Academic Catalog 2020–2021

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Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Mission

The mission of the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine is to nurture our students to become compassionate, ethical physicians dedicated to the highest standards of patient care, the well-being of society, and the advancement of the field of medicine; provide innovative medical education, and foster professionalism, global health awareness, research and scholarly pursuit.

Vision

We aspire:

  • To become a leading institution in medical education through advancement of pedagogical innovation and cutting-edge simulation technology, and to be a hub for local and regional leadership in the field.
  • To develop academic and clinical centers of excellence dedicated to the highest standards of patient care, clinical training and research, in collaboration with affiliated teaching hospitals and regional and international partnering medical institutions.

The integrated curriculum, with its reliance on small-group, self-directed, and patient-centered 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 will be distinguished by its success in preparing graduates who achieve academic excellence, demonstrate commitment to patient and community service, exhibit outstanding interpersonal skills, and adhere to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and medical ethics.

School Administration

Dean

 Michel Mawad, MD

Associate Dean

Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Medical Education

Assistant Deans

  • Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, Continuing Medical Education
  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, Graduate Medical Education
  • Naji Riachi, MD, Clinical Research
  • Alain Sabri, MD, Recruitment
  • Tony Zreik, MD, M.B.A., Business Development

Basic Sciences Faculty

  • Aniella Abi Gerges, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physiology, Ethics
  • Mohammed Abou Ghazal, MD, Clinical Instructor, Anatomy
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor, Pharmacology
  • Carmel Bouclaous, PhD, Assistant Professor, Social Medicine & Global Health
  • Nancy Chedid, MD, Assistant Professor, Anatomy
  • Carole Dagher Hamalian, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Histology and Pathology, Ethics, Clerkship Director of Pathology
  • Marie Deeb, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health
  • Malko Dunya, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Anatomy
  • Nadia El-Asmar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director of Primary Care, Associate Director of the Clinical Simulation Center
  • Wissam Faour, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology
  • Anna Farra, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Selim Nasser, MD, Associate Professor, Histology and Pathology, Program Director of Pathology
  • Joseph Stephan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
  • Pierre Zalloua, PhD, Professor, Genetics

Clinical Departments

Anesthesiology

  • Elie Abi Nader, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair
  • Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, Clinical Professor, Director of the Clinical Simulation Center
  • Yara Al Jalbout, MD, Clinical Instructor, Program Director
  • Rony Al Nawar, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Hanane Barakat, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director
  • Caroline Chahine, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Bassam Gerges, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Krystel Malek Saade, MD, Clinical Instructor

Dermatology    

  • Zeina Tannous, MD, Professor, Chair, Residency Program Director

Internal Medicine

  • Jacques Mokhbat, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair
  • Fayez Abillama, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director & Acting Division Head of Critical Care Medicine
  • Rechdi Ahdab, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Clerkship Director of Neurology, Division of Neurology
  • Elie Alzaghrini, MD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Emergency Medicine
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor, Division of Nephrology
  • Rita Assi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology
  • Jocelyne Azar, MD, Clinical Instructor, Program Director & Clerkship Director of Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry
  • Madona Azar, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Fellowship Director, Division of Endocrinology
  • Riad Azar, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head of Gastroenterology
  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
  • Marie-Louise Coussa-Koniski, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Pulmonary Diseases
  • Khalil Diab, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Pulmonary Fellowship Director, Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
  • Jocelyne Eid Fares, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Co-Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
  • Khairat El Habbal, MD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Family Medicine
  • Anna Farra, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Georges Ghanem, MD, Clinical Professor, Chief Medical Officer of LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Division Head of Cardiology
  • Hady Ghanem, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head of Hematology-Oncology
  • Rita Ghanem Nemr, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology
  • Mariana Helou, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director of Emergency Medicine, Acting Division Head of Emergency Medicine
  • Kamal Hirbli, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Endocrinology
  • Roula Husni Samaha, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head of Infectious Diseases
  • Laure Irani, MD, Clinical Instructor, Acting Division Head of Rheumatology
  • Elsy Jabbour, MD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Emergency Medicine
  • Albert Karam, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Division Head of Nephrology
  • Hala Kilany, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology
  • Wassim Mchayleh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Director, Division of Hematology-Oncology
  • Emile Mehanna, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiology Fellowship Director, Division of Cardiology
  • Naji Riachi, MD, Associate Professor, Program Director of Neurology, Division Head of Neurology
  • Rania Sakr, MD, Clinical Instructor, Program Director of Family Medicine, Clerkship Director of Continuity Experience Clerkship, Acting Division Head of Family Medicine
  • Alain Tanios, MD, Clinical Instructor, Program Director of Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
  • Walid Tarcha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology

