Dr El-Khoury completed his training in General Surgery at Westmead hospital in 2007. The Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand and the University of Sydney awarded Dr El-Khoury with the Mitchell J Notaras Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery for three consecutive years to undertake advanced training in colorectal surgery
In 2008 he completed research at the Surgical Outcome Research Centre. He has a Masters of Surgery from the University of Sydney (2009).
Dr El-Khoury’s advanced clinical training in colorectal surgery was completed in Sydney at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and also in the United Kingdom at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit.