Haitham Hussein

Dedicated Anesthetist and Pain Management specialist with extensive experience at Armed Forces Hospital. Expert in anesthesia administration and airway management, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Proven track record in quality improvement initiatives and effective pain management strategies, enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Committed to excellence in clinical practice and patient safety.

Professional & Work Experience

❖ Anaesthesia:

• Preoperative preparation of surgical patients.

• Pediatric anesthesia:

-Anaesthestic management of cases of cleft palate and cleft lip surgical repair procedures.

-Anaesthestic management of cases with trachea-esophageal fistula repair.

-Anaesthestic management of cases of intestinal obstruction, intussusceptions & volvulus

-Anaesthesia for hernial surgeries (Inguinal, Umbilical, Diaphragmatic,… etc.)

-Anesthesia for hypospadias, orchiopexy, hydrocelectomy surgeries.

-Anaesthesia for Bronchoscopy, Oesphagoscopy, Thoracoscopy.

-Anaesthesia for ear pediatric surgeries (Cochlear implant, myringoplasty, tempanoplasty,… etc) and nasal surgeries (FESS, nasal septum,… etc).

-Anaesthesia for spine surgeries (e.g congenital and developmental scoliosis,…etc).

-Anaesthesia for laparoscopic nephrectomy and renal transplant surgeries....

-Anaesthetic management of cases of major abdominal wall defect e.g gastroeschisis and omphalocele)

-Anaesthestic management of airway surgeries (laryngeomalacia, Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy).

-Anaesthesia for pediatric orthopedic surgeries

- Anaesthesia for pediatric and adolescent maxillofacial surgeries.

-Anaesthestic management of pediatric neurosurgical operations including brain tumors, menigeocele…ect.

- Performing pediatric reginal nerve block both neuroaxial and peripheral nerve block( interscaline, supraclavicular, axillary, median , ulnar, radial, femoral, sciatic, popliteal, transverse abdominal plane block,…ect)

• Orthopedic:

- Anaesthesia for all cases of bony fractures, both general andregional anaesthesia (neuroaxial and peripheral nerve blocks)

- Anaesthesia for all cases of total hip and total knee replacement.

- Anaesthesia for all cases of shoulder, knee and hip arthroscopy.

- Anaesthesia for all cases of fracture spine.

- Anaesthetic management of emergency abdominal explorationcases.

- Anaesthetic management of laparoscopic procedures e.glaparoscopic cholecystectomy, appendectomy,hemicolectomy,…etc

- Management of bariatric cases including sleeve and bypasssurgeries.

- Anaesthetic management of thyroid, breast, hernia surgeries.

- Anaesthetic management for colonoscopy,esophagogastrodudenoscopy procedures.

- Management of cases of liposuction, breast augmentation andbreastreduction.

- Management of cases of flap surgeries.

- Anaesthestic management of limb reimplantation surgeries.Trauma:

-Airway management.

-Initial assessment & resuscitation.

-Inserting peripheral & ultrasound guided central venous line.

-Inserting Intercostal chest tube.

-Simulated cardiac arrest.

• General surgery:

• Plastic surgeries:

Neuroanaesthesia:

-Anaesthetic management of cases with cerebral masses operated in different positions (prone, lateral and supine)

- Anaesthetic management of cases for ventriculo-peritoneal shunts

- Anaesthetic management of cases for neuronal emergencies including extradural and subdural hemorrhage.

• Fluoroscopic Guided Epidurals at Differentlevels.

• Intubation challenges in Critically Ill.

- Anaesthesia for spine surgeries, discectomy, laminectomy, fixation and scoliosis surgery

E.N.T.:

-LASER laryngeal and head and neck surgeries anesthesia including total laryngoectomies, total layngopharyngectomy with bilateral block neckdissection.

-Anaesthestic management of tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies cases.

-Anaesthetic management of nasal surgeries including septoplasty, FESS surgeries and rhinoplasty.

-Anaesthetic management of ear surgeries including tempanoplasty and mastiodectomy.

Obstetric:

- Anaesthestic management of elective and emergency operative obstetric interventions.

- Management of cases of placenta previa.

- Managements of case of open and laparoscopic hysterectomy and myomectomy

- Epidural catheter insertion for performing painless labor

• Urosurgery anaesthesia:

- Anaesthetic management for renal transplant surgeries.

- Anaesthesia for cystoscopy, ureteroscopy, laser lithotripsy and ureteral stent insertion and removal.

-Dealing with TURP syndrome.

• Ophthalmology anesthesia (both local and generalanesthesia).

• Vascular surgeries: embolectomy, atreriovenous fistula creation and vascular anastomosis surgeries.

• Cardiothoracic surgeries: open heart surgeries, CABG, chest and lung surgeries, esophageal endoscopy andbronchoscope.

• One day case and ambulatory anesthesia.

• Anaesthesia for Psychiatric patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

• Training new interns in anesthesia department.

Career Objectives:

• Looking to share in Quality control and improvement and accreditation processes.

• Seeking new challenges in anesthesia scope which effectively utilizes recent advances in anesthetic practice and looking to join a progressive rganization that has the need for professional opportunities for anesthetists

❖ In Intensive care field:

• Practicing management of polytrauma patients.

• Practicing resuscitation and mechanical ventilation and nutrition of critically illpatients.

• Management of acid – base imbalance in critically illpatients.

• Transport of critically ill patient in – hospital and out-hospital.

• Sharing multidisciplinary action plan with other specialties to deliver optimum patient centeredcare.

• Management of cases of asthma, COPD and acute respiratory failure.

• Management of cases of ARDS and sepsis.

• Management of cases with fever, infection, pneumonia in ICU.

• Management of cases of hypertensive crisis&urgency.

• Management of cases with peri-arrest arrhythmia.

• Management of different types of shock.

• Management of cases of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord trauma.

• Management of cases of fulminant hepatic failure.

• Management of cases of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

❖ In pain management field:

acute pain relieve

post operative pain relieve

cancer pain

hyperhydrosis management

low back pain

shoulder pain

headache

trigeminal nerve neuritis

sympathetic nerves hyperactivity

hip joint pain

chronic pain relieve

• Basic life Support Course (BLS).
• Advanced life Support Course (ALS)
• Advanced Cardiac life Support Course (ACLS).
• Advanced trauma life Support Course (ATLS).
• Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block.
• Fluoroscopic Guided Epidurals at Different levels.