CURRICULUM VITAE
 
Name
 		 Mounir Y. Obeid, M.D.
Father's name
 		 Youssef Obeid, M.D.
Mother's name
 		 Hind Yazbeck
Date and place of birth
 		 November 2, 1957 Tripoli - Lebanon
Nationality
 		 Lebanese (Zahrieh # 440)
Marital status
 		 Married to Rabab A. Obeid
Children Two boys:
  (Imad - B. D. 25/12/1986)
  (Youssef - B.D. 4 / 1 / 1989)
  One girl:
  ( May  - B.D.  28/8/1990)
EDUCATION
 		  
1989 - 1990

Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Christ Hospital and Medical Center Oak Lawn - Illinois - U.S.A.
 
1987 - 1989

Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland
Ohio - U.S.A.
 
1986 - 1987

Chief Resident in General Surgery American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut - Lebanon
 
1982 - 1986

Resident in General Surgery American University of Beirut Medical Center  Beirut - Lebanon
 
1979 - 1983        

M.D. Degree
American University of Beirut
Beirut - Lebanon
 
1975 - 1979

B.S. Degree
American University of Beirut
Beirut - Lebanon
 
1961 - 1975

Lebanese Baccalaureate Part II
College des Frères
Tripoli - Lebanon
 
ACADEMIC POSITION

Assistant Professor of Surgery (July 1, 1990 - June, 1998) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
 
  Associate Professor of Surgery - Since July, 1998.
American University of Beirut Medical Center
 
PROFESSIONAL FIELD Open and Closed Heart Surgery for Adult Cardiac Diseases and Congenital Heart Anomalies
Lung Surgery
Esophageal Surgery
Chest Wall and Diaphragmatic Surgery Thoracic Aortic Surgery
 
PROFICIENCY EXAMS National Board Exam Part I - June, 1980 National Board Exam Part II - June,1982 Lebanese Colloquium - June, 1983 E.C.F.M.G. - July, 1983
F.L.E.X. - June, 1990
 
AWARDS/ HONORS Jidigian Award - Chief Resident, 1986 - 1987
Strathmore’s WHO’s WHO Membership 2000.
 
LICENSED TO PRACTICE Lebanese Order of Physicians
Beirut - Lebanon, since 1983.

Illinois medical license- 2000.
 
HOSPITAL AND LOCAL MEMBERSHIPS
 
  • A.U.B. Senate (elect), 1993-1996 A.U.B. Senate (elect), 1996-1999 A.U.B. Senate (elect), 1999-2002
  • Lebanese Cardiac Society -Executive Committee Member(elect) 1991-1993; 1993-1995; 1995-1997
  • Member (elect) of the Executive Committee of the A.U.B. Alumni Medical Chapter,1992-1994; 1994-1996
  • A.U.B. Faculty Association-Executive Committee Member (elect)1990-1992; 1992-1994;1994-1996;1996-1998;1998-2000
  • Chief of Staff (starting July 1999)
    Acting Chief of Staff (September 1996 - July 1999)
    -Chairman of the Medical Board
    -Academic Committee (Ex-officio     member)
    -All Committees of the Medical Board (Ex-officio member)
    -Hospital Advisory Committee
  • Founding member of the Lebanese Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Society – 1999.
  • Vice President (President elect) of the Lebanese Society of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery – October 1999 – October 2001. President October 2001- October 2003.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
 
  • Head of Cardiothoracic Division 1994-1995 and starting July 17, 2000 till now.
  • Chief of Staff, A.U.B.M.C. starting July 7, 1999 till March, 2000.
  • Acting Chief of Staff, A.U.B.M.C. - September 1, 1996 - July 6, 1999.
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, A.U.B.M.C., 1994-1995;1995-1996.
  • Chairman of Quality Assurance Program (A.U.B.M.C.) 1994-1995;1995-1996;1996-1998.
  • Coordinator of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, 1992-1993; 1993-1994.
INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 
  • Vice President of the Middle East - North African Chapter (M.E.N.A.) of the I.S.C.V.S. - June, 1996 - November, 1998.
  • Member of the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (I.S.C.V.S.) - Since 1993.
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.) - Since October, 1998.
  • Member of the Medical Editorial Board – JAMA Hospital and Surgery Middle East -Since October 2000.
  • Member of the Advisory Board – Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals - Starting January 2001.
CONGRESS ORGANIZATION
 