Laboratory Medicine

  • Hussein Farhat, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair

Medical Imaging and Interventional Therapeutics

  • Daniel Mahfoud, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair, Acting Division Head of Diagnostic Radiology
  • Melhem Ghaleb, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Body Interventional Radiology
  • Raghid Kikano, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director of Radiology, Acting Division Head of Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Michel Mawad, MD, Professor, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Anis Nassif, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Tamina Rizk, MD, Clinical Instructor, Clerkship Director of Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Radiology
  • Sahar Semaan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Diagnostic Radiology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Tony Zreik, MD, MBA, Professor, Chair
  • Lena El Hachem, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Ziad Hubayter, MD, MBA Medical Service Management, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director
  • Karl Jallad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Michel Samaha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director
  • Georges Yared, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Co-Clerkship Director

Ophthalmology

  • Nicolas Ghazi, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair & Co-Clerkship Director
  • Ama Sadaka, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director, Co-Clerkship Director

Otolaryngology

  • Alain Sabri, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair
  • Rami Saade, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director & Clerkship Director

Pathology

  • Noha Bejjani, MD, Clinical Instructor, Acting Chair, Co-Clerkship Director

Pediatrics

  • Gerard Wakim, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair
  • Abeer Hani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology
  • Maroun Matar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director, Acting Division Head of Pediatric Neonatology
  • Alain Sayad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Surgery

  • Bassem Safadi, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair
  • Chahine Assi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Orthopedic Surgery
  • Adnan Awdeh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Division Head of General Surgery
  • Georges El Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
  • Tony Hayek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Orthopedic surgery
  • Karl Jallad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Urology
  • Alfred Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopedic Surgery
  • Rima Nasser, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopedic Surgery
  • Ibrahim Saikali, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director of Neurosurgery, Division Head of Neurosurgery
  • Abdallah Slim, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director of General Surgery, Division Head of Surgical Oncology, HBP and Mini Invasive Surgery
  • Kaissar Yammine, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Clerkship Director of Orthopedics, Division of Orthopedic Surgery
  • Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE, Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director & Clerkship Director of Urology, Division of Urology
  • Salim Zeineh, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Urology

 

Staff

  • Rana Abboud Abi Saad, Lead Program Officer, Office of Medical Education
  • Pamela Abou Khalil, Senior Science Lab Supervisor, Office of Medical Education
  • Rebecca Assaf, Program Officer, Office of Medical Education
  • Hadil Attieh, Lead Program Manager, Office of Medical Education
  • Gihane Kaddoum, Lead Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean
  • Rudy Bahri, Lead Clinical Simulation Lab Supervisor, Clinical Simulation Center
  • May Chahine, Lead Academic Assistant, Office of the Dean
  • Nelly El-Chammas, Senior Clinical Simulation Lab Supervisor, Clinical Simulation Center
  • Elsy El-Khoury, Program Officer, Office of Medical Education
  • Jinane Esper, Lead MedCare Operations Supervisor, Office of the Dean
  • Roula Faour, Lead Program Manager, Office of the Dean
  • Maysoon Naaman, Program Manager, Office of Medical Education
  • Lama Naim, Senior Program Officer, Office of Continuing Medical Education
  • Rania Salha, Lead Academic Assistant, Office of the Dean
  • Angelique Salloum, Program Manager, Office of the Dean
  • Rania Sobh, Lead Science Lab Supervisor, Office of the Dean
  • Kayane Tashjian, Lead Program Officer, Office of Graduate Medical Education