Famous Lebanese Neurosurgeons

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After one year at AUB in 1981, he had to leave Lebanon because of the civil war. He then completed is undergraduate studies at UCLA and then went on to finish medical school at UPenn. He trained at Duke University in neurological surgery but went on to specialize in Pediatric Neurosurgery at UAB. He currently runs a basic sciences lab and practices in a very cold northern city in America.

He is one of the most prominent pediatric neurosurgeons in America.

Benny Iskandar, M.D.

Born in Nigeria in 1959, he finished his undergraduate studies at the American University of Beirut and went on to graduate from the AUB Medical School with honors in 1985.

He completed his training at Emory University in 1994 . He went on to work under Yasargil and Al-Mefty at UAMS and became a prominent reference in cerebrovascular, pituitary tumor and skull base surgery.

He's the editor-in-chief of contemporary neurosurgery and was chosen to appear in Best Doctors in America

Ali Krisht, M.D.

Another 1984 graduate from

St. Joseph's University, he finished his

internship at Henry Ford in Detroit before

he moved on to the University of Illinois

Chicago where he will eventually set up

his practice until our present day. He is a

neurovascular specialist and has been

on the Best Doctors in America list

since 2002

Other Prominent Lebanese Neurosurgeons practicing in the United States

Benny Iskandar, M.D.

• Bernard Bendock
• Amal Abou-Hamden
• Dan Michael
• Ralph Rahme
• Pascal Jabbour
• Fuad Haddad
• Georges Muhasseb
• Charles Fager
• Falah Maroun

• Selim Ghostine
• Nilton Latuf
• Issam Awad
• Mokbel Chedid
• Adnan Abla
• Ghassan Bejjani
• Patrick Hitchon
• Douglas Kondziolka
• John Moosy...

Fady Charbel, M.D.

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After leaving Jal el Dib, an area just

north of Beirut, he finished both his undergraduate and his medical school

degree from Indiana University. He trained at Georgetown University in Neurological surgery and went on to specialize in Sports Medicine.

He has multiple media appearances and promotes healthy living and the importance of exercise worldwide. He performs a multitude of physical challenges himself and sets the example of a healthy lifestyle. He currently still

practises at UPMC, Pittsburgh.

Joseph Maroon, M.D.

Nicholas Khattar

UW-Health

12/28/2012

Jacques Morcos, M.D.

Born in a small town in Northern Lebanon,

he graduated from the

American University of Beirut as well in 1984. After a brief period of residency in the UK, he finished his neurological surgery residency at the University of Minnesota.

He then went on to complete 3 fellowships in vascular, endovascular and skull base surgery under Drs. Robert Spetzler and Arthur Day.

He is currently the Vice-President of the World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgeons.

His practice is in Miami, FL

Lebanese Neurosurgeons