Yaser Al-SalmayProfile page
Asst Professor
School of Medicine
- Asst ProfessorSchool of Medicine
- UofL Health Trager Transplant Center, 220 Abraham Flexner Way, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States
BIO
Yaser Al-Salmay, M.D. is the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Kidney Program at UofL Health.
Dr. Al-Salmay completed his medical degree at Weill Medical College in Qatar. He completed his general surgery residency training at Hofstra/Northwell Health, where he was the administrative chief resident. He then went on to the University of Chicago to complete an ASTS-accredited fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery. Dr. Al-Salmay is passionate about improving his patients' quality of life while using an evidence-based approach to medicine. Dr. Al-Salmay is affiliated with Trager Transplant Center at UofL Health and UofL Physicians - General Surgery.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Department of Surgery, Louisville, United States1 Oct 2023
DEGREES
- MDWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar2011 - 2015
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- General SurgeryDonald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, United StatesJul 2015 - Jun 2021Residency
- Transplant and Hepatobiliary SurgeryUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, United StatesJul 2021 - Jun 2023