Department of Internal Medicine

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Department of Internal Medicine

Chairperson	Abu-Alfa, Ali
Professor Emeritus	Cortas, Nadim (Dean Emeritus); Berbari, Adel (Professor Emeritus)
Professors	Abu-Alfa, Ali; Akl, Elie; Alam, Samir; Arabi, Asma; Arnaout, Samir; Assi, Hazem; Badr, Kamal; Barada, Kassem; Bazarbachi, Ali; Bou Khalil, Pierre; Dakik, Habib; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada; El-Saghir, Naji; Ghazzal, Ziyad; Husari, Ahmad; Kanafani, Zeina; Kanj-Sharara, Souha; Khuri, Fadlo; Mallat, Samir; Meho, Lokman; Mourad, Fadi; Nasrallah, Mona; Refaat, Marwan; Sawaya, Jaber (Clinical); Shaib, Yasser; Shamseddine, Ali; Sharara, Ala'; Soweid, Assaad; Taher, Ali; Tamim, Hani; Tfayli, Arafat; Uthman, Imad; Ziyadeh, Fuad
Associate Professors	Abi-Rached, Joelle; Abi-Saleh, Bernard; Bassil, Nazem; Bouakl, Imad; Daniel, Fady; Daouk, Majida; El Cheikh, Jean; Hajjar, Ramzi; Hazimeh, Yusef; Juvelekian, Georges; Khoury, Maurice; Medawar, Walid; Merashli, Mira; Moukadem, Hiba; Moukalled, Nour; Rebeiz, Abdallah; Rizk, Nesrine; Safa, Malek; Salem, Ziad; Sawaya, Fadi; Tabbarah, Zuhayr (Clinical); Temraz, Sally; Zein-El-Dine, Salah
Assistant Professors	Abou Dalle, Iman; Al-Awar, Ghassan; Bou Fakhreddine, Hisham, Chakhtoura, Marlene; Choucair, Mahmoud; El Bejjani, Martine; Finianos, Antoine; Gharzuddine, Walid; Hallak, Patrick; Kanj, Nadim; Karam, Marilyn; Masri, Abdul Fattah (Clinical); Menassa, Janine; Moukadem, Hiba; Moukalled, Nour Noujeim, Carlos; Yamout, Rana; Zakhem, Aline
Instructors	Al Mahmasani, Layal; El Asmar, Noelle; Farah, Pamela; Haddad, Aline; Ibrahim, Zahi; Kreidieh, Firas; Rhayem, Caline; Younan, Lara
Adjunct Faculty members	Mohty, Mohamad (Adjunct Professor); Sayegh, Mohamed Hassan (Adjunct Professor); Karam, Sabine (Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor); Mukherji, Deborah (Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor); Bizri, Abdul Rahman (Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor); Ghusn, Husam (Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor)
Clinical Associates	Abboud, Diana; Abou Fadel, Carla; Akiki, Bassem; Omaya Baydoun; El-Imad, Zuhayr; Farran, Abbas; Farah, Karim, Francis, Nadine; Hallal, Hawraa; Hilal, Nadeen; Issa, Zeinab; Rayshouni, Hamza; Nakhoul, Nancy; Saleh, Munzer; Salem, Charelle; Sukkariyyah, Ismail; Youssef, Mona

The Department of Internal Medicine offers courses, clinical clerkships, and specialty electives to medical students. It also offers clinical post-graduate training to MD graduates including residency and specialty fellowships. The residency program offers two tracks, which are a one-year training (preliminary track) and a 3-year training (categorical track). Fellowship training following a residency in internal medicine is offered in the following specialties: cardiology; endocrinology; gastroenterology; hematology-oncology; nephrology and hypertension; infectious diseases; rheumatology; pulmonary and critical care. A fellowship in geriatrics medicine is also jointly offered by the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics in the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Family Medicine. Applicants should have completed residency training in family medicine or internal medicine. In addition, two subspecialty fellowships are offered. A fellowship in osteoporosis and metabolic bone disorders is offered by the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine. Applicants who completed a fellowship in endocrinology or rheumatology; or a residency in Internal Medicine, family medicine, or obstetrics and gynecology are eligible. Another sub-specialty fellowship is offered by the Division of Hematology-Oncology in Adult Malignant Hematology Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Applicants who completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology-Oncology are eligible.

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