Education:

MD, 1983—American University of Beirut, Lebanon
BS in Biology/Chemistry, 1978—American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Postgraduate Training:

Internship Training, Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1982-1983

Residency Training, Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1983-1985

Fellowship, Division of Hematology, University of Miami,
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1985-1987

Fellowship, Department of Oncology
University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida, 1987-1989

Research Fellowship in Hematology, University of Miami,
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1989-1991

Gale Gould Fellow, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
07/01/1991-10/31/1991

Fellowship, Department of Oncology, University of Miami
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida,
11/1/1991-11/30/1991

Societies and Professional Affiliations:

Fellow of the American College of Physicians 07/01/2005
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians Executives
American Society for Clinical Oncology

Teaching Experience:

Clinical Instructor—Second year medical students.
The Mechanism of Disease; small group sessions
University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course
Duke University, July 11-August 11, 1994.