Viviane TRAK SMAYRA

Faculté de médecine – Professeur

Faculté de médecine dentaire – Professeur

+961 (1) 421 000 viviane.traksmayra@usj.edu.lb

Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University (USJ) in 1998, specializing in Anatomical Pathology in 2002 from the same institution.Currently serves as the Head of the Anatomical Pathology Department at Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF), the Head of the Anatomical Pathology Department at the Faculty of Medicine at USJ, and the Director of the Residency Program.

Education

Diplôme	Université	Pays	Année
Specialty in Anatomic pathology	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2002
Docteur en Médecine	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	1998

Teaching at USJ

University teaching outside USJ

Professional experience outside USJ

Areas of expertise

Medecine and Health

Research themes

Hepatology, steatosis, obesity

Publications and communications

Fakhoury-Sayegh N, Hamdan A, Lebbos S, Itani T, Trak-Smayra V, Khazzaka A,Dagher-Hamalian C, Sayegh LN, Mallah M, Obeid O, Sayegh R. Spirulina(Arthrospira platensis) Improved Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseCharacteristics Microbiota Did Not Affect Organ Fibrosis Induced by aFructose-Enriched Diet in Wistar Male Rats. Nutrients. 2024 May 3016(11):1701.- Nasr S, Haddad FG, Khazen J, Kattan J, Trak-Smayra V. PD-L1 proteinexpression by Combined Positive Score (CPS) in patients with muscle invasive oradvanced urothelial carcinoma: a single institution experience. BMC Cancer. 2023Sep 123(1):817. - Bucher S, Begriche K, Catheline D, Trak-Smayra V, Tiaho F, Coulouarn C, PinonG, Lagadic-Gossmann D, Rioux V, Fromenty B. Moderate chronic ethanol consumption exerts beneficial effects on nonalcoholic fatty liver in mice fed a high-fatdiet: possible role of higher formation of triglycerides enriched in monounsaturated fatty acids. Eur J Nutr. 2020 Jun;59(4):1619-1632- Trak-Smayra V, Paradis V, Massart J, Nasser S, Jebara V, Fromenty B. Pathology of the liver in obese and diabetic ob/ob and db/db mice fed a standard or high-calorie diet. Int J Exp Pathol. 2011; 92(6):413-21.- Trak-Smayra V, Dargere D, Noun R, Albuquerque M, Yaghi C, Gannagé-Yared MH, Bedossa P, Paradis V. Serum proteomic profiling of obese patients: correlation with pathology and evolution after bariatric surgery. Gut. 2009; 58(6):825-32.