Dr. Muaaz Tarabichi

A pioneer in Endoscopic Ear and Sinus Surgery, for the last 26 years he has spearheaded and established groundbreaking and revolutionary medical techniques in the field, including the Tarabichi Stitch for Two Handed Endoscopic Ear Surgery, as well as the Eustachian Tuboplasty Technique known as Endoscopic Transtympanic Eustachian Tube Dilatation.

Dr. Tarabichi is the Co-Founder of Tarabichi Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute in Dubai UAE, the Institute is a group of ENT surgeons and healthcare research personnel whose sole mission is to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and cost of medical interventions in Ear and Sinus Surgery.

Dr. Tarabichi is the Chair-Elect, International Advisory Board (IAB), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. He is the Chairman, Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology, Chairman Otology Programme, Middle East Update in Otolaryngology. Dr. Tarabichi is the Founding Board Member of the IWGEES, the International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery.

IWGEES is a global group of highly specialized and motivated Otolaryngologists and Otologists who are mastering Endoscopic Ear Surgery, believing in the advantages that endoscopy provides. The group seeks to foster excellence in technique, instrument development and research in the field.
Dr. Tarabichi is the Founding Member of the AAOCI, the Arab Academy of Otology and Cochlear Implant.
He also sits on the steering committee for GCIN, Global Cochlear Implant Access Network.
He Was the Head of ENT Department, Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence, American Hospital Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Tarabichi published (5) Books and more than (87) scientific articles and studies in indexed journals (all can be found on PubMed, ReaserchGate and google scholar), he also lectured extensively on the subject and has received multiple awards including the American Academy Excellence in Research Award.

He was/is the Keynote speaker on many International Congresses such as:
- World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery 3.0 (June 2019) USA
- Guest of Honor Endoscopic Ear Surgery and Current Advances in Otology (September 2017) USA
- Central European Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course (November 2019)
- World Congress on Cochlear Implant (CI) in emerging countries
- 2nd World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery (April 2017) Italy
- 5th Dubai Otology Conference (October 2017) Dubai, UAE
- Guest of Honor 4th World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery (April 2022) Japan

He sits on the editorial board of many International Medical Magazines and Journals like:
- Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
- International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
- Thieme, Annals of Otology and Neurotology
- Turkish Archive of Otolaryngology
- World Journal of Clinical Cases
- Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
- Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaringology
- Egyptian Society of Ear Nose Throat and Allied Sciences

The Tarabichi Stammberger Ear & Sinus Institute has granted over 50 Scholarship’s to young Otolaryngologists from 20 different countries around the world. This scholarship program is designed to train young Otolaryngologists with special emphasis for trainees from emerging countries to acquire basic to advanced Endoscopic Ear & Sinus Surgical Techniques.

TSESI is sponsoring 7 Trainees and Young Otolaryngologists for their travel, accommodation, and registration during each hands-on cadaver dissection course.

Much of Dr. Tarabichi’s professional life has been centered on innovating, advocating, and teaching Endoscopic Ear and Sinus Surgery, he maintains an active interest in issues of hearing health in emerging countries as well as issues of hearing devices for the poor across the globe.

Experties:
A- Cochlear Implant
B- Endoscopic Ear Surgery, including:
1- Tympanoplasty
2- Tempanomastoidectomy
3- Stapedectomy
4- Eustachian Tuboplasty

C- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Incuding:
1- Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) with Navigation