Jacques Mokhbat, MD

Clinical Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

There are three elements that have been essential to my outlook throughout my career. First I wish to emphasise, in the education of students and residents, the importance of patient-related issues — particularly the specific complaints and signs of suffering — in order to address specifically those elements that are important for diagnosis without immediately resorting to expensive and extensive evaluations, while at the same time offering to the patient the care that he/she really is looking for.  Second, I would like to stress the humane dimension of a physician who should respect and care for his/her patient and accept all differences and complaints with open-mindedness and love. Third, a physician cannot be complete without developing his/her research aptitude and expanding the knowledge of medicine for his/her sake and for future generations.

Selected Publications

•  Wagner GJ, Ghosh-Dastidar B, El Khoury C, Abi Ghanem C, Balan E,  Kegeles S, Mutchler MG, Mokhbat J. Major depression among young men who have sex with men in Beirut, and its association with structural- and sexual minority-related stressors, and social support. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. (Aug 2018) 16:513-520
•  Tohme J, Eagen J, Stall R, Wagner G,  Mokhbat JE. HIV prevalence and demographic determinants of unprotected anal sex and HIV testing among male refugees who have sex with men in Beirut, Lebanon. AIDS Behav. (Jul 2016) 20(Suppl 3):408-416
• Chamoun K, Farah M, Araj G, Daoud Z, Salameh P, Saade D, Mokhbat JE, Abboud E, Hamze M, Abboud E, Jisr T, Haddad A, Feghali R, Azar N, El-Zaatari M, Chedid M, Haddad C, Zouain Dib Nehme M, Barakat A, Husni R.  Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanese hospitals: A retrospective nationwide compiled data. Int J Infect Dis. (May 2016) 46:64-70
• Kaplan RL, Khoury CE, Field ERS, Mokhbat J. Living Day by Day: The Meaning of Living With HIV/AIDS Among Women in Lebanon. Glob Qual Nurs Res. (May 2016)  3:2333393616650082
• Al Abri S, Mokhbat JE .HIV in the MENA Region: Cultural and political challenges. Editorial. Int J Infect Dis. (Feb 2016) 44(C):64-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.01.017 
• Sibley A, ….., MokhbatJE, ……, Schmelzer JD. The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus infections with today’s treatment paradigm - volume 3. J Viral Hepat. (2015) Dec 22 Suppl. 4:21-41. DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12476
• Kaplan RL, Wagner GJ, Nehme S, Aunon F, Khouri D, Mokhbat JE . Forms of Safety and Their Impact on Health: An Exploration of HIV/AIDS-Related Risk and Resilience Among Trans Women in Lebanon. Health Care Women Int. (2015) 36(8):917-35.
• Wagner GJ, Hoover M, Green H, Tohme J, Mokhbat JE (2015). Social, Relational and Network Determinants of Unprotected Anal Sex and HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, Lebanon. Int J Sex Health (Jul 2015)  27(3):264-275
• Aunon FM, Wagner GJ, Maher R, Khouri D, Kaplan RL, Mokhbat JE . An exploratory study of HIV risk behaviors and testing among male sex workers in Beirut, Lebanon. Soc Work Public Health (2015) 30(4):373-84. DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2014.979274
• Mokhbat JE, Melhem N, Khatib Z, Zalloua P.   Screening for antiretroviral drug resistance among treatment-naÌøve Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type1-infected individuals in Lebanon. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (Mar 2014) 8(3):339-48

View Dr. Mokhbat’s publications on PubMed.

Professional and Research Interests

• Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Biology
• HIV/AIDS
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Infections in immunocompromised patients

Education and Training

• Baccalaureat, Grand Lycee Franco-Libanais, Beirut, Lebanon, 1970
• M.D. degree, French Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon, 1977
• Microbiology Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital, Paris, France,  1977-1978
• French Certificate in Clinical Bacteriology and Virology, 1978
• French Certificate in Clinical Immunology, 1978
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1978-1981
• Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1981
• Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. 1981-1983
• Certification in Infection Control, University of Minnesota, 1983
• Certification, American Board of Infectious Diseases, 1984
• Course in HIV Epidemiology, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990
• Training in Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, 1991

Professional Memberships and Organizations

• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• Member, American Society for Microbiology
• Member, Lebanese Order of Physicians
• Member, International Society of Infectious Diseases
• Member, International AIDS Society
• Founding Member and Past President, Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• Founding Member and President, Lebanese AIDS Society
• Member, American Geriatric Society
• Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Grants

• NIH grant for studies of HIV/AIDS in Lebanon

Keywords

Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology, HIV, AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), STD, Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance, Immunocompromised Patient