Professor Mutaz B. Habal, MD, FRCSC, FACS
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:
1964 M.D. Degree, American University of Beirut, School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon.
1970 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1971 American Board of Surgery
1974 American Board of Plastic Surgery
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION:
1971-1972 Fellow In immunology and Transplantation, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1969-1971 Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
1965-1969 Chief Resident, instructor in Surgery, State University of New York College of Medicine and Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York.
1964-1965 Resident in General Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1963-1964 Intern, American University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon,
APPOINTMENTS:
1980-Present Private Practice, Director of the Tampa Bay Craniofacial Center, Tampa, Florida; Adjunct Professor of Material Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Research Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa Florida.
1978-1980 Professor of Surgery, and chief of Plastic Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
1974-1978 Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
1972-1974 Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana.
MILITARY SERVICE: Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, Inactive Reserve.
MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS:
-- President, American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgeons -- President Florida Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons --President, Florida Cleft Palate Association --, -- Chairman, Pediatric Plastic Surgery - American Academy of Pediatrics -- Chairman, Plastic Surgery Section, Southern Medical Association -- President, Hillsborough County Medical Association – Delegate, Florida Medical Association- president, medical staff St. Joseph health center hospital, chairman, Board of Trustees, Hillsborough county Medical Association. Member Board of Governors, Florida Medical Association. Chairman, International medical graduates section-Florida Medial Association. AMA alternate delegate.
EDITORIAL BOARDS: --Editor-in-Chief, three Periodicals -- Editorial Board Member, four Journals -- Editorial Consultant, six Journals
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Editor -Books, #23 -- Chapters In Books, #66 -- Presentations (National/ International) #561 -- Publications, #863
