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.

Dean

• Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE

Associate Deans

• Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA, Faculty Affairs and Development
• Jamal Bleik, MD, Clinical Affairs

Assistant Deans

• Eddie Abdalla, MD, FACS, Strategy & Development
• Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE, Graduate Medical Education
• Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE, Medical Education
• Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Research

Directors/ Associate Directors

• Wissam Faour, PhD, Director of Medical Year I
• Aniella Abi-Gerges, PhD, Director of Medical Year II
• Maroun Matar, MD, Director of Medical Year III
• Tamina Rizk, MD, Director of Medical 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
• Mariana Helou, MD, Director of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
• Wael Salame, MD, Associate Director of the Clinical Simulation Center
• Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE, Director of Assessment

Basic Sciences Faculty

• Aniella Abi Gerges, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Medical Year II (Physiology & Ethics)
• Zeina Akiki, PhD, Assistant Professor (Epidemiology)
• Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor and Dean of the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine (Pharmacology)
• Carmel Bouclaous, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Student Affairs (Social Medicine, Global Health & Nutrition)
• Michele Cherfane, PhD, Associate Professor (Epidemiology)
• Eliane Choueiry, PhD, Professor (Human Genetics)
• Malko Dunya, MD, Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
• Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE, Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Medical Education (Clinical Skills)
• Wissam Faour, PhD, Professor and Director of Medical Year I (Pharmacology)
• Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Professor and Assistant Dean for Research (Human Genetics)
• Cybel Mehawej, PhD, Associate Professor (Human Genetics)
• Selim Nasser, MD, Associate Professor, Chair (Histology and Pathology)
• Ruzanna Petrosyan, MD, PhD, MHPE, Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
• Joseph Stephan, PhD, Associate Professor (Biochemistry), Director of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research Ethical Compliance

Clinical Departments & Divisions

Anesthesiology Department

• Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA, Clinical Professor, Chair and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development
• Rony Al Nawar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director
• Georges Assaf, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Hanane Barakat, MD, MHM, Clinical Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, and Director of the Clinical Simulation Center
• Micheline Bou Khalil, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section
• Caroline Chahine, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology
• Sandra Elias, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Bassam Gerges, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Charbel Gerges, MD, Clinical Instructor
• Krystel Malek, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section of Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Carole Serhal, MD, Clinical Instructor
• Samantha Sukkar, Clinical Instructor 

Dermatology Department

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

Human Genetics Department

• Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD, Professor, Chair and Assistant Dean for Research
• Eliane Choueiry, PhD, Professor
• Cybel Mehawej, PhD, Associate Professor

Internal Medicine Department

• Rola Husni Samaha, 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 Assistant Professor, Chief of Section
• Elias Hanna, MD, Clinical Professor
• Emile Mehanna, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Richard Zalloum, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Critical Care Medicine Division

• Fayez Abillama, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head and Clerkship Director of Critical Care Medicine
• Toufic Chaaban, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, and Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship (Med III)
• Georges Chalouhi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of Section
• Dany Gaspard, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head of Pulmonary Diseases and Fellowship Program Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Mirella Iskandar, MD, Clinical Instructor

Emergency Medicine Division

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

Endocrinology Division

• Rita Ghannam Nemr, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head
• Jocelyne Eid Fares, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine (Med III & IV)
• Zelia Francis, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Fellowship Program Director

Family Medicine Division

• Rania Sakr, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head and Primary Care Clerkship Director, Medical Director of Health Clinics
• Youssef Rizk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director

Gastroenterology Division

• Riad Azar, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head
• Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE, Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
• 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 Professor, Division Head
• Colette Hanna, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Christina Khater, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Fellowship Program Director
• Annoir Shayya, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Infectious Diseases Division

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

Internal Medicine Division

• Nada Ayoub, MD, Clinical Instructor
• Joyce El Haber, MD, Clinical Instructor

Nephrology Division

• Hala Kilani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head and Fellowship Program Director
• Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE, Professor and Dean of the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
• 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 and Associate Director of the LAU Clinical Simulation Center

Pulmonary Diseases Division

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

Rheumatology Division

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

Laboratory Medicine Department

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

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)
• Raghid Kikano, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Head of Interventional Radiology Division
• 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, and Director of Medical Year IV (Diagnostic Radiology)
• Sahar Semaan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief of the Musculoskeletal Imaging Section and Residency Program Director (Diagnostic Radiology)

