Patient Care

Abdul Rahman Shatila, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Clerkship Director in Neurology

Dr. Shatila graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1983 and subsequently spent three years training in Internal Medicine before completing a residency and fellowship in Neurology in the United States. Since 1992, Dr. Shatila has been actively practicing Neurology in private settings in Lebanon. More importantly, Dr. Shatila has served as a lecturer in Neurology at the Lebanese University School of Medicine, where he gained 25 years of experience, and at Beirut Arab University School of Medicine, where he acquired 10 years of experience.

Dr. Shatila has also been deeply involved in residency programs, including 30 years of experience in Internal Medicine at Makassed General Hospital and 10 years at Rafik Hariri University Hospital. Additionally, he has 15 years of experience with Neurology residency programs at the Lebanese University School of Medicine. His teaching experience spans classroom instruction, bedside teaching, hospital rounds, and clinical settings. This extensive experience will be leveraged to create a strong educational foundation at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine.

Selected Publications

  1. Ayoub WAR, Lizzeik D, Berro J, Faddoul S, El Dassouki M, Shatila AR, Chalah MA, Ayache SS. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and a Literature Review. J Clin Med. (2023 Nov) 12(23):7407.
  2. Ahdab R, Shatila MM, Shatila AR, Khazen G, Freiha J, Salem M, Makhoul K, El Nawar R, El Nemr S, Ayache SS, Riachi N. Cortical excitability measures may predict clinical response to fampridine in patients with multiple  sclerosis and gait impairment. Brain Sci. (2019 Dec) 9(12):357.‏
  3. Arabi M, Dirani M, Hourani R, Nasreddine W, Wazne J, Atweh S, Samara H, Shatila AR, Beydoun A. Frequency and stratification of epileptogenic lesions in elderly with new onset seizures. Front Neurol. (2018 Nov)  9:995. ‏
  4. Naja Z, Naja AS, Rajab O, Mugharbil A, Shatila AR, Al Hassan J. Repetitive nerve block for neuropathic pain management: A case report. Scand J Pain. (2018 Jan) 18(1):125-127.‏
  5. Naous A, Shatila AR, Naja Z, Naja AS, Rajab M. Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis: A rare association with tethered spinal cord syndrome with review of literature. Child Neurol Open. (2015 Feb) 2(1):2329048X14553297. ‏
  6. Shatila AR, Koussa S, Jabbour R, Mourad A, Aouad A, Sabbagh G, Kallab K, Hilal R, Khalifeh R, Gebeily S, Tourbah A. LSN MS guidelines for the management of multiple sclerosis; Lebanese Society of Neurology. Rev Neurol (Paris). (2013 Dec) 169(12):950-5. ‏
  7. Chamdine, OM.; Shatila, A-R S.; Yassin, NA.; Muwakkit, SA.; Ibrahim,  AO.: Cyclosporine-induced PRES in a child recipient of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Journal of Pediatric Neurology; (2012) Issue 04. 
  8. ‏Pozzilli C, Schweikert B, Ecari U, Oentrich W; BetaPlus Study group (AR Shatila + several participants). Supportive strategies to improve adherence to IFN β-1b in multiple sclerosis—results of the βPlus observational cohort study. J Neurol Sci. (2011 Aug) 307(1-2):120-6. 
  9. Shatila AR, Atrouni S, Jarkass H. Cardioembolic stroke: A four-year hospital-based study: Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.  Abstract European Stroke Conference (2011)
  10. Makke Y, Beydoun A, Sabbagh S, Shatila AR, Arabi M, Hmaimess G, Nasreddine W.  Yield of epileptiform discharges after a 3 hours sleep  deprived EEG in newly diagnosed patients with epilepsy. American University of Beirut Medical Center. Abstract American Epilepsy Society (AES) (2011) 3.116.
  11. Uthman BM, Beydoun A, Makki Y, Shatila AR, Akkawi M, Harb M.  Mimickers of epilepsy in a prospective cohort of patients with suspected newly diagnosed epilepsy. Abstract AES (2011) 2.166.

View Dr. Shatila’s publications  on Pubmed.

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Keywords

General neurology, stroke, epilepsy, headache, neuromuscular disorders, clinical neurophysiology, multiple sclerosis, neuro-ophthalmology