  • October 1992 - Beirut -Member of the organizing committee - 1st International Congress of the Lebanese Cardiac Society - Beit Meri - Lebanon.
  • October 1994 - Beirut - Member of the organizing committee and Chairman of session- 2nd International Congress of the Lebanese Cardiac Society Beit Meri - Lebanon.
  • October 1996 – Co-Chairman of the 3rd International Congress of the Lebanese Cardiac Society - Beit Meri - Lebanon.
  • October 8-11, 1997 - Member of Organizing Committee of the Congress of the Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Beirut - Lebanon.
  • May 1998, 1999, 2000 - Middle East Medical Assembly, Member of the Organizing Committee, Beirut - Lebanon.
  • June 6-7, 1998 Chairman of the Cardiovascular session at the 1st Franco-Lebanese Symposium in Anesthesia and Reanimation; Portemilio - Jounieh - Lebanon.
  • July 1-8, 1999 Chairman of a Session, at the National Arab American Medical Association, 16th International Medical Convention - Beit Meri - Lebanon.
  • October 19-22, 1999 Chairman of a Session, at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (MACCS) - Damascus – Syria.
  • October 25 - 29, 2000 Chairman, Scientific Committee – CTV Lebanon 2000 (V Congress of the ISCVS- MENA Chapter; V Congress of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery) - Beirut – Lebanon.
  • October 23-26, 2002 President of the Second International Congress of the Lebanese Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Society.
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS /COURSES
 
  • CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS OF MEDICINE- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (96 CME CREDITS).; JULY, 2002.
     
  • American College of Surgeons
    1986 - New Orleans
    1987 - San Francisco
    1988 - Chicago
    1998 - Orlando
     
  • American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
    1992 - Los Angeles
    1993 - Chicago
    1994 - New York
    1995 - Boston
    1996 - San Diego
    1997- Washington D.C.
    1998- Boston
    1999- New Orleans
    2000- Toronto
     
  • The European Society of Thoracic Surgery 1993 - Geneva
     
  • The “Club Mitrale” of Alain carpentier 1994 - Paris
     
  • June 20-22, 1996 - The First International Congress of Interventional Cardiology; the Pan Arab Society of Interventional Cardiology; Lebanon
     
  • Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery course 1997-Paris
     
  • Implantation of stentless valv bioprosthesis course 1997-Paris
     
  • Twelfth Annual Echo in Context Teleconference: Changing the Outcome of Coronary Artery Disease; February 1, 1997 Duke University School of Medicine
     
  • Teleconference entitled: “Congestive Heart Failure: As We Approach the Year 2000” ; June 7, 1997
    American College of Cardiology - Bethesda, Maryland
     
  • World View Through 8 Centimeters, An International Tele-symposium on Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery; September 27, 1997.
    The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
     
  • Aortic Surgery Symposium VI – April, 1998, New York.
     
  • IV International Congress of the I.S.C.V.S. - M.E.N.A. Chapter -
    November, 1998, Tunis
     
  • Course on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Diabetes
    November 26 - 27, 1999 – Beirut, Lebanon.
     
GRANTS AND PROPOSALS:
 
1. A randomized, controlled trial of intravenous Gammaglobulin therapy in children with acute rheumatic fever. Fadi Bitar, Salman Mroueh, Mounir Obeid and Mohammad Mikati. Grant no M.P.P.R.F.#DCU22420-998877, April 23, 1996 (Medical Practice Plan Committee).
 
2. A proposal to establish a chidren’s cardiac registry center at the A.U.B.M.C. Fadi Bitar, Mounir Obeid, Abla Sibai , Samir Alam, and Mohammad Mikati. Grant from the Lebanese National Council for Research and Development, 1996.
 
3. Contribution of Some Immune Mechanisms to the Pathogenesis of Hypertension. Mounir Obeid, Walid Mudawar and Nuha Nuwayri-Salti. Funded by MPP - 1998, MPRRF # DCU 686057.
 
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS:
 
1. Waldeyer’s Ring Lymphomas - A study of 83 cases from the Middle East:
E. Anaissie, S. Geha, C. Allam, J. Jabbour, Mounir Obeid, P. Issa E. Brihi, M. Khalyl, A. Shikhani, M. Samara, P. Salem.
The Second International Conference on Malignant Lymphomas, Lugano. Switzerland June 13-16, 1984. Abstract # 37 pp. 84.
 
