Dr Elie FARAH

Institut de physiothérapie

Chargé de cours

(+961) 1 421 000 ext 70970980 elie.farah1@usj.edu.lb

• Education o FCCS, (Fundamental Critical Care Support) from SCCM (USA) ESICM (Europe) 2005. o Educational program, PACT and EDIC (European Diploma in Intensive Care) 2005 to 2020. o University of St. Joseph, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital (HDF), Five years of specialization in Internal Medicine, 1999. o University of St. Joseph- Faculty of Medicine, Seven years of study to obtain Medical Doctor Degree, 1994. • Honors and Awards o Awarded for advanced skills, Chief Resident for all Medical specialties at HDF for two consecutive academic years 1997- 1998 and 1998-1999. o Awarded for outstanding performance, Chief Resident of Internal Medicine Department at HDF for three consecutive years (1997-1999). • Professional society Memberships o Lifelong educational member at HARVARD, 2006, for life. o Society of Intensive care Medicine (ESICM-EUROPE) 2005 to 2020. o Society of Infectious Diseases (ESCMID-EUROPE) 2005-2006. o Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM-USA) 2004 to 2016. o International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID-USA) 2004 to present. o Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA LEBANON&INTERNATIONAL) 2000 to present. o Lebanese Society of Internal Medicine 2000 to present. o Lebanese Association for Medical Diagnosis and Auto-immune diseases at the Lebanese Order of Physicians (LAMDA)2013 to present, former President. • Employment Experience o Head of Department of Internal Medicine at Mount- Lebanon Hospital Balamand University Medical Center, 2000 till Dec. 2014. Reassigned in 2020. o Head of all Medical Departments at Mount- Lebanon Hospital Balamand University Medical Center, Jan. 2015 to 2020. o Head of Department of Intensive Care Unit at Mount-Lebanon Hospital Balamand University Medical Center, 2000 to 2020. o ICU Director at Mount- Lebanon Hospital Balamand University Medical Center, 2020 to present. o Practitioner physician, Mount-Lebanon Hospital Balamand University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 1999 to present. o In charge of teaching the physiology and the physiopathology at St. Joseph University, Beirut, Physical Therapy institute 1996 to 2020. o In charge of teaching the applied biology as a post graduate course at St. Joseph University, 2015 to present. o Head of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Geriatric division at Balamand University Faculty of Medicine, 2023 to present. o Internal Medicine Residency Program Director at Balamand University Faculty of Medicine, 2023 to present. • Extracurricular Activities o President and founder of AMPM (Association Moving towards Preventive Medicine, Paris, France) 2006 to present. o President and founder of A HELP (Association Helping in Exertion as a Lebanese Prevention, Beirut, Lebanon) 2011 to present. o Ninth international conference for traffic safety, coordinator, Madrid-Spain-February 2002. o Interviews about safety promotion in all local and international televisions and radios present in Lebanon. o Coordinator of the medical committee in YASA International 2003 to present and YASA Lebanon, 2000 to present. (Youth Association for Social Awareness). o Lecturer about too many medical topics since 1999 to present. o International speaker in many medical congresses. o Lecturer about safety promotion and injury prevention in many universities, national conferences, schools, municipalities and cultural institutions.