Mission
The primary goal of the division of general surgery is to support the mission of the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut. The Division of General Surgery has a long standing tradition of excellence in patient care, education and research in Lebanon and across the region in the Middle East, it strives to:
- Provide the highest quality patient care across all general surgical subspecialties
- Provide the best quality of undergraduate medical education
- Deliver superior academic and clinical training to graduate surgeons who are competent in all aspects of modern surgery
- Promote the academic and personal development of the faculty by supporting professional growth, medical education, and research
Structure
The division, currently headed by Dr. Mohamad Khalife, includes a total of 14 faculty members who cover the wide spectrum of general surgical procedures for both adult and pediatric patients, and is the mainstay of the residency training program and curricular teaching.
The General Surgery residency program is accredited by the ACGME-I. This accreditation provides recognition by a respected international body that the General Surgery Residency Program is on par with training programs in the United States. It also ensures that the residents are meeting international standards throughout their training. As of 2012, graduates of the program became eligible to sit for the European Board of General Surgery.
The General Surgery Residency Program graduates 3 residents per year and provides outstanding technical and academic training over the course of 5 years.
The division offers the following fellowships:
- A two-year Trauma and Surgical Critical Care fellowship program
- A one-year Surgical Critical Care fellowship program
- A two-year Complex General Surgery Oncology fellowship program
Faculty
The current faculty members in the division are:
|
NAME |
RANK |
SUBSPECIALTY |
Khalife, Mohammad
| Professor of Clinical
Head of Division
| Liver and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery
|
| Abbas, Jaber | Clinical Associate Professor | Thyroid and parathyroid surgery, breast surgery |
| Abi Saad, George | Professor of Clinical | Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, Breast Surgery |
| Abiad, Firass | Adjunct Instructor of Clinical | Bariatric surgery
|
Akel, Samir
| Clinical Associate Professor
| Pediatric Surgery
|
| Dibe, Samer | Clinical Associate Professor
| Colorectal surgery |
Doughan, Samer
| Clinical Assistant Professor | Colorectal surgery
|
El Lakis, Mustapha
| Assistant Professor of Clinical
| General, endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine tumors), and laparoscopic surgery
|
Hussein, Maher
| Clinical Assistant Professor
| General, laparoscopic and vascular surgery
|
| Khoury, Ghattas | Clinical Professor | General and laparoscopic surgery
|
| Kreidieh, Ibrahim | Clinical Assistant Professor | General and laparoscopic surgery |
| Sbaity, Eman | Assistant Professor
| Surgical oncology, breast surgery |
Sidani, Mustafa
| Clinical Assistant Professor | Colorectal Surgery |
Zaghal, Ahmad
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
| Pediatric Surgery
|
Clinical Associates
The current Clinical Associates in the division are:
| NAME | RANK | SUBSPECIALTY |
Harakeh, Ayman
| Clinical Associate
|
|
Msheik, Mayyas
| Clinical Associate
| Surgical Critical Care
|
Rahhal, Salim
| Clinical Associate
| Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
|
Services/Procedures
- Liver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Unit (HPB)
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit (MBSU)
- Breast Surgery
- Cancer Surgery
- Colorectal Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Hernias
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Laparoscopic procedures
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplantation
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- Trauma Surgery
- Minor surgery procedures