Yaser El Hout

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FEBU, FACS, MD

About the Physician

Dr. Yaser El Hout joined Sidra Medicine as a Senior Pediatric Urologist in January 2022. He obtained his Medical Doctor degree from the American University of Beirut in 2000, followed by Residency Training at the Department of Surgery and Division of Urology at the American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUBMC), graduating as Specialist in Urology in 2007. He then joined the Hospital for Sick Children (Sick kids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, Canada, where he completed extensive 4-year Research and Clinical Fellowships in Pediatric Urology under the mentorship of Dr. Pippi Salle. He returned back to AUBMC, Lebanon as Chief of Pediatric Urology and rose in academic ranks to Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery. Moreover, Dr. El Hout assumed administrative role as the Program Director of the Division of Urology and obtained the ACGME-I accreditation to it.
Dr. El-Hout hones a vast clinical expertise in all aspects of pediatric urology, including general pediatric urology, genitourinary reconstructive, oncology, endoscopic, minimally invasive, and renal transplantation. Dr. El-Hout is very active in research and has 45 publications and 4 book chapters. He presented in numerous scientific meetings and served as invited speaker regionally and internationally.  He received many awards including the Alpha-Omega-Alpha for best research, the Canadian Urological Association (CUA) scholarship and Honorary mention from the Arab Council. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Fellow of the European Board of Urology and is Member of the Societies for Pediatric Urology.
His research interest includes innovation in hypospadias, pain management in neonatal circumcision, testicular torsion and surgical education and simulation. His clinical interest is in the management of the spectrum of pediatric urology with particular dedication to renal transplantation.