General Surgery
Our General Surgery teams evaluate and treat a full range of general surgery conditions and perform a range of open and, more commonly, laparoscopic procedures. A minimally invasive approach to surgery, laparoscopic procedures afford our patients the benefit of smaller incisions, less pain, fewer heart, lung and wound complications and shortened hospital stay.
Our General Surgeons have special interests including colorectal and upper gastrointestinal surgery. Our surgeons work closely with other medical specialties to provide optimal patient care and collaborate with other departments in the hospital including the Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Department. Collaboration by our Surgeons with referring physicians is an essential part of the management of every patient’s care.
Mr Zafar Iqbal
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Biography
Mr Zafar Iqbal is a Consultant General Surgeon and Colorectal Surgeon at the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee, bringing his vast experience in complex open and laparoscopic surgery in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and proctology to patients in County Kerry. He also specialises in upper and lower GI endoscopy, Laparoscopic general surgery, Laparoscopic/open incisional, inguinal and recurrent hernia surgery.
Throughout his specialist training, Mr Iqbal completed a clinical fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham and the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Iqbal was a Registrar at the University College Hospital in Galway for 3 years where he attained extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of general surgical patients.
Mr Iqbal has taken part in numerous research projects and presentations; including the Post Presentation for the Irish Society of Gastroenterologists and the Poster Presentation for Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland in 2008 and the International Journal of Surgery Case Report in 2014.
Specialist Interest
Mr Iqbal has a Specialist interest in all aspects of General and Colorectal Surgery.
Education
- Intercollegiate Specialty Board FRCS (General Surgery) (2011)
- Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery-Strasbourg France (2008)
- ATLS- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2005)
- CCrISP- Royal College of Surgeons in England (2004)
- ACLS- Irish Heart Foundation (2004)
- FRCSI- Royal College Of Surgeons in Ireland (2003)
- BSSC- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2001)
- MBBS – University of Karachi, Pakistan (1992)
Previous Appointments
- James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin
- Midwestern Regional Hospital in Clare and Tipperary
- Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe
- Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham
- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- University College Hospital, Galway
- AMNCG Tallaght, Dublin
- Naas General Hospital, Kildare
- Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar
- Our lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda
- The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Tallaght , Dublin
- Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin
- Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise
- Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan
- Monaghan General Hospital
- Bantry General Hospital, Co. Cork
- University Hospital ,Cork
- General Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal
- University Hospital Tralee, Co. Kerry
Contact Details
- Mr Zafar Iqbal
- Bon Secours Hospital Tralee, Strand St, Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Tel: (066) 714 9895
- Fax: (066) 7149813
- Email: ziqbal@bonsecours.ie
Mr Ezzat Tadros
Consultant General Surgeon
Biography
Mr Ezzat Tadros is an Irish and UK trained Consultant General Surgeon with a specialist interest in laparascopic, colorectal as well as upper and lower gastro-intestinal endoscopy.
Mr Tadros undertook his basic surgical training here in Ireland and was awarded his CCST in 2000 both in the UK and in Ireland.
He holds the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI) since 1991 and the Intercollegiate Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (FRCS Gen-Surg) since 1999.
He has worked as a Consultant General Surgeon since 2001 spending most of this time in University Hospital Waterford.
Qualifications
MBBS FRCSI FRCS (GEN-SURG)Contact Details
- Mr Ezzat Tadros
- Suite 6, Kerry Clinic, Bon Secours Hospital Tralee
- Tel: 066 7149891
- Fax: 066 7164553
