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Introduction

Personal Facts:

Male

Years Since Graduation: 23

Professional
Appointments:

General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Buffalo Medical Group, 2007 - Present

Private Practice, General Surgery & Trauma/Surgical Oncology, San Fernando Valley and Thousand Oaks, January 2002 - August 2007

Associate Director, Liver Transplant Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, April 1999 - October 2001

Assistant Professor of Surgery In-Residence, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 - 2001

Instructor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1996 - 1997

Publications:

2001 Isolation, characterization and transplantation of bone marrow derived hepatocyte stem cells Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

2001 Transmission of hepatitis B infection from hepatitis B core antibody positive liver allograft is prevented by Lamivudine therapy Liver Transplantation

2000 Predictors of survival after In Vivo split liver transplantation: analysis of 110 consecutive patients Annals of Surgery

2000 Radiographic findings of ischemic hepatitis in a cirrhotic patient Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

2000 The Liver- Hepatic Support, Bioartificial Liver. In SIRS, MODS and MOF- Systemic Inflammatory Response, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Multiple Organ Failure- Pathopysiology, Prevention and Therapy Springer-Verlag

Professional Affiliations/
Memberships:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Los Angeles Surgical Society

American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (AHPBA)

H. William Scott, Jr. Society

Society of Gastro-endoscopic Surgeons

American Liver Foundation

Experience/Training

Specialties^*

General Surgery (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Arnaout is board certified by the American Board of Surgery)

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Medical School:

   American University of Beirut, Doctor of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon 1985

Internship:

   American University of Beirut Medical Center, Surgical Intern, Beirut, Lebanon, July 1985 - December 1986

Residency:

   Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Surgical Resident Nashville, TN, 1993
   Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Chief Resident, General Surgery Nashville, TN, 1994

Fellowship:

   Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Department of Surgery, Liver Transplant Fellowship Los Angeles, CA, 1996
   UCLA School of Medicine, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Transplant Fellowship Los Angeles, CA, 1996

Undergraduate University:

   American University of Beirut, Bachelor of Science, Beirut, Lebanon 1981

Other Education/Training/Positions:

   Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Research Fellow Nashville, TN, 1989

HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards. HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Walid S Arnaout as of 05/03/2008
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.

HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for Dr. Walid S Arnaout in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Buffalo Medical Group - General Surgery
 http://www.buffalomedicalgroup.com

Description of practice:

The Buffalo Medical Group is a physician-directed, community-wide organization committed to improving the health of its patients by delivering high quality, cost-effective and accessible health care.

General Surgery is a specialty that treats a number of conditions, benign and malignant, that involve intra-abdominal organs (stomach, small intestine, appendix, colon, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas and liver); the breast, endocrine glands (thyroid, parathyroid and adrenals), and skin lesions (cancer, melanoma, cysts). Hernias in the abdominal wall and groin also are treated by specialists in General Surgery.

Languages spoken by physicians in this practice:

Arabic

All physicians at this practice:

Office Locations: 

	Buffalo Medical Group - Kenmore Mercy Hospital	View Contact Information
	2950 Elmwood Avenue
	Kenmore, NY 14217	View Location Map
Office Information:    Physicians At This Office: Walid S. Arnaout

	Buffalo Medical Group - Buffalo	View Contact Information
	85 High Street
	Buffalo, NY 14203	View Location Map
Office Information:    Physicians At This Office: Walid S. Arnaout

 

Affiliated Hospital

Kenmore Mercy Hospital

2950 Elmwood Avenue Kenmore, NY 14217

Kenmore Mercy Hospital