Saleem Mammoo
MBBS, DNB (General Surgery), M.Ch (Pediatric Surgery), Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery (ACGME-I)
Attending Physician | Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Years of Experience: 19
Dr. Saleem Kunyil Mammoo is an Attending Pediatric Surgeon at Sidra Medicine, specializing in neonatal surgery and intestinal rehabilitation. He joined Sidra in July 2024 and currently leads the BEAR (Bowel Expansion and Advanced Rehabilitation) Program, which provides cutting-edge care to children with short bowel syndrome. Prior to joining Sidra, Dr. Mammoo served at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in India, where he also taught pediatric surgery. He holds an MBBS, DNB in General Surgery, and M.Ch in Pediatric Surgery , and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Sidra Medicine His clinical interests include bowel lengthening procedures, surgical nutrition, and neonatal gastrointestinal anomalies. He has published extensively in international journals and collaborates with global centers on pediatric intestinal failure. Dr. Mammoo brings over 17 years of experience in pediatric surgery and is committed to advancing multidisciplinary care for critically ill neonates.
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- Arabic (Basic Level)
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- DNB (General Surgery) – National Board of Examinations, India – 2010
- MBBS – Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India – 2006
- M.Ch (Pediatric Surgery) – St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India – 2006
- Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery – Sidra Medicine (ACGME-I Accredited), Qatar – 2022
- Specialist License in Pediatric Surgery – Karnataka Medical Council, India
- Consultant License – QCHP, Qatar
- Faculty and Attending Pediatric Surgeon – Sidra Medicine, Qatar
- Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Failure
- Controlled Tissue Expansion and Bowel Lengthening (CTE, STEP)
- Neonatal Surgical Emergencies
- Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in Surgical Infants
- Radiologic and Minimally Invasive Interventions in Neonates
- Teaching paediatric surgical fellows and neonatology residents
- Artificial intelligence -in data collection and automation in health
- Development of multidisciplinary care models
- Guiding clinical research in intestinal rehabilitation
- Registries and collaborations in intestinal rehabilitation
- Mammoo S, Alshahwani N, Mancha MA, et al. Intestinal autonomy in extreme premature infants with short bowel syndrome: national experience. Pediatr Surg Int. 2025;41:143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-025-06036-4
- Mammoo SK, Elifranji M, et al. Radiologic image-guided tube stoma insertion in neonatal short bowel syndrome: first case report in literature. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech. 2019;29(10).
- Salama H, Al Fakharani A, Mammoo SK. Necrotizing enterocolitis at birth in a full-term neonate born to a mother with chorioamnionitis. Neonatology Today. 2020;15(12):24.
- Mandhan P, Alsalihi M, Mammoo S, Ali MJ. Rare-earth magnet ingestion in children causing bowel perforations. Case Rep Pediatr. 2014;2014:908730.
- Premalata CS, Kumar RV, Mammoo KM, et al. Fetal rhabdomyoma of the lower extremity. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009;52(8):881–883. (Included as a historically significant publication)
Pediatric Surgery, with sub-specialization in:
- Neonatal Surgery
- Intestinal Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Neonatal Surgery
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