The 37th Middle East Medical
Assembly was held from May 2-5, 2002 and was a great success.
There were 47 invited speakers from abroad covering the following
subjects: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the perioperative
management of the patient with pulmonary disease, endocrinology,
evidence-based medicine, molecular medicine, oncology, ophthalmology,
pediatrics, primary care and urology. This year, Urology was
the only represented surgical specialty and had one full day
on urologic oncology and half a day on female urology. The invited
speakers for the urology program were Dr. Firouz Daneshgari
from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Tony Khoury from the University
of Toronto, Dr. Edson Pontes from Wayne State University and
Dr. Horst Zincke from the Mayo Clinic. |
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Dr. Ronald Merrell, Professor
and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College
of Virginia visited the Department from April 14 to 18, 2002.
The aim of his visit was to help us establish a telemedicine
program between our Departments and build AUB as a regional
center for telemedicine. He gave the Surgical and Medical Grand
Rounds and the General Surgery Conference, met with the residents
and students and visited the AUB Campus, Jeita, Byblos and downtown
Beirut. Dr. Merrell is training two of our graduates, Ramzi
Alami and Hatem Halabi. We are grateful for his visit and for
his efforts to help the Department. We look forward to a collaborative
program in telemedicine. |
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Dr. Ali Araj, resident in the
Division of Neurosurgery won the Middle East Medical Assembly's
first prize for Best Research for his work on "A New Device
for Neuronavigation without Skull Fixation in Awake Craniotomies
for Tumor Resection in Eloquent Brain under Local Anesthesia".
His co-workers were Joe Wakim and Fadi Saikali from the Department
of Medical Engineering, Drs. Elie Louak and Mohamad Zakaria
from the Division of Neurosurgery and Dr. Youssef Comair, Chief,
Division of Neurosurgery. Congratulations. |
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June 3 marked the establishment
of the AFIF RAJA ILIYA NEUROSCIENCE LIBRARY in the Division
of Neurosurgery, made possible by generous donations from members
of Dr. Iliya's family and friends. Dr. Afif Iliya received his
MD degree from AUB in 1978 and did one year of residency training
here before going to Syracuse for his neurosurgery training.
He then joined the faculty at Stoneybrook in NY until a few
years ago when he decided to move into private practice. He
passed away in January 2002 at the young age of 48 years. The
Department mourns his premature death and thanks his family
and friends for their generous donation. Donations are still
being accepted. |
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Dr. Jamil Halabi, a graduate
of the Department's General Surgery Program in 1997, is a member
of the Scientific Committee of the Order of Physicians of the
North of Lebanon and Editor-in-Chief of its publication, the
Lebanese Journal of Medical Sciences. It is an excellent publication.
Dr. Halabi and his Editorial Board deserve congratulations.
The April 2002 issue of the journal has two articles by two
members of our faculty, Dr. Ismail Khalil and Dr. Said Saghieh. |
This year, the Department
is graduating 3 residents. Dr. Christian
Al-Amm, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Dalal Aziz,
General Surgery and Dr. Elie Louak, Neurosurgery. Christian
is accepted for an accredited fellowship in craniofascial surgery
and for one year of research in head and neck cancer at the
Medical City in Dallas, Texas. Dalal is joining her husband
in Canada and will apply for fellowship in laparoscopy. Elie
is going to Necker Hospital in Paris, France, for fellowship
in pediatric neurosurgery. The Department congratulates them,
wishes them all the success in their careers and thanks them
for all their efforts during their years with us.
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