Background
Mahasseni, Mohammad Marwan al was born on October 7, 1927 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Fuad and Yusra (Seifi) al Mahasseni.
Mahasseni, Mohammad Marwan al was born on October 7, 1927 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Fuad and Yusra (Seifi) al Mahasseni.
Doctor of Medicine, Damascus University, 1951. Master of Science in Medicine, Paris University, 1962.
Intern, Damascus U. Hospital, 1950-1951; resident, Laënnec Hospital, Paris, 1952-1955; resident, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, 1954; resident, Shotley Bridge Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1958-1959; fellow, Broussais Hospital, Paris, 1961; fellow, St. Thomas Hospital, London, 1964; lecturer surgery, Damascus U., Syria, 1955-1960; associate professor surgery, Damascus U., Syria, 1960-1967; professor surgery, Damascus U., Syria, 1967-1979; professor surgery, King Abdulaziz U., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1981-1991; professor and department chairman surgery, King Abdulaziz U., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1983-1986. Director medical education King Abdulaziz Hospital Ministry of Health, 1991.
Vice president Anti-Cancer Society, Damascus, 1972-1979. President League for Human Rights, Damascus, since 1974, Arab Committee for French Studies, Paris, 1974, French Inter-Universities Committee French Studies, 1982. Lieutenant Syrian Army, 1951-1952.
Member Societe Francaise de Pathologie Respiratoire, Society Thoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Arab Academy.
Married Farida Nabulsi, March 8, 1961. Children: Fuad, Amr.