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Surgery

Welcome to the Department of Surgery at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine and LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital. The Department of Surgery has talented and dedicated faculty members organized within surgical divisions. The vision of the department is to develop academic and clinical centers of excellence dedicated to the highest standards of patient care, clinical training and research. The department of surgery offers comprehensive surgical residency training in General Surgery, Urology and Neurosurgery.
Message from the Chairman

Eddie Abdalla, MD
Professor and Chairman of Surgery Department

Surgical Divisions

Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Neurosurgery

Pediatric Surgery

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Urology

Vascular Surgery

Doctors

Division of CardioThoracic Surgery

Sarkis Ejbeh Cardio Thoracic Surgery ejbeh.sarkis@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Pierre Dahdah Surgery pierre.dahdah@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Jean Abi Younes Coordinator CT Cardio Thoracic Surgery jean.abiyounes@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412/5414

Division of General Surgery

Rodrigue Chemali Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery General Surgery Surgery rodrigue.chemali@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Wael Dimassi

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, General Surgery

Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair

Surgery Ext: 5412 / 5414 Georges Khoury (El)

Clinical Assistant Professor

Division Head of General Surgery

General Surgery Surgery georges.elkhoury@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Abdallah Slim Clinical Associate Professor
Surgical Oncology Surgery abdallah.slim@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Kenny Younes Surgery Fouad Abi Aad General Surgery Surgery fouad.abiaad@laumcrh.com Ext: 5518/5519 Sary Abdallah General Surgery, Surgery Adnan Awdeh General Surgery Surgery adnan.awdeh@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Georges Al Hajj General Surgery Surgery georges.alhajj@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Toufic Mousallem General Surgery Surgery toufic.mousallem@laumcrh.com Julien Sayegh

General Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery

juliensami.elsayegh@lau.edu Ext: 5412 / 5414 Ziad Zakaria General Surgery Surgery ziad.zakaria@laumcrh.com

Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery

Eddie Abdalla

Professor and Chairman of Surgery

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Surgical Oncology

Surgical Oncology Surgery eddie.abdalla@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414

Division of Neurosurgery

Paul Hage Neurosurgery paul.hage@laumcrh.com Ext: 6532 Ibrahim Saikali Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Residency in Neurosurgery
Division Head of Neurosurgery Neurosurgery Surgery ibrahim.saikali@laumcrh.com Ext: 5511 Joseph Mantoura Coordinator OR Neurosurgery Surgery joseph.mantoura@laumcrh.com Ext: 6531/6532

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Georges Beyrouthy Pediatric Surgery Surgery georges.beyrouthy@laumcrh.com Zaki Ghorayeb Pediatric Surgery Surgery zaki.ghorayeb@laumcrh.com

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Fadi Abi Azar Surgery Nicolas Chami

Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Surgery Georges Ghanime Plastic Surgery Surgery Hiba El-Hajj Surgery Surgery Naji Hayek Plastic Surgery Surgery naji.hayek@laumcrh.com Ext: 6531 / 6532 Chadi Murr Plastic Surgery Surgery chadi.murr@laumcrh.com Ext: 6531 / 6532 Ramy Schoucair

Assistant Professor

Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Surgery Ext: 6531 / 6532

Division of Urology

Samer Traboulsi

Clinical Assistant Professor

Clerkship Director in Urology

Urology Surgery samer.traboulsi@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Nazih Youssef Head of Division of Urology
Program Director, Residency in Urology
Director of Assessment Urology Surgery nazih.youssef@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Nadim Ayoub

Surgery

Urology

Urology Pascal El Hajj

surgery

Urology

Selim Zeineh Clinical Associate Professor
Urology Surgery salim.zeineh@laumcrh.com Ext: 5412 / 5414 Malek Meskawi

Surgery

Urology

Urology Surgery Ext: 5412 / 5414

Division of Vascular Surgery

Julien Sfeir Surgery/Vascular Surgery Vascular Surgery Ext: 5412 / 5414 Ahmad Ayash Vascular Surgery
Residency Programs General Surgery Residency Program Urology Residency ProgramNeurosurgery Residency Program

General Surgery Residency Program


The Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine is dedicated to providing a comprehensive General Surgery Residency Program. Each year a select number of qualified individuals are chosen to join the program. We provide a one-year preliminary track or a five-year categorical track.
The preliminary track allows a broad range of training without the expectation to complete the program at our institution. This track includes rotation in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Vascular Surgery, ER, Urology, Anesthesia, Head and Neck, ICU, and Orthopedics.

The categorical track involves a 5-year training program that comprises of research opportunities, academia, workshops, practice and systems-based learning, preoperative and postoperative patient care, surgical skills, clinical training. This track provides training across a number of subspecialties that includes Vascular Surgery, Hepato-Pancreatic Biliary Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Breast Surgery, Digestive Disease Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Trauma and Critical Care. The division of General Surgery provides residents with a high-level of training from our dedicated faculty. The aim of our program is to produce exceptional future surgeons.

The program follows the six ACGME-I core competencies for training, teaching, and assessment:

1. Professionalism
2. Patient Care and Procedural Skills
3. Medical Knowledge
4. Practice-based Learning and Improvement
5. Interpersonal and Communication Skills
6. Systems-based Practice

Modalities:

  • Medical knowledge
  • ABSITE (minimum 20th %tile)
  • MyEvals platform evaluations
  • Procedures log
  • Attendance
  • Presentations

Program Structure:

Residents will rotate at the following Medical Center sites:

  • LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Achrafieh
  • LAU Medical Center-St. John Hospital, Jounieh
  • Rafic Hariri University Hospital (RHUH)
  • Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC)

Weekly Academic & Medical Conferences:

  • M&M Cases
  • Journal Club
  • Case Presentations
  • Tumor Board
  • ABSITE Review

To apply for General Surgery residency program:

medicine.lau.edu.lb/education/gme/admission.php

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