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Dr. Adib MOUKARZEL

Faculty of Dental Medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy
Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy

Instructor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext adib.moukarzel@usj.edu.lb

Highest degree : Medical Doctor (MD) - American Board of Pediatric Gastroenteroly and Nutritions - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) [USA]


DegreesUniversityCountryYear
American Board of Pediatric Gastroenteroly and NutritionsUniversity of California - Los AngelesEtats-Unis1995
American Board of NutritionUniversity of California - Los AngelesEtats-Unis1994
American Board of PediatricsState University of New YorkEtats-Unis1993
American Board of PediatricsState University of New YorkEtats-Unis1993
Certificat d'etude speciale de pediatrie et puericultureUniversité René Descartes(Paris V)France1989
Attestation d etude de pediatrie preventiveUniversité René Descartes(Paris V)France1985
en PediatrieSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon1985
MDSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon1982
MDSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon1982

Experience in University Teaching Outside USJCountryInstitutionStart DateEnd Date
Associate Professor of PediatricsUnited States of AmericaState University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York.01/07/199601/07/2000
Assistant Professor of PediatricsUnited States of AmericaState University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York.01/07/199201/07/1996
Clinic instructor, department of Pediatrics, division of gastro-enterologyUnited States of AmericaUniversity of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)01/07/199101/07/1992

