Ms. Elina DIRANI (EL)

Lebanese School of Social Work
Faculty of Humanities Ramez G. Chagoury
Faculty of Nursing Science
Institute of Occupational Therapy
Institute of Psychomotor Therapy
Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy

Instructor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext elina.dirani1@usj.edu.lb

Highest degree : Medical Doctor (MD) - Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)

DegreesUniversityCountryYear
psychiatreSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2023
docteur en medecineSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2017
docteur en medecineSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2017
docteur en medecineSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2017

Medecine and Health

• 2024: Charline El-Hachem, Elina Dirani, Rami Bou Khalil. Sur les pas de Pinel, la psychiatrie francophone rayonne sur la Méditerranée, LEncéphale, novembre 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2024.09.001. • 2024: Jo Gerbaka*, Elina Dirani*, Charline Hachem, Rita Feghali, Ramez Dagher, Jinane Jomaah, Juliana Sargi, Caroline Hallal, Rami Bou Khalil. Treatment of catatonia using ketamine in a patient with physical comorbidities. L'Encéphale, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2024.03.005. • 2022: Dirani E, Bou Khalil R, Raad G, Richa S. Eosinophils to Lymphocytes Ratio (ELR) as a Potential Inflammatory Biomarker in Patients with Dual Diagnosis of Bipolar Alcohol Use Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Dual Diagn. 2022 Jul-Sep 18(3):144-152. • 2021: S. Richa, E. Dirani, C. Lucet, X. Laqueille. Opioid Substitution Treatments: A Pathway Respecting Human Dignity. L'Encéphale, 2021. • 2021 : Rita Feghali, Raymond Kassab, Jinane Jomaah, Kassem Jradi, Juliana Sargi, Anthony Kassab, Ramez Dagher, Elina El Dirani, Marc Mourad, Elie Atallah, Rhéa El Khoury, Sami Richa. « La formation en psychiatrie à l’université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth au Liban », L'information psychiatrique, 2021/9 (Volume 97), p. 765-769. DOI : 10.1684/ipe.2021.2337. • 2020: Bou Khalil R, Atallah E, Dirani E, Kallab M, Kassab A, Mourad M, et al. Can atypical dysgeusia in depression be related to a deafferentation syndrome? Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov;144:110047. • 2019: Pierron J, Dirani EE, Sanchez S, El-Hage W, Hingray C. Underrepresentation of Women in Psychiatry Congresses in France. L’Encéphale. 2020 Oct 1;46(5):340–7.