Featured Provider: Dr. Jean Salem
June 29, 2023
Dr. Jean Salem recently performed a transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS), which was a first for Saline Health System.
Dr. Salem is board certified in surgery and double fellowship trained in bariatric and colon and rectal surgery. He completed his general surgery residencies at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and at Lankenau Medical Center in Philadelphia. He then completed a bariatric and foregut fellowship at St. Luke's Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Utilizing minimally invasive techniques, Dr. Salem performs weight loss surgery including laparoscopic and robotic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy as well as foregut surgery. He also performs advanced surgery for colon and rectal diseases. Dr. Salem performs cutting edge procedures for rectal cancer preserving the anal sphincter whenever possible, sparing the patient a permanent colostomy.
He is a co-author in several peer-reviewed publications describing the first single-port robotic colectomies.
Dr. Salem is welcoming new patients. Appointments are available at 501.778.4862.