About
، Bachelor degree in medicine and surgery MBBS, from King Faisal University,
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Board in General Surgery at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research
center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Arab Board in General Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research
center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia + Damascus, Syria
Fellow of American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Clinical and research laparoscopic and robotic oncology colorectal surgery and
pelvic floor disorders fellowship at Yonsie University Health System, Severance
Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Clinical and research pelvic floor and incontinence management fellowship at
Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Fellow of international society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons
(FISUCRS), Pennsylvania, USA
Clinical fellowship in bariatric surgery diniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, ULB -
Free University of Brussels
Member of the American college of surgeon ACS
Member the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Member the Canadian Association of General Surgeons
Member of the Eurasian Colorectal Technologies Association (ECTA)
Member of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)
Member of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
Member of the international society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons
(ISUCRS) Member of the Saudi society of colon and rectal surgery
Member of the Colorectal expert panel at middle east area
Member and instructor of the Trauma American College of Surgeons, Advanced
Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Member of the Saudi Society of Obesity and metabolic surgery
Member of the The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and
Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
Courses, symposiums and workshops: Over 210
Oral national and international presentations: over 25
Publications (over 19):1- The Relation Between Serum CEA Response and the CT scan Finding After
Neoadjuvant Therapy in Rectal Cancer Patients
Sami Al-Asari, AlaaAbduljabbar, Nasser AL-Sanea, Samar AL-Homoud, Luai
Ashari and Khalid Balaraj The Open Colorectal Cancer Journal, 2012, 5, 1-4
2- Laparoscopic ovarian transposition before pelvic radiation in rectal cancer
patient: safety and feasibility Sami Al-Asari ,AlaaAbduljabbar . Annals of
Surgical Innovation and Research 2012, 6:9 doi:10.1186/1750- 1164-6-9
3- Robotic Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic review
Sami AlAsari and ByungSohMin International Scholarly Research Network
ISRN Surgery Volume 2012, Article ID 293894, 12 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/293894
4- Case Report: Unusual Presentation of Complicated Diverticulitis at
Colostomy Site
Sami Al-Asari and Nam Kyu Kim The Open Colorectal Cancer Journal, 2012,
5, 5-8 5- Update and Debate Issues in Surgical Treatment of Middle and Low Rectal
Cancer Nam Kyu Kim, Min Sung Kim and Sami F AL-Asari Journal of the
Korean Society of Coloproctology, Vol 28, 5, 2012
6- The Relation Between Inferior Mesenteric Vein Ligation and collateral
vessels to splenic flexure: Anatomical landmarks, Technical Precautions and
Clinical significance A prospective study and literature review
Sami F. AlAsari MD, Daero Lim MD, ByungSoh Min MD, Nam Kyu Kim
MD. Yonsei Medical Journal November issue 2013
Vol.54, issue no.6
7- Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Anterior Resection of Sigmoid Colon Cancer:
Outcome of a Prospective Comparative Study Sami AlAsari, Dae Ro Lim,
HyukHur, ByungSoh Min,,SeungHyukBaik, Kang Young Lee, Nam Kyu
Kim Surgical Endoscopy 13 December 2012
8- Overview of Anal Fistula and Systematic Review of Ligation of the
Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT) Sami ALAsari , Nam Kyu Kim Tech
Coloproctol 27 July 2013
9- How I do it? Robotic low ligation in rectal cancer
Sami ALAsari, Nam Kyu Kim OA Robotic surgery publishing London 01
April 2013
10- Hemi-levator excision to provide greater sphincter preservation in low
rectal cancer , Sami F. AlAsari MD, Daero Lim MD and Nam Kyu Kim MD
Int J Colorectal Dis 13 February 2013
11- Robotic versus Laparoscopic Coloanal Anastomosis with and without
Intersphincteric Resection for Rectal cancer Se Jin Baek • Sami AL-Asari •
Duck HyounJeong • HyukHur • ByungSoh Min • SeungHyukBaik • Nam Kyu
Kim. Surgical Endoscopy Journal 25 May 2013 12- Robotic Hemi-levator Excision for Low Rectal Cancer: A novel technique
for
sphincter preservation. Sami F. AlAsari, Daero Lim and Nam Kyu Kim OA
Robotic surgery publishing London 16 April 2013
13- Chapter 7: Robotic Single Port Colorectal Surgery in textbook (Single
Incision Laparoscopic and Transanal Colorectal Surgery) ByungSoh Min,
Sami
AlAsari and AvanishSaklani ISBN 978-1-4614-8901-6 November 30, 2013
14- The Current Robotic da Vinci System has Limitations for Colorectal
Surgical
Procedures ALAsari Sami British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research
4(14): 2014
15- Posterior tibial nerve stimulation versus sacral nerve stimulation to treat
fecal incontinence: A comparative case-matched study with a short-term
outcome SamiAlAsari, M.D., Paul-Antoine Lehur, M.D., Vincent Wyart,
M.Sc.,
Caroline Kubis, S.N. , Colorectal disease Journal 2014
16- Minimal Invasive Colorectal Resection In Kidney Transplant Recipient:
Technical Tips, Safety, feasibility and long-term outcome Sami AL-Asari,
Min Sung Kim and SeungHyukBaik International Scholarly Research Notice
,Volume 2014 (2014)
17- MRI based rectal cancer classification: landmarks and technical
standardization Sami F. AlAsari, Daero Lim, HyukHur, ByungSoh Min,
SeungHyuk Baik, and Nam Kyu Kim World J Gastroenterol 2015 January 14;
21(2): 423-431
18- Safe anastomosis in laparoscopic and robotic low anterior resection for
rectal cancer: A narrative review and outcomes study from an expert tertiarycenter Sami ALAsari, MD, Nam Kyu Kim, MD, FACS European Journal of
Surgical Oncology, November 2014
19- Saudi Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SSCRS) Position statement on
colorectal surgery and endoscopy during the COVID-19
pandemic Reem A Alharbi, Moneera Y Binsaleem,
Ohoud M Alamodi, Ahmed A Alkhamis, Bader H
Alshaban, Noura S Alhassan, Sara I Albastaki, Khayal
A Alkhayal, Omar A Alobeed, Ahmad M Zubaidi,
Khalid A Alresini, Samar J Alhomoud, Sami F Alasari,
Alaa S Abduljabbar, Nasser A Alsanea, World J
Colorectal Surg 2022
Surgical procedures:
1- Robotic surgery
2- Laparoscopic surgery
3- Open surgery
4- Benign breast diseases
5- Sleeve gastrectomy
6- Rox en Y gastric bypass
7- Mini gastric bypass
8- SASI
9- Distalization
10- Adhesolysis
11- All colorectal cancer procedures
12- Low anterior resection
13- Abdominoperineal resection
14- Right, left, transverse, sigmoid colectomy
15- Rectopexy , resection, suture, mesh, stapler
16- Stoma and its complications
17- Hemorrhoidectomy ligasure , THD, PPH
18- Fissures
19- Complex and difficult anal fistula, flap, glue, plug, LEFT,
seton
20- Anal cancer , stenosis , dermatological
21- Appendectomy
22- Hernia repair open , robotic, lap
23- Cholecystectomy
24- Skin lesion 25- Splenectomy, open, lap robotic
26- Hiatal hernia repair
27- Nissen fundoplication
28- Anal incontinence
29- Sphincteroplasty
30- Sacral nerve stimulation
31- Magnetic anal sphincter
32- Colonoscopy
33- Anal manometry
34- Anal ultrasound
35- Trauma management
36- ICU management

