Rony Al Nawar, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Clerkship Director in Anesthesiology

Rony Al Nawar, M.D. is a Clinical Instructor at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine and an attending physician in the Department of Anesthesiology at the LAUMedical Center - Rizk Hospital. Dr. Al Nawar earned his medical degree from the Lebanese University School of Medicine and completed his residency in anesthesiology at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC). Following graduation, he joined the Department of Anesthesiology at Institut Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris in France for specialty training in anesthesia for head-and-neck and gynecologic oncologic surgeries focusing on difficult airway management. There he mastered a number of advanced techniques such as awake fiberoptic intubation, jet ventilation, and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia including paravertebral blocks.

Selected Publications

Aouad MT, Zeeni C, Nawwar R, Siddik-Sayyid SM, Barakat HB, Elias S, Yazbeck-Karam VG. Dexmedetomidine for Improved Quality of Emergence from General Anesthesia: A Dose-Finding Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia (2019) 129(6):1504-1511

View Dr. Al Nawar’s publications on PubMed (search terms: Rony Al Nawar, Rony Al Nawwar, R Al Nawar).

Professional and Research Interests

• Anesthesia for head-and-neck surgery
• Management of difficult airways
• Awake fiberoptic intubation
• Jet ventilation
• Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia including paravertebral blocks
• Cardiac anesthesia

Education and Training

• Diploma in Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut (AUB), 2015
• Specialist Medical Diploma (DFMS) in Anesthesiology, Gustave Roussy Hospital Cancer Campus, Grand Paris, France, 2016
• University Diploma in regional anesthesia under ultrasound guidance, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, 2016
• Clinical Simulation Diploma, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine in collaboration with the National Health Education and Training in Simulation (NHET-Sim), Australia, 2018
• Training in basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in collaboration with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), 2018
• Healthcare Leadership Certificate, Lebanese American University, February — June 2019

Professional Memberships and Organizations

• Affiliate member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
• Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
• Affiliate member of the European Airway Management Society (EAMS)
• First prize for poster presentation in the Fellowship and Residency Research Program (FRRP) open-house event at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon, 2015

Keywords

Head and neck anesthesia, difficult airway, awake fiberoptic intubation, jet ventilation, paravertebral block, head and neck cancer, gynecologic cancer, ultrasound—guided regional anesthesia, guided nerve blocks