About Dr. Ahmed Maki

The surgeon

I am a craniomaxillofacial and cleft lip & palate surgeon based in Baghdad. My work centres on restoring the face — its function, its balance, and the confidence that comes with it — for children and adults alike.

Alongside cleft surgery I treat facial trauma, perform genioplasty and other corrective procedures, and follow each patient through the long arc of their transformation.

The artist

Outside the operating theatre I paint and sculpt. The same attention that guides a scalpel guides a brush: line, proportion, light, and the patience to keep working until a face feels alive.

This gallery holds those paintings and sculptures — and the drawings that children have made for me along the way.