Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Mission & Vision

The LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine’s mission is to educate and train a new generation of physicians, superbly trained in the art and science of medicine and who believe profoundly that a physician is, above all, a merciful healer.

Vision of a “New Physician”

While Lebanese, regional, and global needs and opportunities, and the University’s Strategic Plan, all support a promising vision for the new medical school at LAU, the truly inspiring drive for such a school is the opportunity to educate and train a unique new medical graduate. The abiding character of the School is determined by the kind of physician it graduates. Indeed, the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine at LAU has been conceived and designed to create a new physician, one who is superbly trained in the skills of 21st century medicine, but who believes deeply that a physician is, above all, a merciful healer.

The integrated curriculum embraced, with its reliance on small group, self-directed, patient-based learning and its emphasis on the patient, rather than the disease, develops the depth of character and the insight into human nature required of the graduating physician. The School vision has been integrated in the pre-medical requirements by including philosophy, history, literature, religious studies, music, and art.

The medical school curricula also encompass requirements for competencies in areas in which doctors today find themselves significantly challenged. The first is “Money”. The intrusion of ‘money’ into the medical profession remains a major challenge for most doctors. Unfortunately, mixing business with medicine has too often detracted from the status of the profession and, more ominously, its mission. At LAU, the role of money in the practice of medicine is addressed during medical training. In collaboration with the LAU Adnan Kassar School of Business, curricular offerings addressing aspects of finance and business which impact on the medical profession will be required of LAU medical students.

In collaboration with the LAU School of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, the medical school requires its graduates to be well versed in, self-confident, and ethically transparent in their professional interactions with the pharmaceutical industry, and with emerging global therapeutic and healing trends and technologies.

A third area of emphasis is the fostering of skills aimed at preparing students to meet the “changing science and practice of medicine as life-long learners.” Self -improvement and critical thinking are crucial for this process, and are also totally incorporated in the School’s curriculum.

Academic Officers

Dean

Mawad, Michel, M.D.

Associate Dean

Hijazi, Zeinat, M.D., Medical Education

Assistant Deans

Bahous, Sola, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Affairs
Chatila, Rajaa, M.D., Graduate Medical Education

Chairs

Abdalla, Eddie, M.D., Surgery
Abi Nader, Elie, M.D., Anesthesiology Acting
Bejjani, Noha, M.D., Pathology Acting
Bleik, Jamal, M.D., Ophthalmology Interim
Farhat, Hussein, M.D., Laboratory Medicine Acting
Mahfoud, Daniel, M.D., Radiology Acting
Tannous, Zeina, M.D., Dermatology
Wakim, Gerard, M.D., Pediatrics Acting
Zreik, Tony, M.D., M.B.A., Obstetrics and Gynecology

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Professors

Abdalla, Eddie, M.D., Chair of the Department of Surgery, Head of the Division of Surgical Oncology
Hijazi, Zeinat, M.D., Associate Dean for Medical Education
Mokhbat, Jacques, M.D.
Zreik, Tony, M.D., M.B.A., Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Associate Professors

Abi Raad, Yazbeck Karam, Vanda, M.D., MHPE, Director of the Clinical Simulation Center, Program Director of Anesthesia
Ahdab, Rechdi, MD, PhD, Clerkship Director of Neurology
Azar, Riad, M.D., Head of the Division of Gastroenterology
Bahous, Sola, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
Chatila, Rajaa, M.D., Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Residency Program Director of Internal Medicine
Coussa-Koniski Marie-Louise, M.D., Head of the Division of Pulmonary Diseases
Deeb, Marie, Ph.D.
El Hakim, Tannous, Zeina, M.D., Chair of the Department of Dermatology
Ghanem Georges, M.D., FACC, FESC, Head of the Division of Cardiology
Ghannam Nemr, Rita, M.D.
Hayek, Tony, M.D.
Hirbli, Kamal, M.D., Head of the Division of Endocrinology
Naoum, Joseph, M.D.
Nasser, Selim, M.D.
Riachi, Naji, M.D., Head of the Department of Neurology, Director of the EEG/ EMG Lab
Samaha, Husni, Roula, M.D., Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Head of the Infection Control Program
Zeineh, Salim, M.D, Head of the Division of Urology

