Esam Omeish

Esam S. Omeish, born on 19 December 1967, is a Libyan-American surgeon who has been chief of the Division of General Surgery at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Virginia since 2006. Alongside his hospital career he has been active in community and public life. He sits on the board of directors of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque and is a former president of the Muslim American Society. In 2005, as its president, he represented the organization at a news conference announcing an anti-terrorism campaign launched by a coalition of United States Muslim groups. In August 2007 Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed him to the Virginia Commission on Immigration, and in 2009 he ran unsuccessfully in a primary election for the 35th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is recorded here as a living practising surgeon.