I am a Full Professor and a Consultant Urologist at Emirates Hospitals Jumeirah and Healthcare City, Dubai, previously President of the Medical Committee, Chairman of Surgery department and the chief of Urology division at Saint George University hospital, Balamand University faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon.

After my medical and Specialty studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Saint Joseph University (USJ) in Lebanon, I moved to USA where I received the American Endo-Urological society fellowship after training with Professor Arthur Smith at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York in 1998.

I, then, moved to Paris where I received an AFSA degree in Urology, and then worked as an Assistant in Saint Louis Hospital, Paris under Professor Alain Le Duc. The main focus of my work was Oncologic Urology and Neuro-Urology, and I was a lecturer at the School of surgery of the APHP, Paris.

I returned to Lebanon in 2000 and started teaching at Saint Joseph and Balamand universities, on top of an affiliation for clinical work at Hotel Dieu and Saint Georges university hospitals (SGHUMC).

In 2005, I became a Full-time Faculty at Saint George University Hospital, where I introduced and developed Percutaneous surgery, Laparoscopy and modern Endo-Urology. I established myself and SGHUMC as a national and regional reference center on Stone Disease and Percutaneous surgery. I was, and still, receiving referrals from all over Lebanon, as well as the regional countries like Syria, Irak, Jordan and the Gulf.

I organized many workshops for Percutaneous surgeries and flexible ureteroscopies at SGHUMC for urologists from the Arab world. I was an Invited speaker to many of the regional countries, giving lectures, running workshops and performing live-transmitted surgeries.

Besides Endo-Urology, I am running a large activity in Uro-Oncology, Male Infertility and Erectile Dysfunction.

On academic level, since my nomination as chief of Urology in 2013, I strived to make the Urology division one of the best academic divisions for both students and residents, by optimizing OR mentoring, bed-side teaching, clinic attendance, staff and Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings and oral presentations.

On research level, I have conducted several research projects in the clinical field as well as the basic science field in collaboration with researchers from the faculty of Health Sciences. This resulted in around 43 publications in esteemed international peer-review journals, and hundreds of oral and poster presentations in international medical congresses (CV attached).

I received an EMBA in Health Management in 2010 from Sorbonne and Dauphine universities, Paris, France in a combined program with Saint Joseph University, Beirut.

On top of my responsibility as chief of urology division, I was appointed Chairman of the department of surgery since October 2017. This appointment along with my other task as president of the Medical committee since 2014, gave me the opportunity to play administrative and organizational roles in the university and the hospital.

I have joined Emirates Health Group, Dubai – UAE as a consultant Urologist and Head of Department since November 2021 where I am running a state of the art medical and surgical activity involving all aspects of urology: Prostate diseases, Erectile Dysfunction, Infertility, stone disease, female urology and Incontinence, sexually transmitted diseases and cancer management.

Education

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology, American University of Beirut
• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut
• Medical specialty in Urology, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut
• Fellowship in Endourology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
• Advanced specialization in Urology AFSA (Attestation de Formation Spécialisée Approfondie), Faculté de Médecine Saint Antoine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France
• MBA in Health Management, Sorbonne IAE and Paris Dauphine Universities

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