Academic Catalog 2022–2023

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Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Mission

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

  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE

Associate Dean

  • Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA - Faculty Affairs and Development

Assistant Deans

  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE - Graduate Medical Education
  • Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - Research

Directors

  • Selim Nasser, MD - Director of Medicine Year I
  • Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE - Director of Medicine Year II
  • Maroun Matar, MD - Director of Medicine Year III
  • Tamina Rizk, MD - Director of Medicine Year IV
  • Nancy Chedid, MD - Director of Student Affairs
  • Paul Hage, MD - Director of International Medical Education Affiliations
  • Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE - Director of Assessment

Basic Sciences Faculty

  • Aniella Abi Gerges, PhD, Assistant Professor (Physiology & Ethics)
  • Mohamed Abou Ghazal, MD, Clinical Instructor (Anatomy)
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, Professor (Pharmacology)
  • Carmel Bouclaous, PhD, Assistant Professor (Social Medicine, Global Health & Nutrition)
  • Nancy Chedid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
  • Eliane Chouery, PhD, Associate Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Christy Costanian, PhD, Assistant Professor (Epidemiology and Population Health)
  • Carole Dagher Hamalian, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Histology, Pathology & Ethics)
  • Malko Dunya, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
  • Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE, Clinical Assistant Professor (Clinical Skills)
  • Wissam Faour, PhD, Associate Professor (Pharmacology)
  • Anna Farra, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Microbiology and Immunology)
  • Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Cybel Mehawej, PhD, Assistant Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Selim Nasser, MD, Associate Professor (Histology and Pathology)
  • Joseph Stephan, PhD, Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)

Clinical Departments & Divisions

Anesthesiology Department

  • Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA, Clinical Professor - Interim Chair
  • Rony Al Nawar, MD, Clinical Instructor - Clerkship Director
  • Hanane Barakat, MD, MHM, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director & Interim Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Administrative Affairs
  • Micheline Bou Khalil, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Chief of Section
  • Caroline Chahine, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of Section of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesiology
  • Sandra Elias, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Bassam Gerges, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Krystel Malek, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of Section of Pediatric Anesthesiology 

Dermatology Department

  • Zeina Tannous, MD, Professor - Chair
  • Jinane El Khoury Okais, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director  

Human Genetics Department

  • Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Professor - Chair
  • Eliane Chouery, PhD, Associate Professor
  • Cybel Mehawej, PhD, Assistant Professor

Internal Medicine Department   

  • Jacques Mokhbat, MD, Clinical Professor - Chair

Cardiology Division

  • Georges Ghanem, MD, Clinical Professor - Division Head
  • Johny Abboud, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Fellowship Program Director
  • Robert Fakhoury, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of Section
  • Walid Tarcha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Richard Zalloum, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Critical Care Medicine Division

  • Fayez Abillama, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head, Interim Chief Medical Officer for Clinical and Emergency Affairs & Clerkship Director
  • Toufic Chaaban, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Med. III Clerkship & Residency Program Director
  • Dany Gaspard, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Fellowship Program Director
  • Ralph Nehme, MD, Clinical Instructor

Emergency Medicine Division

  • Mariana Helou, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head & Clerkship Director
  • Elsy Jabbour, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Ramzi Nakhle, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Rachid Rahme, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of Section
  • Alain Tanios, MD, Clinical Instructor - Residency Program Director

Endocrinology Division

  • Kamal Hirbli, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Division Head
  • Jocelyne Eid Fares, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship of Med. III and Med. IV
  • Rita Ghannam Nemr, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Fellowship Program Director

Family Medicine Division

  • Rania Sakr, MD, Clinical Instructor - Acting Division Head, Director of the Continuity Experience Clerkship & of the Residency Program
  • Youssef Rizk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Gastroenterology Division

  • Riad Azar, MD, Clinical Professor - Division Head
  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE, Clinical Associate Professor
  • Abdo Saad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Fellowship Program Director
  • Fadi Wehbe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Hematology-Oncology Division

  • Hady Ghanem, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Division Head
  • Colette Hanna, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Christina Khater, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Fellowship Program Director

Infectious Diseases Division

  • Roula Husni Samaha, MD, Clinical Professor - Division Head & Fellowship Program Director
  • Anna Farra, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Joumana Kmeid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Chief of Section
  • Jacques Mokhbat, MD, Clinical Professor

Nephrology Division

  • Hala Kilani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head & Fellowship Program Director
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor
  • Siba Kallab, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Psychiatry Division

  • Jocelyne Azar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head, Clerkship Director and Residency Program Director
  • Wael Salame, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Pulmonary Diseases Division

