Dr. Sami Alasari

Dr. Sami Alasari is an Assistant Professor and Consultant in Robotic and Laparoscopic General Surgery, Bariatric, Colorectal, and Pelvic Floor Disorders at the Department of Surgery, Mouwasat Hospital, in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He moved to Mouwasat Hospital in 2023 after spending 8 years as the head of the Surgery and Operative Department in northwest Saudi Arabia. In 2004, he obtained the Saudi Board and Arab Board from King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 2013, he completed a fellowship in Robotic and Laparoscopic Oncology Colorectal Surgery at Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. In 2014, he completed a fellowship in Pelvic Floor Disorders and Fecal Incontinence at Nantes University Hospital, France. In 2015, he completed a fellowship in Bariatric Surgery at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a member of more than 11 international and national societies in colorectal and bariatric surgery.

Dr. Alasari is the current head of the Robotic Surgical Health Club in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He has given over 30 national and international presentations, chaired many scientific meetings, and participated in over 210 symposiums and workshops, as well as organized more than 9 workshops.

He is the author of more than 19 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed impact-factor journals, most of which focus on robotic surgery. He is a reviewer for many journals, including the International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgery, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Surgical Innovation, Techniques in Coloproctology, and BMC journals.

His main professional and scientific interests focus on robotic colorectal surgery for benign and malignant diseases, pelvic floor disorders such as obstructive defecation and fecal incontinence, and performing general, colorectal, and bariatric surgeries utilizing the robotic system, as well as laparoscopic and open cases.