Mohamad El Dassouki, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Acting Chair, Department of Neurology
Dr. Mohamad El Dassouki is Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology and Acting Chair of the Department of Neurology at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine and LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, with expertise in neuromuscular diseases, and muscle and nerve pathology.
He completed his residency program at Université Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie - Pitié-Salpêtrière) in 1997, followed by a three-year fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG – EMG – Evoked Potentials), and Neuromuscular Disease (muscle and nerve pathology) at Henri Mondor University Hospital in Creteil, and La Timone University Hospital in Marseille, France. From 1997 to 2000, he pursued and received diplomas in Clinical Neurophysiology, Myology, Neuroradiology and Peripheral Nervous System Disease from Université Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie - Pitié-Salpêtrière).
Dr. Dassouki is an active member of multiple local and international scientific committees, and is the President-elect of the Lebanese Society of Neurology. He was heavily involved in academic teaching at the Lebanese University and the Beirut Arab University School of Medicine; and he serves as Neurology Consultant at Clemenceau Medical Center, affiliated with Johns Hopkins International. He has expertise in various neurological disease such as headaches, multiple sclerosis, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Dr. Dassouki has authored many peer-reviewed publications, and has been a speaker at many national and international congresses.
Education and Training
- French Board of Neurology. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Pitié Salpetrière) : 1997
- Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG, EMG, EP) - Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil, Paris: 1999
- Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases and Neuromuscular Biopsy - Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil, Paris: 1999
- Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases and Neuromuscular Biopsy - La Timone University Hospital, Marseille: 2000
- Diplôme Universitaire (DU) in Clinical Neurophysiology. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Pitié Salpetrière) : 1998
- Diplôme Universitaire (DU) in Neuromuscular Diseases. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Pitié Salpetrière) : 1998
- Diplôme Universitaire (DU) in Neuroradiology. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Pitié Salpetrière) : 1999
- Diplôme Universitaire (DU) in Peripheral Nervous System Diseases. Université Paris XI (Kremlin Bicêtre) : 2001
Professional Organizations, Memberships, Affiliations, and/or Honors:
- President-elect of the Lebanese Society of Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology
- International Movement Disorders Society