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Zeina AOUN BACHA

Zeina AOUN BACHA

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine – Professeur associé

Faculty of Pharmacy – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 zeina.aounbacha@usj.edu.lb

Dr. Zeina Aoun Bacha is a pulmonologist and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. She serves as the Head of the Pulmonology and Intensive Care Department at Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital in Beirut.She was the President of the Lebanese Pulmonary Society from 2019 to 2021, contributing significantly to the advancement of respiratory medicine in Lebanon. One of her key achievements is the establishment of the National Registry for Rare Pulmonary Diseases.Dr. Aoun Bacha has been actively involved in tobacco control since 2004 and leads the Smoking Cessation Center at Hôtel-Dieu de France. She also introduced tobacco studies as an elective credit in the medical curriculum at the university.An active researcher, she has served as a principal investigator or coordinator in numerous national and international studies, with her work published in several peer-reviewed journals.Her expertise includes the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, lung cancer, interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), and smoking cessation. Dr. Aoun Bacha is well-recognized in the medical community, both nationally and internationally, for her contributions to pulmonology.

Teaching at USJ

Faculte de Medecine: PSO2,Certificat de Pneumologie, Therapeutique, Credit optionnel de Tabacologie.Faculte de Pharmacie: Post doctoral survol des pathologies pulmonairesDU Addictologie

Areas of expertise

Medecine and Health

Research themes

Asthme, Tabagisme et arret du tabac, Maladies interstitielles, Cancer pulmoniare, MPOC.

Publications and communications

Diagnosis management of patients with stage III non‑small cell lung cancer: A joint statement by the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology and the Lebanese Pulmonary Society (Review)Aoun‑Bacha,Z.- 2021.font color=#2e2e2e">
Aoun Z, Amirav I. Pulse oximetry is an essential tool that saves lives: a call for standardisation. Eur Respir J. 2021 Jun 457(6):2100815. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00815-2021. PMID: 34088755.2018.Aoun Bacha Z., Layyoun N., Khayat G., Hallit S. Pharmacy Practice March 2018; 16(1): 1111 Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation Success in Lebanon.2016. Gunen H, Tarraf H, Nemati A, Al Ghobain M, Al Mutairi S, Aoun Bacha Z; Tuberk Toraks 2016;64(1):94-96 (cited in GOLD 2017), ISSN:0494-1373“Waterpipe tobacco smoking”, Letter to Editor. 2002.Zeina Aoun Bacha, Georges Khayat, Pierre Bou-Khalil, Francis Khoury. Endobronchial Streptokinase for Dissolution of Clot in a Uremic Patient”. Journal of Bronchology 01/2002; 9(1): 22-24. DOI:10.1097/00128594- 200201000-00007.-Saliva (2007) Cotinine and Exhaled Carbon Monoxide Levels in Natural Environment Waterpipe Smokers”. Inhalation Toxicology 08/2007; 19(9):771-7. DOI: 10.1080/08958370701401699-8 Novembre 2012 : Congres de la Societe Française de Tabacologie, à Paris ; tabagisme dans les pays emergents Narghile : cotinine, CO et dependance(topo 12’ + 5’ discussion).December 2022: NEMAG Respiratory Standalone: Moderate Asthma Management conference.• September 30th,2022: Lung, Heart and JAK Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Role of Antifibrotic Treatment in the Management of RA-ILD • September 30th,2022: Lung, Heart and JAK Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: What Should we Know about the Classification and Risk Factors of Lung Disease in RA • 4-6 June 2020: 17th LSMO Virtual Forum ; Counselling cancer patients about E Cigarettes• 19-20 June 2020 2nd Middle East Lung Cancer Congress; Session: Early detection/Advocay/Prevention: Lung Cancer screening guidelines