Faculty Directory
Abdallah Noufaily, M.D.
Clinical Instructor
Interventional Radiology
Abdallah Slim, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Head of Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary, Mini-Invasive Surgery
Abdo Saad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Gastroenterology
Abdul Rahman Shatila, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Neurology
Abeer J. Hani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Pediatrics
Alain Sayad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Alain Tanios, MD
Clinical Instructor
Program Director, Residency in Emergency Medicine
Alfred Khoury, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Ama Sadaka, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Ophthalmology
Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD
Professor
Assistant Dean for Research
Chair, Department of Human Genetics
Aniella Abi-Gerges, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physiology Discipline Coordinator
Medical Ethics Discipline Co-Coordinator
Anis Nassif, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interventional Neuroradiology
Anna Farra, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Microbiology Discipline Coordinator
Bassam Gerges, MD
Clinical Instructor
Anesthesiology
Camille Samaha, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Carmel Bouclaous, PhD
Assistant Professor
Advisor, LAU Medical Students Association & LAU Section-Lebanese Medical Students International Committee (LeMSIC)
Executive Chief Proctor for LAU, National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
Caroline Chahine, MD
Clinical Instructor
Chief of Section, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Chahine Assi, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Surgery
Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Charbel Ghosn, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Chebl Azar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Christina Khater, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Hematology-Oncology
Cybel Mehawej, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics Discipline Co-Coordinator
Department of Human Genetics
Daniel Mahfoud, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Chief of Section of Ultrasound
Acting Chair, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Therapeutics
Division Head of Diagnostic Radiology
Dany Gaspard, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Edouard Sayad, M.D
Clinical Assistant Professor
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Pulmonology
Eliane Chouery, PhD
Associate Professor
Genetics Discipline Co-Coordinator
Department of Human Genetics
Elsy Jabbour, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Fayez Abillama, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Intensive Care
Division Head, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Interim Chief Medical Officer for Clinical and Emergency Affairs
Georges El Khoury, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division Head, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Georges Ghanem, MD
Clinical Professor
Head, Division of Cardiology
Georges Yared, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gerard Wakim, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Hady Ghanem, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Hala Kilani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Nephrology
Head, Division of Nephrology
Hanane Barakat, MD, MHM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Anesthesiology
Interim Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Administrative Affairs
Hanane Ziadeh, MD
Clinical instructor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ibrahim Saikali, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Neurosurgery
Division Head of Neurosurgery
Jacques Mokhbat, MD
Clinical Professor
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Jamal Bleik, MD
Clinical Professor
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Jinane El Khoury, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Dermatology
Jocelyne Azar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Psychiatry
Director, Residency Program in Psychiatry
Jocelyne Eid Fares, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Internal Medicine
Joseph Stephan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry Discipline Coordinator
Chair of LAU Institutional Review Board
Joumana Kmeid, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Chief of Section, Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Kaissar (Cesar) Yammine, MD, MPH, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Chief of Section, Diabetic Foot Clinic
Program Director, Residency in Orthopedics
Clerkship Director in Orthopedics
Kamal Hirbli, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Endocrinology
Karl Jallad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division Head of Uro-gynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Acting Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Krystel Malek Saade, MD
Clinical Instructor
Chief of Section, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Laure Irani, MD
Clinical Instructor
Acting Division Head, Rheumatology
Lena El Hachem, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Head of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
Program Director, Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Malko Dunya, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anatomy Discipline Coordinator
Mariana Helou, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Head, Division of Emergency Medicine
Clerkship Director in Emergency Medicine
Marie-Louise Coussa-Koniski, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Maroun Matar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Division Head, Pediatric Neonatology
Director of Medical Year 3
Mary E. Deeb, PhD
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Year-Long Project
Michel E. Mawad, MD
President of Lebanese American University
Professor
Interventional Neuroradiology
Michel Samaha, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michele Cherfane, PhD
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Population Health
Mohamad El Dassouki, MD
Acting Chair, Department of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor
Neurology
Mohamed Abou-Ghazal, MD
Clinical Instructor
Nada Ayoub, MD
Clinical Instructor
Internal Medicine
Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Clinical Simulation Center
Clerkship Director in Primary Care
Director of Medical Year 2
Nancy Falco Chedid, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Student Affairs
Nancy Maalouf, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Neurology
Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Urology
Director of Assessment
Division Head, Urology
Noha Bejjani, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director in Pathology
Paul Hage, MD
Clinical Professor
Director of International Medical Education Affiliations
Perla Audi, M.D.
Clinical Instructor
Diagnostic Radiology
Rachid Rahme, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Chief of Section, Emergency Medicine, LAU Medical Center-St. John’s Hospital
Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE
Clinical Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Coordinator of Med-II Gastrointestinal Module
Ralph Nehme, MD
Clinical Instructor
Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases
Rami Saade, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Ramzi Nakhle, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Rana E. Barake, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Rania Sakr, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director of Continuity Experience Clerkship
Head, Division of Family Medicine
Riad Azar, MD
Clinical Professor
Head, Division of Gastroenterology
Rita Nemr, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Endocrinology
Endocrinology
Robert Fakhoury, MD
Clinical Instructor
Chief of Section, Cardiology
Cardiology
Rodrigue Chemaly, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in General Surgery
Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery
Roland Seif, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director in Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Rony Al Nawar, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director in Anesthesiology
Roula Husni Samaha, MD
Clinical Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Infectious Diseases
Head, Division of Infectious Diseases
Sabine Khoury, MD
Clinical Instructor
Diagnostic Radiology
Sahar Semaan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Medical Imaging
Chief of Section, Musculoskeletal Imaging, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital
Samer Traboulsi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Urology
Urology
Selim Nasser, MD
Associate Professor
Foundations Module Coordinator
Pathology Discipline Coordinator
Program Director, Residency in Pathology
Director of Medical Year 1
Chair, Department of Pathology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Siba Kallab, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nephrology
Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE
Dean
Professor
Pharmacology Discipline Coordinator
Nephrology Module Coordinator
Tamina Elias Rizk, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director of Medical Imaging
Chief of Section, Breast Imaging
Director of Medical Year 4
Tony Hayek, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Toufic Chaaban, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Internal Medicine
Co-Clerkship Director in Internal Medicine
Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA
Clinical Professor
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development
Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Wadih Ghaname, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Chief Medical Officer – LAU Medical Center-St. John’s Hospital
Chief of Section, Obstetrics and Gynecology, LAU Medical Center-St. John’s Hospital
Wael Salame, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry
Walid S. Tarcha, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cardiology
Wissam H. Faour, PhD
Associate Professor
Pharmacology Discipline Co-Coordinator
Youssef Rizk, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Medicine
Zeina S. Tannous, MD
Professor
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Program Director, Residency in Dermatology
Zeinat Hijazi, MD
Professor Emerita