Kaf al-Ghazal

Dr. Sharif Kaf al-Ghazal hafidhahullah is a Syrian-born plastic surgeon, academic, and writer based in the United Kingdom. He graduated from Damascus University Medical School in 1983, completed a Master of Surgery in 1988, and undertook postgraduate training in plastic surgery in Ireland and England. He was certified by the Royal College of Surgeons in England in 1997. He subsequently obtained a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in plastic surgery from Nottingham University in 2000 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Medical Law and Ethics from Huddersfield University in 2006. He works as a practicing plastic surgeon in the UK and holds the position of Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds. He is also a member of Bradford Research Ethics Committee and belongs to several professional bodies, including the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, the British Microsurgical Society, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the International Society for Burn Injuries. His academic and written work explores the intersection of Islamic scholarship and medicine.