2. Epidemiology of congenital heart disease ( CHD ) in a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon. Fadi Bitar, Nour Baltaji, Charles Ayyoub, George Rubeiz, Mounir Obeid and Salman Mroueh.
Presented at M.E.M.A., May 12, 1996; and, Congress of U.M.E.M.P.S., in Nicosia, November 9-11, 1996.
 
3. Rheumatic fever in children in a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon : A review from 1980 to 1995.
Fadi Bitar, Paula Hayek, Atoine Nasrallah, Mounir Obeid, Mohammad Mikati and Walid Gharzuddine. Poster presentation at the M.E.MA. May 12, 1996; and, Congress of U.M.E.M.P.S. in Nicosia, November 9-11, 1996.
 
4. Pediatric infective endocarditis; experience at a tertiary hospital, 1977 through 1995.
Fadi Bitar, Ramzi AbouJawdeh, Antoine Nasrallah, Salim Musallam, Mounir Obeid, Mohammad Mikati and Walid Gharzuddine. Presented at the third international congress of the Lebanese Cardiac Society, October 24-27, 1996; and , at the 23 congress of U.M.E.M.P.S. Iin Nicosia, November 9-11, 1996.
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
1. Profound Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest: A useful tool for the repair of complex congenital cardiac anomalies.
Mounir Obeid, M. Slim, J. Maalouf, F. Kutayli, J-P. Yared and 10th. Hatem. Arab Journal of Medicine, vol. 3, No.9; October 1984: 5-8.
 
2. The Use of Deep Hypothermia in Congenital Heart Anomalies:
Mounir Obeid, Joe Hatem. Arab Journal of Medicine, vol. 3, No. 2, Feb. 84: 7-10
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3. The A.U.B.M.C. Hand book of Total Parenteral Nutrition:
Mounir Y. Obeid, Z. Nassoura, H. Hajj, A. Krisht, W. Arnaout, A. Mansour, J. Rustum, F. Najjar and G. Khoury. A.U.B.M.C. Surgical Library September 1987.
 
4. Total Parenteral Nutrition
Mounir Obeid, Z. Nassoura, H. Hajj, A. Krisht, W. Arnaout, A. Mansour, J.. Rustom, F. Najjar, G. Khoury, J. Shaaban. M.E. J. Anesth. 9 (4), 1988: 327-356.
 
5. Surgical Experience with Congenital Fixed Subaortic Stenosis at the American University of Beirut Medical Center:
Raja Haddad, Mounir Obeid, I. Dagher, J. Hatem, S. Saleh, M. Slim and J. Khoury. Saudi Heart Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1989: 16-18.
 
6. Choreoathetosis after Deep Hypothermia without Circulatory Arrest:
S. De Leon, M. Ilbawi, R. Arcilla, A. Cutilleta, R. Egel, A. Wong, J. Quinones, T. Husayni, Mounir Obeid, R. Sulayman and F. Idriss. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 50, 1990: 714-719.
 
7. Ballistic Trauma to the Abdomen: Shell Fragments Versus Bullets:
Basil Georgi, Malek Massad and Mounir Obeid. The Journal of Trauma vol. 31, No. 5, May 1991: 711-716.
 
8. Peri-operative Spinal Canal Narrowing in Patients with Down’s Syndrome:
Deleon S. Y., Ilbawi M.N., Egel R.T., Miller P. E., Obeid M.Y., Padorovsky L., Quiuones J. A., Sulayman R. F. Ann. Thoracic Surg. 1991; 52: 1325-1328.
 
9. Myocardial Infarction Hospital Survival. Multicenter Study of 201 patients in 1993: Jazra C., Khoury A., Adem N., Alam S., Chalak W., Farhat F., Khoury J., Najjar F., Khoury J., Najjar F. and Obeid M. J Med. Liban 1995; 43(3): 131-4.
 
10. Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva. A case report: Gharzuddine W., Sawaya J., Kazma H. and Obeid, M. The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 1997; 10:377-80.
 
11. Valsava Induced Cervical Thymic Cyst.
Ussama Hadi, Jamal Shreif, Maher Soubra and Mounir Obeid Journal of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, December 1997, Vol. 117, # 6: 570-572.
 
12. Intrapericardial Teratoma in an Adult - A Rare Presentation.
Bitar FF., El-Zein C., Gharzuddine W., Tawil A and Obeid M., Published, Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology 30;249-251, 1998.
 
