Nader Saab

Nader Saab (born 20 September 1971) is a Lebanese aesthetic plastic and reconstructive surgeon He founded Dr. Nader Saab Hospital in Naccache, Lebanon, and has had clinics abroad.

Career

After practicing in France, Saab returned to Lebanon and established the Dr. Nader Saab Cosmetic Surgery Hospital. Following the death of a patient in 2017, the Lebanese Ministry of Health imposed restrictions on surgeries requiring general anesthesia at his clinic.

Media and public appearances

Saab has appeared on regional television and beauty pageant juries. In 2018, he was reported to have confronted Dr. Elie Abdelhak on a Beirut–Dubai flight in connection with tensions around reporting of the 2017 patient death.

Controversies

In June 2017, 33-year-old Farah Kassab (Iraqi / Jordanian) died during a liposuction procedure performed at Saab’s clinic. The Lebanese judiciary and the Order of Physicians opened an investigation into the incident.

Later, following public pressure, the Health Ministry banned certain anesthesia-based cosmetic surgeries at his hospital while the inquiry was ongoing.