Dr. Hani Shennib

Scientific Committee

Dr. Hani Shennib, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Arizona School, of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Dr. Shennib is an internationally recognized cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon and an opinion leader in healthcare policies and international relations. He has a keen interest in foreign policy and has played key roles in international conflict resolution. He participated in the Middle East world economic forum as part of the Canadian delegation. Chaired the Libya European Benghazi Children with AIDS Working Group and made presentations to the European Union Parliament on this subject of the Bulgaria-Libya conflict. He is in the Canadian Whoʼs Who registry. He held leadership posts like the president of the National Council on Canada Arab Relations, President of the Quebec Muslim Association, and was appointed member of the board of governors of Concordia University in Montreal in 2002.
Dr. Shennib regularly serves as an advisor in designing regional healthcare models worldwide and has participated in the development of educational and health

including Bosnia, Kazakhstan, UAE, Egypt, and Libya, and received an honorary Ph.D. from the Kazakhstan Institute of Medical Sciences at Astana for his contributions.

Dr. Shennib is currently a Professor at the College of Medicine, University of Arizona, and an Adjunct Full Professor at McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal. After completing his postgraduate residency training in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at London University in the UK and McGill University in Montreal, he underwent further fellowship training in Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation at the University of Toronto and in Vascular and Endovascular therapy at the Arizona Heart Institute. He holds the American Board Certifications in Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and Vascular Medicine. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American College of Surgeons, and is a member of numerous specialty societies, co-editor of medical journals, and has published over 200 original articles. Dr. Shennib also holds a Master of Science degree in Experimental Surgery from McGill University. He is an inventor and holds 17 patents.