Lebanese Doctors Without Borders
Dr. Ahmad Yatim is a nuclear medicine specialist, who pursued his postgraduate studies and fellowships at Universite Claud Bernard and Hopital Edouard Herriot in Lyon, France. He works at the radiology department part-time.
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Dr. Julie El-Ferzli is a physician specializing in pediatric radiology. “We have a very close-knit team; our interdisciplinary approach to patient care makes the whole difference,” she says of UMC– RH staff. Ferzli obtained her medical degree from the Lebanese University in Beirut, and pursued postgraduate studies and fellowships in neuroradiology and cardiac pediatric radiology at CHU Rouen and CHU Amines in France, as and cardiac MRI in CHU Leven Belgium. Dr. Tamina Rizk heads the women’s health component of the radiology department, specializing in breast imaging and oncology. She obtained her medical degree at St. Joseph University in Beirut, and undertook postgraduate fellowships at Henri Mondor UH Créteil, Paris in breast imaging and oncological imaging. She is proud to join the staff at UMC–RH, where “the comfort, well-being and dignity of our patients come first.” Rhea Abboud is the manager of the radiology center at UMC– RH. She holds a master’s in management and finance from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP), and a bachelor’s degree in telecommunication engineering from ESIB -University St Joseph, Lebanon.
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VOLUME 14 | issue nº 3 | Fall 2012
The radiology department is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment
Step number one to solving a problem? You first need to identify it. Raising awareness about common health problems was the name of the game as American physicians of Lebanese origin practicing in the United States touched down in Lebanon to partake in a two-day conference, “Healthcare Beyond Borders,” organized with local physicians June 29-30 at University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital (UMC–RH). In addition to discussing ways to increase the public’s understanding of health problems, the participants share new advances in medicine and breakthroughs in treatment. The event was jointly hosted by LAU, UMC-RH and the American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA), and was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Najib Mikati. “What ALMA has been doing is connecting physicians in the West to their homeland in Lebanon,” said Issam Raad, presidentelect of ALMA. LAU President Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra told an audience of conference participants that their presence represented two “shining realities” — the importance of roots and love of one’s country, on the one hand, and on the other the “passionate commitment” of Lebanese doctors worldwide to finding cures. “They are committed to tackling, taming and finding cures to some of the most intractable diseases affecting not only Lebanese society, but society the world over,” Jabbra said. During the event, ALMA presented $3,000 scholarships to five students, selected on the bases of academic excellence and social need.