Ibrahim Dagher
Specialty: Neurology & Psychiatry
Professional Interests: Pharmaceutical Drug Development & Neuroscience
Personal Interests: Research; Digital Innovation; Avid traveler
City & Country of Origin: Beirut, Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: Boston University, Bordeaux University, St. Joseph University
Significant Other/Children: Married to Rafif Dagher (Executive Director, Pharmaceutical; Proud father of Maya (16) & Julian (13); Two furry friends (Shih-Tzu): Giselle & Giovanni
Shadi Daher
Specialty: Reconstructive surgery of the jaws, Medical outreach, Education and Non-Profits
Professional Interests: Reconstructive surgery of the jaws, Medical outreach, Education and Non-Profits
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Boston University, Member of the Board of Overseers
Personal Interests: Travel, international and personal development
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Dr. Milagros Serrano Children: Anthony, Gabriela and Hannah
Dayana Davidis
Specialty: Founder and CEO of Life And Health Styling
Professional Interests: Athletes metabolic screening and improvement, metabolic diseases and preventive medicine, diabetes management, weight management
Personal Interests: Skiing, waterskiing, biking and travel
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Roger J Laham
Dania Daye
Professional Interests: interventional radiology, women’s imaging and innovative care delivery models
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Board of Directors, American Physician Scientists Association; Board of Directors, Rice Alumni in Medicine
Personal Interests: traveling, reading and enjoying the outdoors
City & Country of Origin: Beirut, Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Bioengineering PhD ‘13, MD ’14)
Reem Deeb
Specialty: Studying the impact of a new medication on cognitive function and expression of tau in Alzheimer's disease
Professional Interests: Neurology
Personal Interests: Kickboxing, biking and cooking
Medical/Dental School: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Rhode Island
Significant Other/Children: Single
Ibrahim G. Eid
Specialty: Vascular Surgeon
City & Country of Origin: Beiteddine, Lebanon
Significant Other/Children: Lara Eid
Ghania El Akiki
Specialty: Geriatriac Medicine
Personal Interests: Skiing
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Jamil Azzi Children: 2 daughters
Suzanne El-Sayegh , MD ,FACP,FASN
Specialty: Nephrology
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Associate Professor at SUNY Downstate, Associate Professor at Donald and Zucker School of Medicine
City & Country of Origin: Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: Lebanese University
Significant Other/Children: Proud Mother of John/ Sarah and Selena and happily married to Toni Afif
Biography
Awards :
1-Annual Thomas G. McGinn, MD Teaching Excellence awards
2- Attending Physician Research Award Staten Island University Hospital
3-The Sydney l. Lang, M.D. Award for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution to Excellence in Quality Healthcare
4-The Staten Island Chapter of New York State Woman of Distinction Award, and The Staten Island Economic Corporation’s “20 Under 40 Leadership Award.”
5-Staten Island Chapter of New York State Women, Woman of Distinction Award
6- The Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017
7- Guest Speaker/ Honoree at the Lebanese School of Medicine 2016
8- “Top Doctor” by New York Magazine 2018, 2019
9- Northwell Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award 2019
*Research :
*Author of 62 published articles
*Recipient of 3 funded grants
*Attending Research Award At Staten Island University
Rima Fawaz
Specialty: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology
Professional Interests: Hepatology, clinical research
City & Country of Origin: Hazmieh, Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: American University of Beirut
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Leonel Rodriguez, MD Children: Sebastian & Adrian
Michel Fayad
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Secretary: WAAAUB, New England Chapter
Significant Other/Children: Siginficant other: Dr. Roula Choueiri Children: Reda and Zeina
Jean Francis
Professional Interests: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, and Thrombotic Microangiopathy
City & Country of Origin: Hadchit Becharre, North of Lebanon, Capital of Maronite
Medical/Dental School: Lebanese University School of Medicine; Residency and Fellowship: Yale University HSR Campus, New Haven; Transplant Fellowship BIDMC Boston
Significant Other/Children: Wife: Dr Claudia Nader
Ali Guermazi , MD, PhD
Specialty: Radiology, Musculoskeletal imaging
Professional Interests: CT-guided interventional MSK, imaging in osteoarthritis and osteoporosis research
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Co-Founder of the International Workshop in Osteoarthritis Imaging, Founding President of Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), LLC
Personal Interests: Photography, traveling, soccer and networking
City & Country of Origin: Sfax, Tunisia
Medical/Dental School: Rene Descartes University, Paris, France
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Noura Guermazi Children: Dorra, Elias and Manel
Yazeed M. Gussous
Specialty: Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformity Surgery
City & Country of Origin: Kerak, Jordan
Medical/Dental School: University of Jordan, Residency: Orthopedics – University of Illinois at Chicago, Fellowship: Mayo Clinic – Spine Surgery, Fellowship: UCSF – Spinal Deformity Surgery
Akram Habibi
Professional Interests: orthopaedic surgery
Personal Interests: baking and photography
City & Country of Origin: Oyster Bay, United States
Medical/Dental School: Boston University School of Medicine
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Alexandra Mercer
Fadlo Habr
Faisal Hamada
Specialty: Pulmonary diseases
Professional Interests: Pulmonary diseases
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Zeina Hamada Children: Kareem
Usama S. Hamdan , MD, FICS
Specialty: Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery
Professional Interests: Outreach cleft programs
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Asst Clinical Prof of Otolaryngology-Tufts University School of Medicine
City & Country of Origin: Beirut, Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: AUB: 1980
Significant Other/Children: Married to Aida Dajani Hamdan, Anesthesiologist; Children: Amoula & Sami
Aida Hanna
Jennifer Hanna
Specialty: Medical graduate, pre-specialty
Professional Interests: Internal medicine, mainly cardiology. Research in interventional cardiology
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Research. Published articles in cardiology and anesthesiology
Personal Interests: Swimming, photography
City & Country of Origin: Sweden, Syria
Medical/Dental School: Lund University, Sweden
Faysal Hasan
Specialty: Pulmonary, critical care, sleep, rehabilitation
Professional Interests: Sleep medicine, critical care, COPD, asthma
Other Professional Activities/Affiliations: Soccer Referee, Seth Moulton campaign
Personal Interests: Soccer, tennis, sailing, skiing, travel
City & Country of Origin: Etrine, Lebanon
Medical/Dental School: AUB
Significant Other/Children: Significant other: Sharon Children: ramsey, dean, emile and sameer