Dr. Mohamed Saeed completed his MBBCh in Medicine and Surgery at Cairo University in 2013, followed by a four-year specialist registrar programme in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Cairo University Hospitals. The training period coincided with the establishment of the Egyptian Society of Plastic Surgeons' modern higher-training pathway, in which he was among the first cohort to qualify under the new examination structure.
A Mediterranean Plastic Surgery Foundation fellowship in Milan followed, dedicated to rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation under Prof. Foda — a year that fixed the closed-technique approach to rhinoplasty as the central preference in his subsequent practice. Two further years as a visiting fellow in Vienna, under Prof. Schlenz, focused on body contouring, breast aesthetics, and the ergonomics of the operating room itself.
An exclusively cosmetic practice
The practice opened in First 6th of October in 2024 as a single-surgeon consultancy. There are no junior associates and no resident clinic staff who see patients on Dr. Saeed's behalf. The patient who attends the first consultation is the patient who attends the second, the operation, and every follow-up. This is intentionally inefficient and deliberately conservative — it is the model that every surgeon would choose if he or she were the patient.
The volume question
Dr. Saeed performs between four and seven cosmetic operations a week. He does not operate on Sundays. He sees consultations only on three days of the week so that the rest of the week can be devoted to operating with rest in between. The practice has no ambitions to grow into a chain.
Teaching and writing
Outside the operating room, Dr. Saeed has lectured at ISAPS, IMCAS, MEAS, and EURAPS. He sits on the editorial board of one regional aesthetic surgery journal and writes infrequently — but seriously — on consultation philosophy, on the ethics of transparent risk disclosure, and on the long-term outcomes of patient-led decision-making.
Education & Training
2024 – present
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Private practice, 6th of October
Dedicated cosmetic and reconstructive practice. International consultations and surgery for patients from the Gulf and Europe.
2022 – 2023
Visiting Fellow — Aesthetic Surgery
Vienna, Austria (under Prof. Schlenz)
Twelve-month observership in body contouring and facial aesthetic surgery; second author on two peer-reviewed papers.
2018 – 2022
Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery
Cairo University Hospitals
Four years of higher surgical training across cosmetic, reconstructive, hand, and burn surgery.
2017 – 2018
Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship
Mediterranean Plastic Surgery Foundation, Milan
Six-month fellowship dedicated to rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation under Prof. Foda.
2014 – 2017
Master of Science in Plastic Surgery
Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine
Thesis: 'Outcomes of dual-plane augmentation in patients with constitutional asymmetry.'
2007 – 2013
MBBCh in Medicine and Surgery
Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine
Graduated with honours; member of the surgical society and undergraduate research lead.
Certifications & Memberships
Licensed Specialist — Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Egyptian Medical Syndicate · 2018
Active member
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) · 2020
Board member
Egyptian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ESPS) · 2023
Faculty member
Middle East Aesthetic Society (MEAS) · 2023
Diploma — written examination passed
European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) · 2022
Selected Conference Faculty
Closed rhinoplasty in the modern era — a defence
Invited speaker · ISAPS World Congress, Athens · 2024
Body contouring: where do we draw the line?
Panel chair · Egyptian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ESPS) Annual Meeting, Cairo · 2024
Patient-led decision making in cosmetic surgery
Invited speaker · MEAS (Middle East Aesthetic Society), Dubai · 2023
Subcutaneous BBL: a multi-society safety update
Faculty · IMCAS World Congress, Paris · 2023
Rhinoplasty masterclass — closed approach
Course director · Egyptian Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Sharm El Sheikh · 2022
Observership programme — facelift surgery
Visiting fellow · EURAPS — European Association of Plastic Surgeons, Vienna · 2022
Selected Publications
Long-term outcomes of closed rhinoplasty in a Middle Eastern cohort: a 5-year prospective series.
Saeed M, El-Sayed A, Hamdy R. · Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2024)
Subcutaneous-only fat transfer for buttock augmentation: protocols for a safer technique.
Saeed M. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Global Open (2023)
Diastasis rectus repair in primary abdominoplasty: a comparative review of two suture techniques.
El-Sayed A, Saeed M. · Annals of Plastic Surgery (2022)
Dual-plane augmentation in patients with constitutional asymmetry: a decision algorithm.
Saeed M, Hassan S. · Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS) (2021)
Patient-reported outcome measures after Mommy Makeover: a single-surgeon series.
Saeed M. · Aesthetic Surgery Journal (2020)