Faysal El-Kak, MD

Senior Lecturer - Health Behavior & Education

Phone: 4672
Email: faysal-.kak@aub.edu.lb
Office: Van Dyck - Room 312

 Educational Background

 

Specialist Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1990 - 1995, AUB/Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA
M.D., 1990, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
M.Sc., Physiology (Neuroenterology), 1985, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

 
 Research Interests

 

Reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, family planning and sexually transmitted infections.

 
 Selected Publications

El-Kak, F.H. (2006). Abortion: Arab States. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Vol. III, P. 303, Brill, Leiden- Boston.


Kabakian-Khasholian T., Jurdi, R., El-Kak, F.H. (2006). What is happening during the postnatal visit? Health Care for Women International, 27:839- 846.


Saliba, M., Khawaja, M., & El-Kak, F.H. (2006). Symptomatology of menopause among middle-aged women in peri- and early post- menopause phase residing in low income communities. Saudi Medical Journal, 27(9), 1436- 1438


Kabakian-Khasholian T., El-Kak F.H., & Shayboub, R. (2006). Birthing in the Arab region: how to translate research into policy? (Submitted to Birth)


El-Kak, F.H. (2006). Youth sexuality in the Arab Region (Submitted to the Journal of Culture, Health, and Sexuality).


Zurayk H., Myntti C., Kaddour, A., El-Kak, F.H, & Jabbur, S. (in press). Beyond Reproductive Health: Listening to Women about their Health in Disadvantaged Beirut Neighborhoods. Health Care for Women International.


El-Kak, F.H., Zohry. A., Salem, M., & Zurayk, H. (2005). Women self-reporting health and reproductive health problems: Patterns and choice of care (Submitted to Journal of Health Policy & Planning, 2005).


El-Kak, F.H., Jurdi R., Kaddour, A., & Zurayk, H. (2004). Gender and sexual health in clinical practice in Lebanon. Int J Ob Gyn, 87, 260-266.


El-Kak, F.H., Chaaya, M., Kaddour, A., & Campell, O. (2004). Responsiveness to Antenatal Care in Lebanon. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10(3).


Afifi Soweid, R., El-Kak, F.H., Major, S., Karam, D., & Rouhana, A. (2003). Changes in Health-Related Attitude and Self-Reported behavior of Undergraduate Students at the American University of Beirut Following a Health Awareness Course. Education for Health, 16(3), 265-278.

Shediac-Rizkallah, M., Afifi, R., Farhat, T., Yeretzian, J., El-Kak, F.H., Nuwayhed, I., Sibai, A., Kassak, K., & Kanann, N. (2000). Adolescent health-related behavior in Postwar Lebanon: Findings among students at the American University of Beirut.International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 20(2), 115.


Myntti, C., Ballan, A., Dawache, O., El-Kak, F.H., & Deeb, M. (2002). Challenging the stereotypes: men, withdrawal, and Reproductive Health in Lebanon. Contraception, 65(2), 165-170.


Chaaya, M., Campbell, O., El-Kak, F.H., Shaar, D., Harb, H., & Kaddour, A. (2002). Postpartum depression: Prevalence and determinants in Lebanon. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 5(2), 65-72.


El-Kak, F.H., et al. (2001). High School Students in Postwar Lebanon: Their Attitudes and Information Sources related to Sexual and Reproductive Health. Journal of Adolescent Health.


Seoud, M., El-Kak, F.H., Khalil, A., & Kaspar, H. (1996). Borderline serous tumors in a premenarchal female: a case report with long term survival. Acta Obstetrica and Gynecologica Scandivica, 75, 762-764.


Jabbour, S., El-Kak, F.H., & Nassar, C.F. (1988). The enteric nervous system-an overview. Medicinal Research Reviews, 8, 459-469.

El-Kak, F.H., Nassar, C.F., & Jabbour, S. (1987). Effect of vagal nerve stimulation on l-leucine absorption in the cat jejunum. Digestion, 36, 61-67.