Assistant Professors

Abillama, Fayez Francois, M.D., Acting Head of the Division of ICU, Director of Inhalation Therapy Services
Abi Nader, Elie, M.D., Acting Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology
Abi Nader, Khalil, M.D.,
Abi Gerges, Aniella, Ph.D.
Assi, Chahine, M.D., Acting Head of the Division of Orthopedic Surgery
Awdeh, Adnan, M.D., Clerkship Director of Surgery
Barakat, Hanan, M.D., Clerkship Director of Anesthesiology
Bouclaous, Carmel, Ph.D.
Chedid, Nancy, M.D.
Dunya, Ibrahim, M.D.
Dunya, Malko, M.D.
El-Amm, Joelle,M.D.
El-Asmar Nadia, M.D.
El Ferzli, Julie, M.D.
El Hachem, Lena, M.D.
El Khoury, Joe, M.D., Acting Head of the Division of Interventional Therapeutics
Farhat, Hussein, M.D., Acting Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine
Farra, Anna, M.D., Ph.D.
Faour Wissam, Ph.D.
Ghanem, Hady, M.D.
Hani, Abeer, M.D.
Hamalian, Carole, M.D.
Hubayter, Ziad, M.D.
Karam, Albert, M.D.,
Khoury, Alfred, M.D.
Kikano, Raghid, M.D.
Kilany, Hala, M.D.
Mahfoud, Daniel, M.D., Acting Chair of the Department of Radiology
Matar, Maroun, M.D., Acting Head of the Division of Neonatology, Clerkship Director of Pediatrics
Nasser, Rima, M.D.
Nassif, Anis, M.D., Vice Chair of the Department of Radiology
Stephan, Joseph, Ph.D.
Saade, Rami, M.D.
Tarcha, Walid, M.D.
Wakim, Gerard, M.D., Acting Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
Youssef, Nazih, M.D., Clerkship Director of Surgery, Program Director of Urology

Instructors

Abbas, Khairat, M.D.
Abou Ghazal, Mohamed, M.D.
Al Jalbout, Yara, M.D.
Chahine, Caroline, M.D.
Doueihi, Bejjani, Noha, M.D., Acting Chair of the Department of Pathology, Clerkship Director of Pathology
Ferzli, Antoine, M.D.
Gerges, Bassam, M.D.
Helou, Mariana, M.D.
Rizk, Tamina, M.D.
Sakr, Rania, M.D.
Shehade, Mohammad, M.D.
Yammine, Joseph, M.D.

Staff

Abou Khalil, Pamela, M.S., Senior Science Lab Technician
Abboud Abi Saad, Rana, Teaching Diploma, Medical Education Administrator
Assaf, Rebecca, M.S., Assistant Medical Education Administrator
Attieh, Hadil, B.S., Medical Education Lead Officer, Office of Clinical Affairs
Bahri, Rudy, BSN, DESM, MBA, Clinical Simulation Lab Coordinator
Chahine, May, B.A., Academic Assistant, Office of the Dean
El-Chammas, Nelly, DHQM, BSN, Senior Clinical Simulation Lab Coordinator
El-Khoury, Elsy, MBA, Assistant Medical Education Administrator
Faour, Roula, MBA, Lead Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean
Naaman, Maysoon, B.S., Medical Education Lead Officer, Office of Medical Education
Naim, Lama, M.S., Lead Program Administrator
Salloum, Angelique, M.S., Assessment Officer
Sobh, Rania, Licence Technique, Lead Science Lab Supervisor
Tashjian, Kayane, M.P.H., Junior Program Administrator, Graduate Medical Education

Part-Time Staff

Abi Hatem, Carla, Academic Assistant, Office of Clinical Affairs
Akiki, Rana, Licence, Simulation & Research Assistant
Al Halabi, Lena, B.A., Academic Assistant
Boubtaina, Rayan, B.B.A., Academic Assistant, Office of the Dean
Dagher, Christel, B.S., Academic Assistant/ Lab Technician
Hariz, Lara, B.S., Assessment Officer, Graduate Medical Education
Hneini El-Khoury, Dania, Academic Assistant, Graduate Medical Education
Moussa, Hiba, B.S., Academic Assistant, Graduate Medical Education
Zeineddine, Nour, B.A., Academic Assistant, Office of the Dean

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