American University of Beirut

Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center (FM/AUBMC)

​​​​​​​Fadlo R. Khuri
President of the University
Zaher DawyProvost

Raymond Sawaya

Vice Presiden​t for Medical Affairs and the Raja N. Khuri Dean of Medicine
Kamal BadrDeputy Vice President for Medical Affairs, Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Joseph OtayekMedical Center Director
Samir AlamAssociate Vice President for Health Affairs
Assaad EidAssociate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Ramzi SabraAssociate Dean for Medical Education
Fuad ZiyadehExecutive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Salah Zeineldine

Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education & DIO
Ali TaherAssociate VP for Academic Centers, Development and External Affairs
Zeina KanafaniAssistant Dean for Student Affairs
Umayya MusharrafiyehDirector of Undergraduate Clinical Education
Nathalie Khoueiry ZgheibDirector of Undergraduate Pre-clerkship Education

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Faculty Administrative Support​

​Mahmoud H. HarbMedical Education Manager
Rami HawiInstructional Designer and Assessment Specialist
Rania JaberGraduate Medical Education Manager
Hala KaidbeyResearch and Education Grants Manager
Khalil KreidiehFM Academic Affairs Manager
Nabil MansourDirector of Operations
Ali NabbouhGraduate Student Officer
Reem SaadAccreditation and Faculty Development Manager
Ruaa SaadeddineMedical Student Affairs Coordinator
Miriam SalibaExecutive Officer
Rida ZeineddineMedical Simulation Officer​


Historical Background

Since 1867, the founding date of the Faculty of Medicine, both the Faculty of Medicine and the Medical Center have continuously been providing services in the realms of medical education, training, and healthcare to their immediate constituencies in Lebanon and the Middle East region. To date, the Faculty of Medicine has graduated 4,225 physicians, and there is a large postgraduate training program of over 280 residents in most of the departments. The Faculty of Medicine programs have been approved by and registered in the Education Department of the State of New York on a continual basis since 1867. In 1957 the faculty became an institutional member of the Association of American Medical Colleges. It enjoyed this status until 1988, when the new rules of the association precluded membership of institutions outside the confines of the North American continent. 

The AUB Medical Center has been accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as of October 2007. Previously, the Medical Center was accredited by the US-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) from 1965 until 1983, when the civil war in Lebanon prevented review teams from continuing with their periodic site visits. The JCI is the international arm of the JCAHO. The National Board Examinations were administered to the faculty’s undergraduate students for credit between 1966 and 1982. The faculty was a regional center for the administration of the examinations of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates between 1959 and 1993. In addition, the faculty takes pride in having had very close links with prestigious American medical schools and centers including Columbia University from 1945 to 1955, Harvard School of Medicine from 1955 to 1965, and a formal affiliation with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1965 to 1975, which was supported by the Commonwealth Fund.

The Faculty of Medicine and the Medical Center have revived and established a number of links and affiliations with the following:
  • The University of Toledo
  • The University of Alabama
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Kansas University
  • University of Texas at Houston
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Wayne State University
  • Baylor University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • West Virginia University
  • University of Iowa

The Faculty of Medicine and the Medical Center (FM/AUBMC) are currently accredited by the following American-based accreditation bodies:
  • The World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) global standards for quality improvement
  • The Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  • The Joint Commission International (JCI) for hospital accreditation
  • Accreditation of AUBMC by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health
  • Accreditation of the School of Nursing by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
  • Accreditation of the Nursing Services at AUBMC by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  • The College of American Pathologists (CAP)

In addition, the Faculty of Medicine, with its Medical Center, is a member of the following organizations:
  • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) – AUB Faculty of Medicine was successful in establishing the AUB GHHS chapter in 2020 rendering it the first in the Arab region to be accepted in the Gold Humanism Honor Society network. Honor Medical Society (The Faculty of Medicine is the only member of the AOA outside North America since 1958)
  • The American Medical College Application Service
  • The American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine
  • The Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine​​

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