Dr Khalid Ahmed is an Australian educated and trained specialist general surgeon with an interest in reflux, hiatus hernia and weight loss surgery. Khalid graduated from Iraq, College of Medicine and did his internship and residency in Iraq. After this he left Iraq for the UAE to work in a tertiary plastic and burns unit in Abu Dhabi in 2006.
Later in 2006 Khalid travelled to the UK where he was attached to an orthopaedic and trauma unit in Taunton for six months during which time he acquired GMC registration. In 2007 Khalid migrated to Australia where he worked for six years as a junior general surgeon registrar in multiple subspecialities (including urology, plastics, ENT and Trauma).
In 2013 after finishing MSC general surgery and transplant form the University of Sydney he then enrolled in the advanced general surgical training program from RACS in Western Sydney hospitals including Westmead, Nepean, Blacktown and Auburn until he completed this training in 2019. During this time Khalid also undertook subspecialty in advanced ENT, Vascular, Urology, acute surgical unit and rural surgery.
In 2020 Khalid worked as a Senior Registrar in a busy complex colorectal unit at Liverpool Hospital with exposure to complex laparoscopic colorectal and pelvic exenteration. In 2021 Khalid undertook Fellowship in Upper GI Unit at Wollongong Public Hospital and Wollongong Private Hospital where he was involved in gastric, oesophageal and pancreatic surgeries. Kahild was also involved in bariatric surgery at Wollongong Private Hospital during this period. In 2022 Khalid gained extensive bariatric experience mainly with Sydney Metabolic Surgery and The Life Weight Loss Centre where he had exposure of a wide range of sleeve, bi partition bypass and transit bi partition bypass surgeries. In 2022 Khalid received his Fellowship in General Surgery from RACS as well as GESA certificate for Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy.
Interests include:
- General surgery weight loss surgery
- Hiatal hernia surgery
- Anti-reflux surgery
- Gall bladder surgery
- Gastro-intestinal surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Abdominal wall hernias
- Haemorrhoid management
- Skin lesions, cancers surgery
- Ingrown toenails surgery
- Carpal tunnel surgery
- Gastroscopy/Colonoscopy