Activity Directors
Hazem Assi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Director of Clinical Services – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
Medical Director of Specialty Clinic – Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut – Lebanon
Tracy Batchelor, MD
Neurologist-In-Chief Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Wolfgang Wick, MD
Managing Director
Neurological Clinic & National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg
Heidelberg University Hospital
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
Speakers
Abeer Tabbarah, M.D
Section chief, Diagnostic Neuropathology
Senior staff pathologist, Henry Ford Medical Group
Clinical Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Michigan, USA
Adrienne Boire, M.D, PhD
Geoffreey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Neuro-Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Ahmad Beydoun, MD
Professor and Interim Chairman of Neurology
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Ali Amine, MD
Instructor of Clinical Specialty
Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Ariel Marciscano, MD
Director
CNS Radiation Oncology Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Bryan D. Choi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Brain Tumor Neurosurgeon
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Caline Rhayem, MD
Clinical Associate
Endocrinology and Metabolism
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Carine Anka, MD
Instructor
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Christel Tamer, MD
Clinical Instructor
Neuro-Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dana Tlais, MD
Instructor
Pediatric Oncology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, USA
Elie Bechara, MD
Clinical Instructor
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Eric Bouffet, MD
Professor
Neuro-Oncology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Houssein A. Darwish, M.D
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Skull base, Vascular and Neuroendoscopy
Pituitary surgery
Stereotactic and Parkinson’s surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Lara Hilal, MD
Assistan ProfessorRadiation Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Margret Shirinian, PhD
Associate Professor
Director: INSPIRE
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Marwan Najjar, MD Professor, Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Maya Bizri, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Michael Platten, MD, PhD, FEAN Department of Neurology
Mannheim University
Mannheim, Germany
Miguel Abboud, MD
Chairperson and Professor
Pediatric Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Mouness Obeidat, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Head of Neuro Service
Head of Neuro Oncology Surgery
King Hussein Cancer Center
Amman, Jordan
Omar Arnaout, MD
Director of Inpatient Services and PA Education
Co-Director, Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center (CNOC)
Associate Director, Neuroscience ICU
Director of Clinical Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Priscilla Brastianos, MD Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Central Nervous System Metastasis Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Rami Mahfouz, MD, MPH
Professor
Head, Division of Clinical Pathology
Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Director, Residency Training Program
American Universty of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Rana Yamout, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Palliative and Supportive Care Program
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
R
oula Hourany, MD Professor of Clinical Specialty
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Sara Sinno, MD
Instructor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Toufic Eid, MD Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Tracy Batchelor, MD
Neurologist-In-Chief Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Wolfgang Wick, MD Managing Director
Neurological Clinic & National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg
Heidelberg University Hospital
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
Zeina Ayoub, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Residency Program
Department of Radiation Oncology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon