The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast

Please listen and watch the latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Rachid Akiki, a radiologist by training, who decided to pursue at alternative career in medicine outside patient care. We discuss the pathway to his career of choice, his propensity for calculated risk-taking, and the development of his latest company bookzdoctor. His career choice allows him the flexibility of...

Please listen to our newest episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Myrna Abi Abdallah-Doumit, Associate Professor of Nursing at the Lebanese American University and President of the Order of Nurses in Lebanon. Since October 2019, nurses in Lebanon have faced unprecedented crises (economic crisis, COVID-19 crisis, and the Beirut Blast). In this episode, we discuss the heroic measures...

Listen to our newest episode of the Lebanese Physicians Podcast with Drs. Lea Moujaes and Alaa Ousta. Both Drs. Moujaes and Ousta matched into their residencies of choice in a competitive specialty, emergency medicine. We discuss how they built their CVs from a clinical and research perspective, how they were able to secure research positions, and how they established connections to achieve their...

Please listen to our newest episode of the podcast with Yorgui Teyrouz and MohammadAli Jardali discussing the blood donation process in Lebanon. Historically, donating blood in Lebanon has been an individualized and de-centralized process with the families of patients scrambling to find blood units for their loved ones. Yorgui is a pharmacist who has managed to establish the NGO Donner Sang Compte...

Please listen to our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Dany Daham, medical director of Tahaddi's community clinic and Dr. MohammadAli Jardali, chief resident in family medicine at the American University Medical Center. In this episode, we highlight the work that Tahaddi Association does in Hay Al Gharbeh, an impoverished area in the southern suburbs of Beirut that houses...

This is our newest episode of the Lebanese Physicians Podcast with Drs. Zakia Dimassi and Alain Sabri. We discuss the role doctors played in the October 17th revolution and how they established the doctors' tent in Martyr's Square. We also touch on the atmosphere of hope during that period and then discuss the emigration of doctors from the country due to the political impasse. Hoping for a better...

Tune in to the most recent episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. We discuss with Drs. Nisrene Kawa and Samer Nasser of Boston, MA the different ways to secure electives and observerships and how best to maximize your time during these limited periods. Dr. Kawa shares her experience securing electives, establishing connections, and obtaining letters of recommendation. Dr. Nasser shares his t...

Please listen to this episode of the podcast in which Wassim Abdallah, future internal medicine chief resident at Indiana University, and a foreign medical graduate himself, discusses physician trainee visa requirements and frequently asked questions with Sarah Peterson, founder of SPS immigration, PLLC and American Immigration Lawyers Association Board Member.  This hopefully will answer a lot of...

Please listen to our newest episode of the podcast with Dr. Hibah Osman, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and palliative care physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. We discuss her work establishing the first palliative care consultation service in Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, and her role in promoting outpatient palliative care services in the c...

Please listen to our newest episode of the podcast where we discuss the evolution of psychiatric services in Lebanon, and the psychological impact of the multiple crises in the country on the local and expatriate Lebanese population. We also discuss the healing process after mass trauma, and the emotional and social toll of emigration in these times of crisis. 

Please listen to our new episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Rayah Touma Sawaya. In this episode, we discuss her book, Solace: A Legacy of Care, which is a collection of short stories discussing the importance of listening to patients because each one of them has their unique story to tell. Rayah's book shows that the field of Medicine is an art as much as it is a science. It is a mus...

Listen to our newest podcast episode with Mohammad Ali Jardali, a Family Medicine resident at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. We discuss the surveys that Dr. Jardali has conducted on medical student tuition and loans in Lebanon and their impact on the financial situation of the students and their families. We also touch on his surveys on financial literacy among the medical commu...

Listen to our 11th episode of the podcast with Dr. Fouad Chebib. Dr. Chebib is a consultant in nephrology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. In this podcast, we discuss his initiative of delivering much needed dialysis machines to Lebanon. He has already raised 65,000 dollars; his goal is 200,000 dollars to deliver 10 continuous renal replacement therapy machines to Lebanon. Please consider dona...

Welcome to the 10th episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. Sara Chang, MPH is a US-based public health professional with over 15 years of experience spanning government and non-profit agencies. She provided support for the US response to Ebola and Zika and has worked extensively in positions related to infectious disease and social justice. She recently relocated from Beirut, where she provi...

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Ziad Hubayter MD, MPH, MBA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lebanese American University School of Medicine. In this podcast, we discuss the practice of IVF in Lebanon, and the training of OBGYN residents in the country given the manifesting crises currently.  You can watch a link of the video on You Tube https://you...

Tune in to our discussion with Drs. Salma Makhoul-Ahwach and Chady Sarraf about the development of the International Lebanese Medical Association-USA chapter. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Sarraf's and Makhoul-Ahwach's connections to Lebanon, the development of ILMA-USA, the goals of the organization, and future directions. We also discuss work-life-ILMA USA balance. We hope you enjoy it.  Video...

Welcome to the 7th episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. This is my interview with Dr. Roula Farah. Dr. Farah returned to Lebanon in 1998 and since that time has been a strong advocate for children with cancer. She established the CHANCE Association (Children Against Cancer Association) and is currently president of it. Dr. Farah has helped many children with cancer in Lebanon to afford the...

Please listen to my interview with Dr. Rajaa Chatila, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Lebanese American University School of Medicine. In this interview, we discuss discuss the impact of the financial crisis, and the COVID-19 situation on medical student and residency training in Lebanon. 

Welcome to our 5th episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. This is my interview with Dr. Francois Abi Fadel of the Cleveland Clinic. In it, we discuss Dr. Abi Fadel's work with the International Observership Program at the clinic. We also discuss the work of the International Lebanese Medical Association. We hope you enjoy it. 

The is Episode 4 of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. We discuss his experience being in Lebanon and the current events in the country and options of what we can do to help. 

Welcome to our third episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast. In this episode, we interview Dr. Wassim Mchayleh, a US trained hematologist and oncologist who moved to Lebanon and subsequently moved back to the US. We discuss his experiences in the US and Lebanon, and we touch on the economic turmoil in Lebanon and how it is affecting the medical students and trainees there. We hope you enjoy t...

This is an interview with my daughter Yara Diab regarding her move to Lebanon. As we say, you get their secrets from their children. 

This is the first episode of the Lebanese Physicians Podcast. In this episode, I discuss the goals of this podcast and touch on what the next episodes will bring. I hope you will enjoy and stay tuned with us for more exciting episodes.