Faculty Directory
Joumana Kmeid, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
Ramzi Nakhle, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
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
Ahlam Azar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatric Endocrinology
Alain Sayad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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
Co-Clerkship Director in Ophthalmology
Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD
Professor
Assistant Dean for Research
Chair, Department of Human Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
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)
Carole Dagher-Hamalian, MD, MSc
Clinical Assistant Professor
Histology Discipline Coordinator
Medical Ethics Discipline Co-Coordinator
Problem-Based-Learning (PBL) Coordinator
Clerkship Director in Pathology
Caroline Chahine, MD
Clinical Instructor
Anesthesiology
Chahine Assi, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Surgery
Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Christy Costanian, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Population Health Discipline Coordinator
Cybel Mehawej, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics Discipline Co-Coordinator
Department of Human Genetics
Daniel Mahfoud, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Therapeutics
Acting Division Head of Diagnostic Radiology
Dany Gaspard, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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
Elie Abi Nader, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Elsy Jabbour, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Emile Mehanna, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cardiology
Fayez Abillama, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Intensive Care
Division Head, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Georges El Khoury, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division Head, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Georges Ghanem, MD
Clinical Professor
Division Head of Cardiology
Chief Medical Officer, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital
Georges Yared, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Clerkship Director in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gerard Wakim, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Hady Ghanem, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Head, Hematology-Oncology
Director, Fellowship Program in Hematology-Oncology
Hala Kilani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division Head, Nephrology
Hanane Barakat, MD, MHM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Anesthesiology
Hanane Ziadeh, MD
Clinical instructor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hussein Farhat, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine
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
Director, Residency Program in Psychiatry
Director, Core Clerkship in Psychiatry
Jocelyne Eid Fares, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Clerkship Director in Internal Medicine
Joseph Stephan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry Discipline Coordinator
Chair of LAU Institutional Review Board
Kaissar (Cesar) Yammine, MD, MPH, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director, Residency in Orthopedics
Clerkship Director in Orthopedics
Kamal Hirbli, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Head, Endocrinology
Karl Jallad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Krystel Malek Saade, MD
Clinical Instructor
Anesthesiology
Laure Irani, MD
Clinical Instructor
Acting Division Head, Rheumatology
Lena El Hachem, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Madona Azar, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director, Residency in Internal Medicine
Program Director, Fellowship in Endocrinology
Malko Dunya, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anatomy Discipline Coordinator
Mariana Helou, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Division Head of Emergency Medicine
Clerkship Director in Emergency Medicine
Marie-Louise Coussa-Koniski, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Maroun Matar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director in Pediatrics
Acting 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
Mohamed Abou-Ghazal, MD
Clinical Instructor
Nadia El Asmar, MD, MHPE
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Skills Discipline Coordinator
Associate Director of Clinical Simulation Center
Clerkship Director of Primary Care
Director of Medical Year 2
Nancy Falco Chedid, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Student Affairs
Nancy Maalouf, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Neurology
Program Director, Residency in Neurology
Nazih Youssef, MD, MHPE
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Urology
Clerkship Director in Urology
Director of Assessment
Division Head, Urology
Noha Bejjani, MD
Clinical Instructor
Acting Chair, Department of Pathology
Co-Clerkship Director in Pathology
Paul Hage, MD
Clinical Professor
Director of International Medical Education Affiliations
Rachid Rahme, MD
Clinical Instructor
Emergency Medicine
Head of Emergency Medicine, LAU Medical Center-St. John’s Hospital
Raghid Kikano, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Radiology
Acting Division Head, Interventional Neuroradiology
Rajaa Chatila, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Coordinator of Med-II Gastrointestinal Module
Ralph Nehme, MD
Clinical Instructor
of Critical Care Medicine
of Pulmonary Diseases
Rami Saade, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Program Director, Residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Clerkship Director in Otolaryngology
Rana E. Barake, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Rania Sakr, MD
Clinical Instructor
Program Director, Residency in Family Medicine
Clerkship Director of Continuity Experience Clerkship
Acting Division Head of Family Medicine
Riad Azar, MD
Clinical Professor
Division Head, Gastroenterology
Rima Nasser, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Rita Nemr, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Endocrinology
Rodrigue Chemaly, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in General Surgery
Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery
Roland Seif, MD
Clinical Instructor
Ophthalmology
Rony Al Nawar, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director in Anesthesiology
Roula Husni Samaha, MD
Clinical Professor
Division Head of Infectious Diseases
Sahar Semaan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Radiology
Samer Traboulsi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Urology
Selim Nasser, MD
Associate Professor
Foundations Module Coordinator
Pathology Discipline Coordinator
Program Director, Residency in Pathology
Director of Medical Year 1
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Siba Kallab, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine
Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE
Dean
Professor
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Pharmacology Discipline Coordinator
Nephrology Module Coordinator
Tamina Elias Rizk, MD
Clinical Instructor
Clerkship Director of Radiology
Director of Medical Year 4
Tony Hayek, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma
Tony Zreik, MD, MBA
Professor
Assistant Dean for Business Development
Toufic Chaaban, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE
Clinical Professor
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development
Director of Clinical Simulation Center
Wadih Ghaname, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Chief Medical Officer – LAU Medical Center-St. John’s Hospital
Head 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
Yara Al Jalbout, MD
Clinical Instructor
Anesthesiology
Zeina S. Tannous, MD
Professor
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Program Director, Residency in Dermatology
Zeinat Hijazi, MD
Professor Emerita
Ziad Hubayter, MD, MBA, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology