Board Designated Professorships Program

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Board Designated Professorships Program

On May 27, 2022, President Fadlo Khuri announced the launch of the Board Designated Professorships Program to recognize faculty excellence demonstrated through an outstanding record of several of the following: achievement in research, teaching, and service/outreach; international recognition and leadership; exemplary clinical care of patients, and a forward-looking trajectory for further advancement and impact. Read More

On October 17, 2022, the president announced that 73 faculty members across the university have been awarded Board Designated Professorships in recognition of their accomplishments, forward-looking leadership, and trajectory for further advancement and broader impact. Read More

Here is the full list of all the awardees:

FAFS

Lara Nasreddine, Nutrition and Food Sciences

Rami Zurayk, Landscape and Ecosystem Management

Samer Kharroubi, Nutrition and Food Sciences

Shady Hamadeh, Agriculture

FAS

Ali Chamseddine, Physics

Antoine Ghauch, Chemistry

Arne Dietrich, Psychology

Bilal Kaafarani, Chemistry

Digambara Patra, Chemistry

Florian Bertrand, Math

Jihad Touma, Physics

Michel Bariche, Biology

Mike Osta, Biology

Nadia Abou Ali, CVSP

Pierre Karam, Chemistry

Raymond Brassier, Philosophy

Robert Myers, English

Sari Hanafi, SOAM

Shady Elbassuoni, CMPS

Sonja Mejcher-Atssi, English

Tamer Amin, Education

Tarek Ghaddar, Chemistry

Wafic Sabra, Physics

FHS

Mey Jurdi, Environmental Health

Shadi Saleh, Health Management and Policy

Ahmad Beydoun, Neurology

Albert El Hajj, Surgery

Ali Abu-Alfa, Internal Medicine

Ali Bazarbachi, Internal Medicine

Anwar Nassar, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Arafat Tfayli, Internal Medicine

Assaad Eid, Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences

Elie Akl, Internal Medicine

Fadi Bitar, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Fadi Maalouf , Psychiatry

George Araj, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Internal Medicine

Ghassan Dbaibo, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Habib Dakik, Internal Medicine

Imad Uthman, Internal Medicine

Jamal Hoballah, Surgery

Joseph Ghafari, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Kassem Barada, Internal Medicine

Khalid Yunis, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Marianne Nihmah-Majdalani, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Marie Aouad-Maroun, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Marwan Refaat, Internal Medicine

Mazen Kurban, Dermatology

Miguel Abboud, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Pierre Bou Khalil, Internal Medicine

Rami Mahfouz, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Rihab Nasr, Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences

Rose-Mary Boustany, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Roula Hourani-Rizk, Diagnostic Radiology

Samar Muwakkit, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Samia Khoury, Neurology

Souha Kanj, Internal Medicine

Zeina Kanafani, Internal Medicine

HSON

Laila Farhood

Nuhad Dumit

MSFEA

Ali Chehab, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Joseph Costantine, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kamel Ghali, Mechanical Engineering

Louay Bazzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohammad Ahmad, Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy

Rabih Jabr, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Samir Mustapha, Mechanical Engineering

Yousef Tawk, Electrical and Computer Engineering

OSB

Alain Daou, Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Fida Afiouni, Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Mohamad Mazboudi, Finance, Accounting and Managerial Economics

Victor Araman, Business Information and Decision Systems

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