13. Dextrocardia, Corrected Transposition {I,L,L} and Kartagener’s syndrome: A Unique Association.
Bitar FF., Shbaro R., Mroueh S., Yunis K., Obeid M., , Journal of Clinical Cardiology, April 21(4): 298-299, 1998.
 
14. Total Tracheal Necrosis: An Unusual Complication.
Ussama Hadi, Paul S. Yazbeck and Mounir Y. Obeid, Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology 14 (5), 1998: p. 375-379.
 
15. Disappearance of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Child with Leukemia Receiving Chemotherapy.
Bitar FF, Abou Orm S, Obeid M, Dbaibo GS, Muakkit S: Med Pediatr Oncol 31(6): 558, 1998.
 
16. Congenital Heart Disease At A Tertiary Care Center In Lebanon.
Bitar FF, Baltagi N, Dbaibo GS, Abed El-Jawad M, Yunis KA, Obeid M. M. E. J. of Anesth. (15) 2, 1999: 159-164.
 
17. Rheumatic Fever in Children: A 15 year Experience in a Developing Country.
Bitar FF, Hayek P, Obeid M., Gharzeddine W, Mikati M, Dbaibo GS, Pediatr. Cardiol. 21: 119-122, 2000.
 
18. The Children’s Cardiac Registry Center (CCRC) - The American University of Beirut - Medical Center Experience.
Bitar FF, Obeid M, Alam S, Khogali M, Mikati M, Sabbagh M. Published through the Lebanese National Council for Research and Development. July, 1999. (pp1-35).
 
19. Cox-Maze Procedure for Treatment of Atrial Flutter Associated with an Atrial Septal Defect.
Dakik H, Arnaout S, Khoury M, Obeid M, Clin. Cardiol. 23, 548-549, 2000.
 
20. Subcutaneous Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillators Under Local Anesthesia. Khuri M, Hannoush H, Gharzuddin W, Sawaya J, Obeid M, Alam S. JABMS Vol. 2 #1, Jan. 2000: 66-70.
 
21. Paediatric Infective Endocarditis: 19-year Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in a Developing Country.
Bitar FF, Jawdi RA, Dbaibo GS, Yunis KA, Gharzeddine W and Obeid M. Acta Paediatr 89: 427-430, 2000.
 
22. Dynamic Thoracoplasty for Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy.
Kaddoura IL, Obeid MY, Mroueh SM, Nasser AA. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001;721:1755-8.
 
23. A Case of Trichosporon belgeii Endocarditis.
Mooty MY, Kanj SS, Obeid MY, Hassan GY, Araj GF. EJCMID 2001:139-142.
 
24. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting after Pneumonectomy.
Diab KA, Khatib MF, Obeid MY, Jamaleddine GW. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 19 (2001) 362-364.
 
25. Effect of aminophylline on complete atrioventricular block with ventricular asystole following blunt chest trauma.
Khoury MY, Moukarbel GV, Obeid MY, Alam SE. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 32 (2001) 335-338.
 
26. Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index in Patients Following Cardiac Surgery.
M F El-Khatib, G W Jamaleddine, AR Khoury and M Y Obeid. Chest/121/2/Feb, 2002:475-479.
 
27. Complete Cleft Sternum and Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Shalak L , Obeid M, Kaddoura I, Hashem H, Haidar R, Yunis KA , Bitar FF. Pediatrics International, Vol. 44. No. 3, 2002.
 
28. Pseudomonas Pericarditis in an immunocompetent newborn, a case report and review of the literature.
El Hassan N, Diab K, Dbaibo G, , Musallam S, Obeid M, Haidar R, Bitar FF: Journal of Infection, ( In press, 2002)
 
29. Cardiac diseases in Children in Lebanon: The AUB-MC Experience.
Bitar FF, Sabbagh M, Diab K, Siblini G , Obeid M. Lebanese Medical journal ( in press, 2002).
 
30. Parental consanguinity ans congenital heart disease in a developing country.
Nabulsi M, Tamim H, Sabbagh M, Obeid M, Yunis K, Bitar FF., American journal of Genetics ( in press, 2002) .
 
31. Cord Paralysis after Open Heart Surgery.
Abdel Latif Hamdan, Roger Moukarbel, Firas Farhat, Mounir Obeid. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 21 (2002)671-674.
 
32. An Unusual Case of Hyperkalemia-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Pediatric Patient during Transfusion of a Fresh Six-Day-Old Blood Unit.
E. M. Kfouri-Baz, G. Kanazi, R. Mahfouz, M. Obeid. Transfusion Medicine (in press ).
 

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