Dialysis Made EasyDialysis Made Easy

Home / Dr Mahmoud Youssef Alhariri

About the doctor and project

Dr Mahmoud Youssef Alhariri

Dr Mahmoud Youssef Alhariri

Dr Mahmoud Youssef Alhariri was born in 1983 and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University in 2007. He completed postgraduate training in general internal medicine in 2011 and then worked in hospitals and medical organisations, including International Medical Corps.

Primary specialtyInternal medicine and nephrology · internist and transplant nephrologist
Additional fieldsHypertension DHL®, lipidology DGFF, and chronic wound care ICW®
Additional credentialsHypertensiologe DHL®, Lipidologe DGFF, Physician Woundexpert ICW®

Professional timeline

Damascus University

Graduated from medical school and completed postgraduate training in general internal medicine.

Beginning medical training in Germany

Worked as a resident in cardiology and vascular medicine under Professor Atilla Yilmaz and obtained permanent German medical licensure (Approbation) on 27 July 2016.

Specialist training in nephrology and hypertension · Helios Klinikum Duisburg

Completed specialist training in nephrology and hypertension and obtained the title Facharzt für Innere Medizin und Nephrologie on 30 September 2020.

Consultant in nephrology and hypertension · Helios Klinikum Duisburg

Worked as a consultant in nephrology and hypertension.

Hypertensiologe DHL®

Obtained the Hypertensiologe DHL® qualification on 1 March 2021.

European Specialty Examination in Nephrology (ESENeph)

Passed the European specialty examination in nephrology on 23 March 2022.

Additional qualification in kidney transplantation · Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

Continued nephrology work and training at the University Hospital Düsseldorf under Prof. Dr Rump and Prof. Dr Ivens, and obtained the additional qualification Zusatzbezeichnung Transplantationsmedizin on 21 May 2025.

Ärztlicher Wundexperte ICW® / Physician Woundexpert ICW®

Completed the requirements for the chronic-wound medical expert qualification on 25 March 2025.

Lipidologe DGFF / DGFF (Lipid-Liga)

Obtained an additional qualification in lipid disorders from DGFF (Lipid-Liga).

Consultant at the University Hospital Wuppertal

Worked as a consultant in nephrology at the university hospital in Wuppertal.

Deputy head of the nephrology and haemodialysis centre · KfH-Nierenzentrum Oberhausen

Worked as deputy head of the nephrology and haemodialysis centre KfH-Nierenzentrum Oberhausen.

About the project

Dialysis Made Easy is an Arabic educational library that explains haemodialysis in clear language, separates general information from individual decisions, and links topics to guidelines and original research where possible.

Last updated: 12 August 2026.

How the content is prepared

These pages combine educational explanations, specialist texts and supplied original materials. Articles include relevant references and reading context; translated or reproduced materials are identified where applicable. The editorial update date records changes to presentation, content or links and is not presented as a new clinical review date.