Dear AUB community members,
It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of a distinguished member of the AUB community, Professor Adnan Mohamad Mroueh, whose remarkable career at AUB spanned more than six decades and left an indelible mark on the fields of obstetrics and gynecology and on generations of colleagues, students, and patients.
Dr. Mroueh's association with AUB began in the 1950s. He graduated with a BS in biology in 1957 and with his MD in 1961, earning Alpha Omega Alpha honors, completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at AUB in 1964, and pursued fellowship training at UCLA and Yale. He returned to AUB in 1968 as a faculty member and soon emerged as one of the region's leading experts in infertility and family planning; a physician whose scientific expertise was matched only by his compassion for the countless families he served.
Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Dr. Mroueh held key leadership roles that helped shape AUB's medical mission through some of the most challenging decades in Lebanon's history. He served as president of the Lebanese Family Planning Association in 1973 and as a WHO consultant for maternal and family planning in Iraq. In 1982, he was appointed Lebanon's minister of health, labor, and social affairs. Five years later, he became AUB's vice president for health affairs and dean of the Faculty of Medicine, positions he held until 1993. In 2003, he assumed the role of chairperson of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which he held until 2011.
Throughout these years, he remained a mentor, a physician, and a friend to so many; an academic ethicist unafraid to address complex societal issues and a steadfast believer in AUB's mission to serve the people of Lebanon and the region. His colleagues often remarked on his quiet rituals: whistling as he walked to his office and reading as he moved through his day. These are small windows into a mind and spirit devoted to learning and to elevating others. His decades-long friendships, rooted in years of working side by side at AUBMC through calm and crisis alike, speak to a loyalty and character that defined his life's work.
In May 2022, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology honored him for 50 years of service to AUB, highlighting his many achievements and the impact he had on the department, the medical center, and the wider community. His contributions were also recognized through awards, including a medal from King Faisal and the Lebanese Order of Merit: Commander Rank.
The AUB community is deeply grateful for Professor Mroueh's many years of service, leadership, and dedication. We have lost a pillar of our medical center and a highly respected member of our academic community.
Professor Adnan Mohamad Mroueh is survived by his family, to whom we extend our heartfelt condolences.
With deepest sympathy,
Fadlo R. Khuri, MD
President