Neurology Department

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

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department

• Karl Jallad, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Health System Group Chief Medical Officer, Chair & Division Head of Uro-Gynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
• Wael Abdallah, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Bassel Abouzeid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• 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, Chief Medical Officer at the LAU Medical Center-Saint John’s Hospital and Chief of Section
• Georges Yared, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division Head & Clerkship Director
• Hanane Ziadeh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology Department

• Jamal Bleik, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
• Souha Allam, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Georges Mollayess, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Ama Sadaka, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Residency Program Director
• Roland Seif, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Karim Sleiman, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director

Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Department

• Chahine Assi, MD, Clinical Professor, Chair
• Toni Hayek, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Pediatric Orthopedics), and Clerkship Director
• Alfred Khoury, MD, Clinical Associate Professor
• Camille Samaha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Kaissar Yammine, MD, Clinical Professor, Director of the Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program and Chief of Section of Diabetic Foot Clinic

Otolaryngology Department

• Nabil Moukarzel, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Interim Chair
• Rana Barake, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director
• Nadine El Hadi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Ghassan Haddad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clerkship Director
• Rami Saade, MD, Clinical Associate Professor

Pathology Department

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

Pediatrics Department

• Maroun Matar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Acting Chair, Division Head of Pediatric Neonatology and Director of Medical Year III
• Abeer Hani, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Continuity Experience Clerkship (Pediatric Neurology)
• Alain Sayad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor (General Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology), Clerkship Director
• Edouard Sayad, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director
• Chantal Zeidan Lahoud, MD, Clinical Instructor (Pediatric Neonatology)

Department of Surgery

• Eddie Abdalla, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor, Chair and Assistant Dean for Strategy & Development

Cardiothoracic Surgery Division

• Sarkis Ejbeh, MD, Clinical Instructor

General Surgery Division

• Georges El Khoury, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division Head
• Eddie Abdalla, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor, Chair and Assistant Dean for Strategy & Development
• Rodrigue Chemaly MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director
• Wael Dimassi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Interim Clerkship Director
• Abdallah Slim, MD, Clinical Associate Professor (Surgical Oncology & General Surgery)
• Kenny Younes, MD, Clinical Instructor

Neurosurgery Division

• Paul Hage, MD, Clinical Professor, Division Head and Residency Program Director and Director of International Medical Education Affiliations
• Ibrahim Saikali, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Urology Division

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

Vascular Surgery Division

• Julien Sfeir, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Interim Division Head of Vascular Surgery

Staff

Office of the Dean

• Joelle Abi Aad, Senior Executive Assistant
• May Chahine, Senior Academic Assistant
• Georges Choueiry, Lead Data Analyst
• Roula Faour, Senior Faculty Affairs Associate

Office of Medical Education

• Pamela Abou Khalil, Senior Anatomy & Microbiology Lab Supervisor
• Rebecca Assaf, Lead Medical Education Specialist
• Micheline Chaar, Lead Medical Education Coordinator
• Elsy El-Khoury, Lead Medical Education Specialist
• Maysoon Naaman, Senior Medical Student Affairs Specialist
• Angelique Salloum, Lead Learning & Program Evaluation Officer
• Rania Sobh, Senior Histology & Pathology Lab Supervisor

Office of Graduate Medical Education

• Maria Audi, Program Coordinator
• Maggie Hodroje, Program Coordinator
• Mariam Khankan, Program Coordinator
• May Khattab, Lead Program Coordinator
• Reem Kheireddine, Program Coordinator
• Hiba Moussa, Lead Graduate Medical Education Coordinator
• Kayane Tashjian, Lead Graduate Medical Education Specialist

Office of Medical Research

Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

• Sandy El Ferzli, Lead Administrative Assistant
• Lama Naim, Lead Faculty Affairs & Development Specialist

Office of Clinical Affairs

• Jinane Esper, Senior Clinical Affairs Supervisor

Office of Strategy and Development

• Rana El Hani, Lead Program Coordinator

Clinical Simulation Center

• Charbel Elias, Administrative Assistant
• Teresa Grobler, Lead Clinical Simulation Centre Supervisor
• Loura Hotait, Clinical Simulation Center Supervisor

Department of Human Genetics

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