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Yaser Al-Salmay

Asst Professor

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0009-0007-6419-9732
  • Asst Professor
    School 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 Professor
    University of Louisville, Department of Surgery, Louisville, United States1 Oct 2023

DEGREES

  • MD
    Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar2011 - 2015

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • General Surgery
    Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, United StatesJul 2015 - Jun 2021
    Residency
  • Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
    University of Chicago, Chicago, United StatesJul 2021 - Jun 2023