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Dr. Atallah is among the most well known colorectal surgeons in the world, and a Professor of Surgery at The University of Central Florida — College of Medicine. He is the current Director of Research and Clinical Trials at The Digestive And Liver Center of Florida, Division of Colorectal Surgery (OrlandoColon.com); Director of The Division of Colorectal Surgery at The Endo-Surgical Center of Florida; Director of Colorectal Surgery at Oviedo Medical Center. Dr. Atallah is the current (2021-2022) Chair of the departement of Colon and Rectal Surgery at AdventHealth Orlando and is also a two-term (2015-2018) former chairman of Florida Hospital (AdventHealth). Active in the Americal Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, he is the current (2022-2023) New Technologies Committee Chairman. In 2021, he completed the Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School. He has been practicing surgery in Orlando, FL since 2007. Dr. Atallah graduated from UT-Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, TX) in 2000. He then completed training at Houston’s Texas Medical Center with Surgical Oncology training at MD Anderson Cancer Center where his training had earned him double-board certification in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery.