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Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma

The mission of the Orthopedic & Trauma Department is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all. The department is dedicated to advance the science of orthopedic surgery through research and education. The vision is to lead the Middle East region and to pioneer the first clinical orthopedic and musculoskeletal research center.

The department is specialized in providing a full array of orthopedic services for both adults and pediatric population.


Doctors Chahine Assi

Clinical Professor

Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma
Acting Chair, Department of Surgery
Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma

Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma chahine.assi@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Kaissar (Cesar) Yammine

Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Program Director, Residency in Orthopedics

Chief of Diabetic Foot Clinic Section

Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma cesar.yammine@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Tony Hayek Clinical Associate Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma tony.hayek@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Camille Samaha Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma camille.samaha@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Alfred Khoury Clinical Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma alfred.khoury@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Sleiman Ajjoub Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma sleiman.ajjoub@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722/5617 Wael Bayoud Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma wael.bayoud@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Pierre Gemayel Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma pierre.gemayel@laumcrh.com Assaad Habib Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma assaad.habib@laumcrh.com Ext: 6722 / 5617 Khalil Khalil

Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma

Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma Ext: 6722 / 5617
Specialties
  • Shoulder, Hip and Knee Reconstructive & Revision Surgery
  • Adult deformity spine surgery
  • Complex Spine surgery
  • Sport Medicine & Arthroscopic surgery
  • Pediatric Orthopedics Surgery
  • Hand Surgery & Microsurgery
  • Foot & Ankle Surgery
The Diabetic Foot Clinic The Diabetic Foot Clinic at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital aims to protect and care for the feet of patients with diabetes. The Clinic is a comprehensive resource that provides the highest quality care for acute and chronic foot complications of patients with diabetes. Foot care is a critical part of treating diabetic patients, as they are two to five times more likely than other individuals to develop foot problems such as ulcers, infections, and Charcot’s osteoarthropathy and painful neuropathies. According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 60 percent of all lower-limb amputations occur in people with diabetes.

Clinical Services:

The Clinic offers assessment, specialist treatments including ulcer debridement, wound dressing, offloading treatment, total contact casting, and negative pressure wound therapy and patient education. The team includes foot & ankle orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, endocrinologists, family medicine doctors and wound care nurses. Major surgeries are performed in the operating room facilities of LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital dedicated to foot and ankle reconstruction and reperfusion.

State-of-the-Art Testing:

The Diabetic Foot Clinic is backed by state-of-the-art imaging services and lab testing, including: X-rays, CT-Scan, and MRI, and MRA, Noninvasive vascular lab testing and peripheral angiography.

Contacting the Clinic:

The Diabetic Foot Clinic is based on the Ground Floor (Level 1) in Building C The service operates every day from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 3.00 pm. To book an appointment or referring patients to the service, call the Diabetic Foot Clinic Reception from on +961 1 200 800 Ext:6721/6739
Clinical activity in 2019

Number of outpatient consultation: 14102

Number of admissions: 1756

Number of surgeries: 1710

Residency Program

A full 5-year residency program is available under the LAU School of Medicine in the Department of Orthopedic at LAUMC-RH

Research activity

Thirty-seven papers indexed in PubMed were published since 2017.

Invited speakers at national and international meetings.

International reference in dual mobility cups for total hip replacement.

Evidence-based research through the CEBASOR- the Center for Evidence-Based Anatomy, Sports & Orthopedic Research

Primary basic research in musculoskeletal anatomy

Primary clinical research in all disciplines

Our Achievements

First surgeries in the Middle East:

  • First Lumbar Disc Replacement
  • First Endoscopic Thoracic Corpectomy (thoracoscopy)
  • First Lumbar Retroperitoneal Endoscopy
  • Mini invasive Total Hip Replacement: Double incision / Rottinger approach
  • Total Hip Replacement using Dual Mobility Cups

    • Pioneer surgeries in the Middle East:
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Trans-Pedicular Osteotomies
  • Hip arthroscopy
  • Shoulder and Elbow Arthroscopy
  • Complex ACL surgery combined with osteotomy
Regional Outreach

For the past 3 years, the Orthopedic Department of LAU Medical Center-RH has been selected as the host the Arab Board of Orthopedic Surgery both it’s theoretical and practical examinations.

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