Academic Catalog 2024–2025

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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.

Our Educational Program: Nurturing Tomorrow’s Doctors

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
  • Jamal Bleik, MD, Clinical Affairs

Assistant Deans

  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE, Graduate Medical Education
  • Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE, Medical Education
  • Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Research

Directors

  • Selim Nasser, MD, Director of Medicine Year I
  • Aniella Abi-Gerges, PhD, Director of Medical Year II
  • Maroun Matar, MD, Director of Medicine Year III
  • Tamina Rizk, MD, Director of Medicine Year IV
  • Hanane Barakat, MD, Director of the Clinical Simulation Center
  • Carmel Bouclaous, PhD, 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, Associate Professor (Physiology & Ethics)
  • Zeina Akiki, MD, Assistant Professor (Epidemiology)
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor (Pharmacology)
  • Carmel Bouclaous, PhD, Associate Professor (Social Medicine, Global Health & Nutrition)
  • Nancy Chedid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
  • Michele Cherfane, PhD, Associate Professor (Epidemiology)
  • Eliane Chouery, PhD, Associate Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Malko Dunya, MD, Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
  • Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE, Clinical Assistant Professor (Clinical Skills)
  • Mohamed Ahmed Elmokhtar, PhD, Associate Professor (Microbiology)
  • Wissam Faour, PhD, Associate Professor (Pharmacology)
  • Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Cybel Mehawej, PhD, Assistant Professor (Human Genetics)
  • Selim Nasser, MD, Associate Professor (Histology and Pathology)
  • Ruzanna Petrosyan, MD, PhD, MHPE, Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
  • Joseph Stephan, PhD, Associate Professor (Biochemistry), Director of Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research Ethical Compliance

Clinical Departments & Divisions

Anesthesiology Department

  • Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA, Clinical Professor - Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology
  • Rony Al Nawar, MD, Clinical Instructor, Clerkship Director
  • Georges Assaf, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Hanane Barakat, MD, MHM, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of the Anesthesiology Residency Program
  • 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 Assistant Professor
  • Charbel Gerges, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Krystel Malek, MD, Clinical Instructor, Chief of Section of Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Samantha Sukkar, Clinical Instructor

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   

  • Roula Husni Samaha, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair of the Internal Medicine Department
  • Nada Ayoub, MD, Clinical Instructor

Cardiology Division

  • Georges Ghanem, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head, & Deputy CEO for Strategy and Development at LAUMC-RH
  • 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

Cardiovascular Surgery division:

  • Sarkis Ejbeh, MD, Clinical Instructor

Critical Care Medicine Division

  • Fayez Abillama, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head 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

Emergency Medicine Division

  • Mariana Helou, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head & Clerkship Director
  • Alain El Asmar, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Charbel Ghosn, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Elsy Jabbour, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Pierre Khalife, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Nancy Matar, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Ramzi Nakhle, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Rachid Rahme, MD, Clinical Instructor, Chief of Section
  • Alain Tanios, MD, Clinical Instructor, Residency Program Director
  • Charbel Tannous, MD, Clinical Instructor

Endocrinology Division

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

Family Medicine Division

  • Rania Sakr, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head of Family Medicine, & Primary Care Clerkship Director
  • Youssef Rizk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Family Medicine Residency Program Director

Gastroenterology Division

  • Riad Azar, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head
  • Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE, Clinical Associate Professor
  • Majd El Roustom, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • 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
  • Annoir Shayya, MD. Clinical Instructor
  • Christina Khater, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Fellowship Program Director

Infectious Diseases Division

  • Roula Husni Samaha, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair of the Internal Medicine Department, Fellowship Program Director
  • Jamil Barhoun, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Joumana Kmeid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section
  • Rima Moghnie, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head of Infectious Diseases

Nephrology Division

  • Hala Kilani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head & Fellowship Program Director
  • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor
  • Hicham Cheikh Hassan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine
  • 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, Associate Director, Clinical Simulation Center            

Pulmonary Diseases Division

  • Dany Gaspard, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head of Pulmonary Diseases + Program Director of the Pulmonary Diseases & Fellowship Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine
  • Toufic Chaaban, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Med. III Clerkship & Residency Program Director 
  • Georges Chalouhi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section
  • Mirella Iskandar, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • Jocelyne Sassine, MD, Clinical Instructor, Clerkship Director of Continuity Experience 

Rheumatology Division

  • Laure Irani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head 

Laboratory Medicine Department

  • Hind Rahban, MD, Clinical Instructor, Acting Chair & Chief of Section
  • Rita Feghali, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section

Medical Imaging Department

  • Daniel Mahfoud, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Chief Medical Officer, 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)
  • Raghid Kikano, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Head of Interventional Radiology Division
  • 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 Assistant Professor- 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 Associate Professor, Acting Chair & Division Head of Uro-gynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
  • Lena El Hachem, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery and Residency Program Director
  • 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

Ophthalmology Department

  • Jamal Bleik, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair
  • Souha Allam, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Abdul Karim El Hage Sleiman, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Georges Mollayess, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Ama Sadaka, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Residency Program Director
  • Roland Seif, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director

Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Department

  • Chahine Assi, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair, Interim Chair of the Surgery Department
  • Toni Hayek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Clerkship Director
  • Alfred Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Camille Samaha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Kaissar Yammine, MD, Clinical Professor, Residency Program Director + Chief of Section of 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 Associate Professor - Clerkship Director
  • Charbel Rameh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Pathology Department

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

Pediatrics Department

  • Maroun Matar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair & Division Head of Pediatric Neonatology
  • Abeer Hani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director (Pediatric Neurology)
  • Chantal Lahoud, MD, Clinical Instructor
  • 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 Professor, Interim Chair  

General Surgery

  • Georges El Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head
  • Rodrigue Chemaly MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director
  • Wael Dimassi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Alexandre Malek, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Abdallah Slim, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Clerkship Director 
  • Kenny Younes, MD, Clinical Instructor

Neurosurgery

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

Urology

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

Vascular Surgery Division

  • Fadi, Hayek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head of Vascular Surgery
  • Julien Sfeir, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Staff

Office of the Dean

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

Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

  • Lama Naim, Senior Program Officer

Office of Medical Education

  • Pamela Abou Khalil, Senior Science Lab Supervisor
  • Rebecca Assaf, Lead Program Manager
  • Micheline Chaar, Lead Program Officer
  • Georges Choueiry, Lead Assessment & Accreditation Officer
  • Elsy El-Khoury, Senior Program Officer
  • Maysoon Naaman, Senior Program Manager
  • Rania Salha, Lead Program Manager
  • Gioia Wehbe, Senior Program Officer

Office of Graduate Medical Education

  • Kayane Tashjian, Senior Program Officer
  • Hiba Moussa, Lead Program Officer

Office of Medical Research

  • Mariam Hijazi, Medical Research Coordinator

Clinical Simulation Center

  • Teresa Grobler, Lead Clinical Simulation Centre Supervisor
  • Elias Harb, Lead Clinical Simulation Center Supervisor

Human Genetics Department

  • Sandra Corbani, Lead Molecular Biology Lab Supervisor
  • Rima Korban, Lead Clinical Cytogenetics Lab Supervisor