Elie HELOU (EL)

Assistant Professor
Coordinateur des stages des internes - Urologie/Membre de comité - Programmes/Président de comité - Amelioration Continue de la Qualité ACQ - Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Nursing Science
Institute of Physiotherapy
Higher Institute of Public Health

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 2382 elie.helou@usj.edu.lb

Elie Helou, Urologist at the university medical center Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, and assistant professor at Saint-Joseph University (USJ), Beirut, Lebanon. Health economist, lecturer and educator at the superior institute of public health, nursing school, and the faculty of medicine at USJ. Head of the Assurance Quality Committee and academic advisor of the Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery University Diploma at the faculty of medicine, USJ. Operating room expert since 2010 in the laparoscopic urological course at IRCAD, Strasbourg, France. Holds a university diploma in health sciences education. He has more than 40 publications in the fields of urology, health economics health informatics and simulation based education.

Education

Degree University Country Year
Diplôme de Formation médicales spécialisée - Urologie Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) France
Diplôme d'université - chirurgie laparoscopique Université de Strasbourg France
Diplôme d'université Université Paris VII - Denis Diderot France
Diplôme de spécialisation - Urologie Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2012

Research themes

Urology Health Economy Health Informatics Simulation Based Education

Publications and communications

1- Raad E, Helou S, Hage K, Daou M, El Helou E. Cost of bladder cancer in Lebanon before after the economic collapse: a probabilistic modeling study. Int J Equity Health. 2023 May 222(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01885-8. PMID: 37131206 PMCID: PMC10152790. 2- Helou S, El Helou E, Evans N, Shigematsu T, El Helou J, Kaneko M, Kiyono K. Physician eye contact in telemedicine video consultations: A cross-cultural experiment. Int J Med Inform. 2022 Sep165:104825. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104825. Epub 2022 Jul 3. PMID: 35809542. 3- El Helou E, Naba J, Youssef K, Mjaess G, Sleilaty G, Helou S. Mobile sonouroflowmetry using voiding sound volume. Sci Rep. 2021 May 2711(1):11250. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90659-9. PMID: 34045577; PMCID: PMC8159949. 4- El Helou E, Sarkis J, Mjaess G, Zalaket J, Mouawad C, Sayegh N, Ghattas S, Azar C, El Helou J, Abboud H, Koussa S, Nemr E. Urodynamics in patients with multiple sclerosis: is it necessary? A randomized-controlled trial. Scand J Urol. 2021 Apr;55(2):161-168. doi: 10.1080/21681805.2021.1879930. Epub 2021 Feb 10. PMID: 33565359. 5- Helou S, El Helou E, Abou-Khalil V, Wakim J, El Helou J, Daher A, El Hachem C. The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physicians Use Perception of Telehealth: The Case of Lebanon. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 6;17(13):4866. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134866. PMID: 32640652; PMCID: PMC7370008.