Activity Directors
Hazem Assi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Director of Clinical Services – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
Medical Director of Specialty Clinic – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut – Lebanon
Tracy Batchelor, MD
Neurologist-In-Chief Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Wolfgang Wick, MD
Managing Director
Neurological Clinic & National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg
Heidelberg University Hospital
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
Speakers
Aline Hajj, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Saint Joseph
Beirut, Lebanon
Alissar Ghaddar, Pharm.D MBA, BCOP
Senior Attending Clinical Pharmacist,
Pharmacy Department
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas von Deimling
Department of Neuropathology
Institute of Pathology
University Heidelberg
and
Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology
German Cancer Research Center
Dr. med. Corinna Seliger-Behme
Senior Physician Department of Neurology University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
Dima Hamideh, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Specialty Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
Firas Kreidieh, MD
Second Year Fellow- Division of Hematology-Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Gilbert Youssef, MD
Neuro-Oncology Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, USA
Hazem Assi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Director of Clinical Services – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
Medical Director of Specialty Clinic – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut – Lebanon
Helen A. Shih, MD, MS, MPH, FASTRO
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Director, CNS & Ocular Services, Department of Radiation Oncology
Medical Director, Proton Therapy Centers
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Houssein A. Darwish M.D
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Skull base, Vascular and Neuroendoscopy
Pituitary surgery
Stereotactic and Parkinson’s surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Jorg Dietrich, MD PhD MBA MMSc FAAN FANA
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Cancer & Neurotoxicity Clinic and Brain Repair Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Julie J. Miller MD, PhD
Instructor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Neuro-Oncologist
Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Maha Wazne, B.S.Pharm., MS
Senior Attending Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy Department
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Marwan Najjar, MD Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. Dr. Michael Platten, FEAN Department of Neurology
Mannheim University
Mannheim, Germany
Priscilla Brastianos, MD Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Central Nervous System Metastasis Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Rhea Saad, D.Pharm. MBA, BCOP Senior Attending Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy Department
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
R
oula Hourany, MD Professor of Clinical Specialty
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Santhosh A. Upadhyaya, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Assistant Member, Division of Neuro-Oncology
Department of Oncology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Tennessee, USA
Stefan Pfister, MD Professor
Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist
German Cancer Research Center
Hopp Children's Cancer Center
Heidelberg, Germany
Toufic Eid, MD Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Tracy Batchelor, MD
Neurologist-In-Chief Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Wolfgang Wick, MD Managing Director
Neurological Clinic & National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg
Heidelberg University Hospital
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany