Dr. Waleed A. Hassen

Dr. Waleed A. Hassen, MD, is the Department Chair of Urology in the Surgical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, as well as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hassen was a faculty member at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, US. He also previously served as the Director of Urologic Oncology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, US.

Dr. Hassen is originally from New York, US and​ received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, US. He completed his residency in Urology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, US. He then completed his fellowship in Urologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, US.

He has authored numerous research articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters and videos. He is an editorial reviewer for numerous scientific journals and a member of several urological and oncologic societies, including the Society of Urologic Oncologists, the European Association of Urology and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is currently the Chairperson of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) Middle East and North Africa Panel for the Modification of Prostate Cancer Guidelines. Dr. Hassen has lectured in and chaired numerous scientific meetings and also serves as an international faculty member for the American Urological Association.

He specializes in Urologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery. Dr. Hassen is one of a handful of Urologists worldwide who is formally trained in both urologic oncology and minimally invasive surgery.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1992 - 1995: EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 2003 - 2003: MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Fellow, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology
• 2001 - 2003: MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Fellow, Urologic Oncology
• 1997 - 2001: MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Resident, Urology
• 1995 - 1997: MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Resident, General Surgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2008 - 2014: JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, US. Professor, Urology and Urologic Oncology, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
• 2003 - 2008: MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Assistant Professor, Urologic Oncology; Director, Urologic Oncology

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Leading expert in urologic cancer and minimally invasive and robotic surgery
• Chairman, National Comprehensive Cancer Network Middle East and North Africa Panel for the Modification of Prostate Cancer Guidelines
• International Teaching Faculty Member, American Urological Association