  • Marie-Louise Coussa-Koniski, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Division Head
  • Toufic Chaaban, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Med. III Clerkship & Residency Program Director 
  • Dany Gaspard, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Fellowship Program Director
  • Ralph Nehme, MD, Clinical Instructor

Rheumatology Division

  • Laure Irani, MD, Clinical Instructor - Acting Division Head

Laboratory Medicine Department

  • Hind Rahban, MD, Clinical Instructor - Acting Chair & Chief of Section
  • Hussein Farhat, MD, Clinical Associate Professor

Medical Imaging Department

  • Daniel Mahfoud, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Acting Chair & Chief of the Ultrasound Section (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Perla Audi, MD, Clinical Instructor (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Julie El Ferzli, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Chief of the Cardiac Imaging Section (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Sabine El Khoury, MD, Clinical Instructor (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Michel Mawad, MD, Professor - President of Lebanese American University (Interventional Radiology)
  • Anis Nassif, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Interventional Radiology)
  • Abdallah Noufaily, MD, Clinical Instructor (Interventional Radiology)
  • Tamina Rizk, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of the Breast Imaging Section & Clerkship Director (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Sahar Semaan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Chief of the Musculoskeletal Imaging Section & Residency Program Director (Diagnostic Radiology)

Neurology Department

  • Mohamad El Dassouki, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Acting Chair
  • Samar Abbas, MD, Clinical Instructor - Chief of Section & Residency Program Director
  • Abdul Rahman Chatila, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director
  • Nancy Maalouf, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department

  • Karl Jallad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Acting Chair & Division Head of Uro-gynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
  • Lena El Hachem, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Residency Program Director & Division Head of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
  • Wadih Ghaname, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Medical Director of the LAU Medical Center - Saint John’s Hospital & Chief of Section
  • Michel Samaha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director
  • Georges Yared, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Co-Clerkship Director & Division Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Hanane Ziadeh, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Tony Zreik, MD, MBA, Professor - Vice President for Health Affairs

Ophthalmology Department

  • Jamal Bleik, MD, Clinical Professor - Chair
  • Georges Mollayess, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Ama Sadaka, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director
  • Roland Seif, MD, Clinical Instructor - Clerkship Director

Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Department

  • Chahine Assi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Chair
  • Toni Hayek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor
  • Alfred Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Rima Nasser, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Camille Samaha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Kaissar Yammine, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Clerkship Director, Residency Program Director & Chief of Section of the Diabetic Foot Clinic

Otolaryngology Department

  • Rami Saade, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Acting Chair
  • Rana Barake, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director
  • Nabil Moukarzel, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director

Pathology Department

  • Selim Nasser, MD, Associate Professor - Chair & Residency Program Director
  • Noha Bejjani, MD, Clinical Instructor - Clerkship Director
  • Moueen Bou Ghanem, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Pediatrics Department

  • Maroun Matar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Acting Chair & Division Head of Pediatric Neonatology
  • Ahlam Azar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (General Pediatrics) 
  • Abeer Hani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director (Pediatric Neurology)
  • Alain Sayad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director (General Pediatrics) 
  • Edouard Sayad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Pediatric Gastroenterology)

Department of Surgery

  • Chahine Assi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor - Interim Chair  

General Surgery

  • Rodrigue Chemaly MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Residency Program Director
  • Alexandre Malek, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director
  •      Georges El Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
  • Abdallah Slim, MD, Clinical Associate Professor 

Neurosurgery

  • Ibrahim Saikali, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head & Residency Program Director
  • Paul Hage, MD, Clinical Professor

Urology

  • Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE, Clinical Assistant Professor - Division Head & Residency Program Director
  • Samer Traboulsi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor - Clerkship Director

 

Staff

Office of the Dean

  • Joelle Abi Aad, Senior Program Manager
  • May Chahine, Lead Academic Assistant
  • Jinane Esper, Lead MedCare Operations Supervisor
  • Roula Faour, Lead Program Manager
  • Gihane Kaddoum, Lead Executive Assistant
  • Rania Salha, Program Manager
  • Rania Sobh, Lead Science Lab Supervisor

Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

  • Lama Naim, Senior Program Officer

Office of Medical Education

  • Rana Abboud Abi Saad, Lead Program Officer
  • Pamela Abou Khalil, Senior Science Lab Supervisor
  • Rebecca Assaf, Program Officer
  • Hadil Attieh, Lead Program Manager
  • Elsy El-Khoury, Lead Program Officer
  • Maysoon Naaman, Program Manager

Office of Graduate Medical Education

  • Kayane Tashjian, Senior Program Officer

Clinical Simulation Center

  • Nelly El-Chammas, Senior Clinical Simulation Lab Supervisor