Dr-Humaa-Darr
Dr Humaa Darr

HUMAA DARR

Surgical Oncology Fellow

 

Education:

 

  • Fellow to the College of Surgeons of South Africa – University of Cape Town
  • M.B.Ch.B – University of Nairobi

 

Languages:

 

  • English
  • Kiswahili
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi

Dr Humaa is a fellow to the College of Surgeons of South Africa and is currently working with Dr Sadir Alrawi (insert hyperlink to Dr Sadir’s website) as a specialist general surgeon within the Surgical Oncology Services Department at the Al Zahra Cancer Center. The Center hosts highly specialized surgical oncology subspecialties, including Colorectal, Breast oncology, Head & Neck Surgery, Urology, Gynecological Oncology, Sarcoma/ Melanoma and Peritoneal surface malignancy, in addition to pancreatic and hepatic surgery.

 

Dr. Humaa performs a comprehensive range of breast cancer surgeries, including oncoplastic surgeries, sentinel lymphnode biopsies with dual tracer marking and hookwire localisations.   She is part of Al Zahra Cancer Center’s multidisciplinary tumour board for breast cancer patients.

 

Dr Humaa’s interest has been breast disease and cancer management. Over her career she has performed numerous breast examinations in Dubai, Kenya and South Africa. She has completed a number of complex breast surgeries with Dr Sadir Alrawi (insert hyperlink to Dr Sadir’s website) and is often a speaker at professional meetings discussing breast cancer management.

She is passionate about promoting breast cancer awareness among women while actively contributing to the process of recommending, choosing, and providing care to patients based on what is important to them.