abu Dhabi for two years.  She has since established her own clinic in Dubai.

Dr.Al-Shunnar has published numerous articles in her field.  Her work has been presented at national and international plastic surgery conferences.

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