The Ghanem clinic

10/08/2025

Yesterday came suddenly!!!

The day I turned 50!!!! God where did half a century go?

I am ever so grateful to the generosity love and kindness of my family, friends, colleagues and patients travelling the planet Earth to share with me this incredible moment!

We had a fun pre-longevity celebration day on the boat around and at the cooking school - I cant wait to start a new definitely BETTER HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER half a century with a group of incredible people tomorrow in one of the most beautiful spots in this wonderful world

Sorry for those who missed the moment - you are in my heart and will be with me tomorrow and always 🫶

12/05/2025

From Damascus to London. From hope to honour.

On Friday night, at the Aesthetic Medicine Awards, my team and I were engulfed with joy, disbelief, and a deep sense of fulfilment as we were honoured with not one, but three incredible awards:
Best Clinic in London, Aesthetic Surgeon of the Year, and ultimately, Best Clinic in the UK—selected among the finest aesthetic clinics across our beautiful United Kingdom.

This outcome, on one hand, validates the wisdom of hard work, sincerity, honesty, and service—values my team and I strive to embody every single day.

But as I stood on that stage, I couldn’t help but reflect on a younger version of myself: a fourth-year medical student newly arrived from Damascus, facing a seemingly unbridgeable 90/10 gap between himself and his accomplished peers. Determined to learn, to contribute, and to grow, I joined the NHS to gain from the wisdom of those heroes I admired so deeply.

This journey has witnessed sweat, tears, blood, and countless sleepless nights—on the wards, in emergency rooms, at study desks and airports around the world—each moment a building block in the vision to create a 361-degree, evidence-based centre of excellence devoted to care and service.

None of this would have been possible without the impossible task of balancing patients, team, and family. To my incredible patients, my devoted team, and my loving family: thank you for your trust, your faith, and your unwavering support.

These awards sharpen our commitment to serve our community and patients at the highest standard, and to work with our partners across this wonderful industry to raise the bar for care in our profession.

I also hope this moment sends a message to millions of young people who feel trapped by war, hardship, or limited access to education and healthcare: you are not alone. Collaboration, compassion, care, and peace are our only hope for a better, more beautiful future.

With deep gratitude,
My love and best wishes to you all.

15/03/2025

After only 7 years of starting our journey from one basement in Devonshire Place I am honoured and proud to have built a family of the best professionals ever in the field that are now nominated and successfully shortlisted to the Best Clinic London in the

I am grateful to my team, my family and most of all my wonderful patients for this incredible journey

06/01/2025

How fast time lapses…already half way through the new year that has just started and I am preparing for my first day back in the office feeling confused and heavy hearted in such a bitter winter.

Dont get me wrong…remember my post of 30th November, when I was elated with joy at the professional achievements realised which were beyond my wildest dreams, remember my September post of the arrival of little Zizu…? 2024 has been such a blessed year to me, to my family and for my team…a wonderful year for joy and huge achievements, but believe me, after so many scientific papers, keynote talks and conferences, after securing the (daily bread) and that of tomorrow!!! (Thank you Lord) all material achievement are dwarfed before our total failure to be able to help those who are in desperate need of safety, security and most basic of human needs.

And despite my PR team and friends keep advising me to focus only on aesthetic plastic surgery and medicine education and drop contentious issues I could not ignore the tremendous sufferings in the Middle East that keep bringing heaviness to my chest and mind.

The war in Gaza is continuing to devastate civilians and especially children as my kids sleep warmly in relative safety, the Lebanon-Israel 60 days cease fire is about to expire with more potential of violence and destruction and despite jubilation of end of dictatorship in Syria more challenges for a just peaceful prosperous Syria are emerging.

This art is my favourite ever of all times. I prefer it to the Mona Lisa or David…no art would ever mean to me as much as it does. Imagine the alternative reaction of your opposite action. What if we chose the flowers instead of arms, inclusion instead of xenophobia and compassion instead of hatred!!!

Reading of the new 8 billion in arms marked to flame the Middle East in the New year (in 6 months the US approved a 9 years equivalent of military spent…) I asked ChatGPT what if all military losses were directed for peace…I was shocked with the results: Israeli and Arabs would have all had EU & US standards twice over!

Wow!!! Why such choices? Why such misery? When will the world learn?

Hope springs eternally 🫶🏻

22/09/2024

Since the fraternity of aesthetic plastic surgeons welcomed the genius of in his evolution of endoscopic global face optimisation with his masterpiece and I became an immediate follower and a fan! I flew to several corners of this planet to listen to his lectures often in over filled halls! I was privileged to have many insightful discussions with him about his work and beyond into his superior philosophy of no compromise!
Finally the day has come and he conducts the inaugural academy at an academic institution and I am so very honoured and privileged to have been here.
When he teaches the details as we perform the procedure with him step by step, one realises how some of us humans have this relentless drive to achievement and perfection. No little obstacle towards the best possible outcome in facial restoration and optimisation is left unsolved. Decades of hard work and dedication has been invested in this anatomical miracle, which I can not wait to bring to my patients and community.
It will not be easy to reach sensei Kao’s mastery at the beginning and I am grateful to his mentorship and generosity and continuous support.
It was wonderful to also meet masters I have cited in my papers and lectures such Dr and meet old friends and make new beautiful friends … course will definable be an incredible milestone in my life and I am so very grateful to sensei Chia Chi and all who made it happen.
Dont worry little Zain…no matter what…It is a beautiful world the one you have just arrived in and will always be.

16/09/2024

15/06/2024

To all my friends, family, colleagues and patients celebrating Eid Al Adha, I wish you all a blessed period with loved ones. It is difficult to celebrate when many continue to live with deprivation, threat, war and loss. To all my prayers and thoughts.
This Eid, is a reminder of how from the adversary hope can spring and in the midst of desert oasis can break and within the threat and loss reward and prosperity can begin.
Embrace the moment while hold those who are in suffering in the light! Peace to all!