Ammar S Shahin

Dynamic Consultant Gastroenterologist with extensive experience, excelling in advanced endoscopy techniques and acute care management.

Known for effectively evaluating patients and delivering comprehensive education,

I am dedicated to enhancing patient outcomes through exceptional clinical documentation and collaborative teamwork.

• Jordanian Medical Association / Palestinian Ministry of Health
• Medical Council of Ireland, 339451, Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine
• General Medical Council of UK, 7011319, Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine

Competent in diagnostic and therapeutic upper GI endoscopies, more than 3000 OGDs, varices banding, injections, clipping, stenting, APCs, gold probe, PEG tube insertion, Competent in lower GI endoscopies, more than 3000 colonoscopies, more than 97%, 38%, Lumber puncture, paracentesis, chest drains, knee aspiration

• MRCPI part 1, 01/25/11, 78.5%, 68.35%
• MRCPI part 2 written, 03/22/11, 71.14, 61%
• MRCPI part 2 Clinical, 02/10/12, Pass
• Specialty Certificate Examination- Acute Medicine, 11/23/11, Pass
• Specialty Certificate Examination- Gastroenterology, 11/21/13, Pass
• European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 04/21/14, Pass

• Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Naas General Hospital, Nass Co. Kildare, Ireland, 03/01/25, Present
• Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda Co. Louth, Ireland, 11/01/23, 03/01/25
• Consultant Endoscopist, Wirral- Arrowe Park Hospital NHS trust, 03/01/23, 11/01/23
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Bradford teaching Hospitals, UK, 01/01/23, 02/28/23
• Consultant Endoscopist, Wirral- Arrowe Park, Wrexham, Walsall, Aintree, UK, 11/01/22, 01/31/23
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Tameside General hospital, Tameside and Glossop NHS foundation trust, UK, 07/01/21, 11/01/22
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Manchester NHS Foundation trust- Wythenshawe hospital, UK, 04/01/21, 05/31/21
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Stockport NHS trust- Stepping Hill Hospital, UK, 11/01/20, 03/01/21
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, UK, 08/01/20, 10/31/20
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK, 07/01/20, 08/31/20
• Consultant gastroenterologist, Stockport NHS trust- Stepping Hill Hospital, UK, 12/10/20, 03/20/21
• Consultant gastroenterologist, Leicester University Hospitals Trust, UK, 11/11/19, 11/29/19
• Consultant gastroenterologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Hospital, Aberdeen, UK, 08/19/19, 11/08/19
• Locum Endoscopist, Barking, Harving & Redbridge NHS trust, Romford Essex, UK, 07/01/19, 08/31/19
• General Internal Medicine, St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland, 07/01/18, 07/01/19
• Gastroenterology / General Internal Medicine SpR, Mater Misericorde University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 07/01/17, 07/01/18
• Gastroenterology / General Internal Medicine Specialist Registrar, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 07/01/16, 07/01/17
• Gastroenterology / General Internal Medicine Specialist Registrar, St. James’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 07/01/15, 07/01/16
• Gastroenterology/General Internal Medicine Specialist Registrar, Connolly University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 07/01/14, 07/01/15
• Gastroenterology/ General Internal Medicine Registrar, Connolly University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 07/01/13, 07/01/14
• Gastroenterology/General Internal medicine Registrar, University Hospital Sligo, Ireland, 07/01/12, 07/01/13
• General Internal medicine Registrar, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh, Ireland, 01/01/12, 07/01/12
• Locum Medical Registrar, Dublin Private Hospitals, 07/01/11, 12/31/11
• Medical Registrar GIM / Geriatrics, St Columcille’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 02/14/11, 07/01/11
• Staff General Medicine – Specialist Internal Medicine, Arab Women Union Society Hospital, Nablus, Palestine, 07/01/05, 01/31/11
• Internal Medicine Resident, Palestinian Ministry of health Residency, 07/01/01, 07/01/05
• General Surgery SHO, Arab Women Union Society Hospital, Nablus, Palestine, 08/01/00, 06/30/01

• Compliance with guidelines in surveillance endoscopy, Poster, ISG summer 2014 meeting, Ann Joyce, Ammar Shahin, Zuhair Ahmed, Maire Buckley, Claire Smyth, Richard Farrell, Department of Gastroenterology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and RCSI, Dublin 15
• 1-year experience of the bowel screen program, Poster, ISG summer 2014, Ann Joyce, Ammar Shahin, Zuhair Ahmed, Maire Buckley, Claire Smyth, Richard Farrell, Department of Gastroenterology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and RCSI, Dublin 15
• Managing haemochromatosis according to AASLD, Poster, ISG winter 2014, Ammar Shahin, Zuhair Ahmed, Vikrant Parihar, Maire Buckley, Claire Smyth, Richard Farrell, Department of Gastroenterology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and RCSI, Dublin 15
• Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis by ultrasound and Alpha-fetoprotein, Poster, ISG summer 2015, Ammar Shahin, Zuhair Ahmed, Vikrant Parihar, Claire Smyth, Richard Farrell, Department of Gastroenterology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and RCSI, Dublin 15
• Lymphocytic meningitis in a 33-year-old patient with ulcerative colitis treated with anti TNF, is it TB meningitis?, Presentation, ISG winter of 2014, Ammar Shahin, Zuhair Ahmed, Vikrant Parihar, Maire Buckley, Claire Smyth, Richard Farrell, Department of Gastroenterology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and RCSI, Dublin 15
• Reviewing the ERCP procedure in a tertiary referral centre, Poster, ISG winter meeting
• Anaemia as indication for colonoscopy in single endoscopy unit, Poster, ISG summer meeting 2015
• Compare APC to other treatment modalities in patients with GAVE, Poster, ISG summer meeting 2015
• Chromo endoscopy in confirming the completeness of polypectomy, Poster, DDW June 2018
• Single Centre Experience with H. Pylori eradication Therapy, Poster, Combined British/ Irish Gastroenterology Meeting (BIG), Belfast Summer 2017, A Shahin, D McNamara, Department of Gastroenterology Tallaght Hospital
• The diagnostic yield of EUS guided FNA in a tertiary referral centre, Poster, ISG Summer 2018

• Case studies about C Difficile Colitis, Hospital Doctors of Ireland, 19, 8, 10/01/13
• Haemobilia symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding following liver biopsy, Hospital Doctors of Ireland, 20, 1, 02/01/14

Upon request

• USMLE steps 1, 2, 3 ECFMG certificate
• PRES (Irish Medical Council Registration Examination)
• Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Exam

• Citizenship: Irish
• Title: MB BS, MRCPI, MRCPS Glasgow
• Marital Status: Married with 3 children

• MBBS University Of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, second class honor, GCA 3.54. A in Physiology, Pharmacology, Internal Medicine and pediatrics.
• Specialty Certificate Acute Medicine MRCP UK Acute Medicine.
• MRCPI March 2012.
• MRCPS Glasgow.
• MRCP UK Gastroenterology / Specialty Certificate Gastroenterology November 2012.
• European Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology April 2014.
• Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training CSCST in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine.
• Teaching skills diploma.
• Leadership and management skills diplomas.
• Approved bowel cancer screening endoscopist.