Doctors Debate: Is Hamas To Blame For Israel’s Invasion Of Rafah?

Dr. Yasser Khan and Dr. David Hasan worked together saving lives in Gaza. But the two men disagree over the role Israel has played in the deaths of Palestinians.

Dr. Yasser Khan is an internationally renowned surgeon, humanitarian and entrepreneur. He is a leading Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Plastic and Orbital Surgeon residing in the Toronto Area, Canada. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University, the University of Toronto and the Toronto Metropolitan University. He holds a Master’s degree from IE University in Madrid, Spain in Digital Transformation and AI. He teaches cutting-edge and innovative surgical techniques to surgeons nationally and globally. Dr. Khan has trained residents, fellows and ophthalmologists in over 40 different countries primarily in the field of trauma eye surgery and reconstructive eye- facial plastic surgery. He was on the first North American surgical mission to Gaza in December-January. He went again on a second mission to Gaza in March 2024

Dr. David Hasan is a scientist neurosurgeon with extensive experience in management of cerebrovascular diseases and skull base tumors. He is a fellowship - dual trained open cerebrovascular and endovascular with a background of treating over 2500 brain aneurysms using very innovative techniques including awake surgery. He is an international authority in cerebrovascular research with over 270 peer-reviewed PubMed publications, multiple NIH grants, and member of several editorial boards of high impact medical and surgical journals.

Dr. Amgad Elsherif, MD Co-Founder, Head of Education and Chief Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Amgad El-Sherif is a Co-founder, Head of Education and Chief Thoracic Surgeon at NMC. Dr. El-Sherif practices as a consultant thoracic surgeon in Ontario, Canada. Dr. El-Sherif was appointed an adjunct assistant Professor of Surgery, leading the surgery program at Johns Hopkins international affiliated hospital in the United Arab Emirates. As the surgery Program Director, Dr. El-Sherif founded and established the first ACGME-I accredited surgical program in the Gulf region. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Western Ontario and member of UOSSM Canada Canadian surgeon was part of a medical mission to Khan Yunis, Gaza in 2023 and led the WHO team to northern Gaza in April 2024.

Aliya Khan MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACE, is a board member of UOSSM and was in Hebron in the West Bank, last year in May 2023 and she saw the check points and horrific conditions for the children living in the West Bank. Aliya Khan is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Geriatrics at McMaster University, Director of the Calcium Disorders Clinic, and Director of the Fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease at McMaster University. She has published over 200 scientific papers and numerous chapters and books on osteoporosis and parathyroid disease. She was recognized as being in the top 0.1% of the world experts in hyperparathyroidism by Expertscape.

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