Medecine and Health

1. O. Goulet, J. Lefrere, D. Gozin, Moukarzel A, M. LeClerq, C. Ricour: Vitamin K administration need in children on total parenteral nutrition with Intralipid. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) January 1987 2. Goulet O, Girault D, Richard S, Nezelof C, Moukarzel A, Gorski AM, Ricour C. Quelle atteinte hépatique après 10 ans de nutrition parenterale chez l’enfant ? Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique. 198913:415-416. 3. Moukarzel A, Goulet O, Girault D, Boya I, Gorski AM, Cynober L, Rappaport R, Ricour C. Retard de croissance chez lenfant en nutrition parentérale exclusive prolongée: effet de lalphacetoglutarate d'ornithine. Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique. 198913:422-423. 4. Moukarzel A, Salas J, Goulet O, Dozio E, Ricour C. Dépense énergétique spécifique des differents tissues en nutrition parentérale exclusive. Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique. 1989;13:409-410. 5. Goulet O, Moukarzel A, Boya I, Girault D, Jan D, Ricour C. Infections liées au cathéter : intérêt d'une antibiothérapie prophylactique au moment de l'insertion chirurgicale. Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique. 1989;13:424-425. 6. Moukarzel A, Najm I, Vargas J, McDiarmid SV, Busuttil RW, Ament ME. Prediction of long term linear growth following liver transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 1990 Aug;22 (4):1558-9 (ISSN: 0041-1345). 7. Colomb V, Goulet O, Gorski AM, Moukarzel A, Jan D, Nihoul-Fekete C, Ricour C. Forme digestive sévère de purpura rhumatoïde. Etude rétrospective de 19 observations chez l'enfant. Archives Françaises De Pédiatrie 1990; Jan ;47 (1):9-12 (ISSN : 0003-9764). 8. Moukarzel A, Najm I, Vargas J, Mcdiarmid SV, Busuttil R, Ament, ME. Effect of nutritional status on outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation in pediatric patients. Transplantation Proceedings. 1990 Aug; 22 (4): 1560-3 (ISSN: 0041-1345). 9. Salas J, Moukarzel A, Goulet O, Putet G, Ricour C. Estimating resting energy expenditure by simple lean body mass indicators in children on total parenteral nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 June; 51 (6):958-962 (ISSN: 0002-9165). 10. Dahlstrom KA, Ament ME, Moukarzel A, Vinton NE, Cederblad G. Low blood plasma carnitine levels in children receiving long term parenteral nutrition. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 1990 Oct; 11 (3),375-379 (ISSN:0277-2116). 11. Salas JS, Dozio E, Goulet OJ, Marti-Henneberg C, Moukarzel A, Ricour C. Energy expenditure and substrate utilization in the course of renutrition of malnourished children. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr. 1991 May-Jun; 15 (3):288-293 (ISSN: 0148-6071). 12. Moukarzel A, Azancot A, Brun P, Vitoux C, Cezard JP, Navarro J. M-Mode and two-dimensional echocardiography in the routine follow-up of central venous catheter in children receiving total parenteral nutrition. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr. 1991 Sep-Oct; 15 (5):551-555 (ISSN: 0148-6071). 13. Moukarzel A, Ament ME, Buchman Al, Dahlstrom KA, Vargas J. Renal function of children receiving long term parenteral nutrition. J Pediatr 1991 Dec;119 (6):864-868 (ISSN: 0022-3476). 14. Moukarzel AA, Dahlstrom KA, Buchman AL, Ament ME. Carnitine status of children receiving long term total parenteral nutrition: A longitudinal prospective study. J Pediatr 1992 May; 120 (5):759-762 (ISSN: 0022-3476). Comment in: J. Pediatr 1993 Mar; 122 (3); 503-504. 15. Buchman AL, Dubin M, Jenden D, Moukarzel A, Roch M, Rice K, Gornbein J, Ament ME, Eckhert CD. Lecithin increases plasma free choline and decreases hepatic steatosis in long- term total parenteral nutrition patients. Gastroenterology 1992 Apr;102 (4 Pt 1):1363-1370 (ISSN: 0016-5085). 16. Moukarzel AA, Buchman AL, Salas JS, Vargas J, Guss W., Baron HI, Reyen L, Ament ME. Iodine supplementation in children receiving long term parenteral nutrition J. Pediatr. 1992 Aug; 121 (2): 252-254 (ISSN: 0022-3476). 17. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A, Ament ME. The role of chromium and cadmium toxicity in TPN-induced nephropathy. J Clin Nutr Gastro. 1992, 7:39-41. 18. Moukarzel AA, Song MK, Buchman AL, Vargas J. Guss W, McDiarmid S. Reyen L, Ament M Excessive Chromium Intake in Children Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition, Lancet 1992, Fev 15; 339 (8790): 385-388 (ISSN: 0140-6736).. 19. Moukarzel A, Goulet O, Cynober L, Ricour C. Positive effects of ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate in paediatric patients on parenteral nutrition with failure to thrive. Clin. Nutr. 1993, 12(1): 59-60. 20. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A, Jenden DJ, Roche M, Rice K, Ament ME. Hepatic transferase abnormalities are associated with low plasma free choline in patients receiving long term parenteral nutrition. Clin Nutr. 1993, 12:33-37. 21. Buchman AL, Ament ME, Moukarzel A. Total serum amylase but not lipase correlates with measured glomerular filtration rate. J Clin Gastroenterol 1993 Apr; 16(3):204-206 (ISSN: 0192-0790). 22. Buchman AL, Moukarzel, A., Ament M., Low plasma carnitine levels are not secondary to vitamin B6 deficiency in long term TPN patients. J Clin Nutr Gastroenterology 1993, 8:31-33. 23. Stockman James A. The Year Book of Pediatrics: Moukarzel AA, Song MK, Buchman AL, Vargas J. Guss W, McDiarmid S. Reyen L, Ament M Excessive Chromium Intake in Children Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition, Lancet 1992, Fev 15; 339 (8790): 385-388 (ISSN: 0140-6736) in The Year Book of Pediatrics, Mosby Year Book, 1993, p 546-547. 24. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A; Ament ME, Gombein J; Goodson B; Carlson C; Hawkins RA. Serious renal impairment is associated with long term parenteral nutrition. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr.. 1993 Sept-Oct; 17(5):438-444 (ISSN:0148-6071). 25. Buchman AL, Moukarzel AA, Eckhert C, Bhuta S; Mestecky J; Hollader D. The effects of total parenteral nutrition on intestinal morphology and function in man. Transplantation Proc. 1994, Jun; 26 (3):1457 (ISSN: 0041-1345). 26. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A, Ament ME. Selenium renal homeostasis is impaired in patients receiving long term parenteral nutrition. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr. 1994, May-Jun; 18(3):231-233 (ISSN: 0148-8071). 27. Moukarzel AA, Haddad I., Ament M.E., Buchman A., Reyen L., Maggioni A., Baron H.I., and Vargas J. 230 Patient Years of Experience With Home Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition in Childhood: Natural History and Life of Central Venous Catheters. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1994 Oct; 29(10):1323-1327 (ISSN: 0022-3468). 28. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A, Goodson B, Herzog F; Pollack P, Reyen L, Alvarez M, Ament ME, Gombein J. Catheter related infections associated with home parenteral nutrition and predictive factors for the need for catheter removal in their treatment. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr.. 1994 Jul-Aug, 18(4):297-302.(lead article) (ISSN: 0148-6071). Comment (letter to the editor) in: JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr.1995 Sep-Oct; 19 (5): 428-429. (Published erratum appears in JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr.1997 Mar-Apr; 21 (2): 117). 29. Buchman AL, Jenden DJ, Moukarzel A, Roch M, Rice KM, Chang AS, Ament AE. Choline pharmacokinetics during intermittent intravenous choline infusion in human subjects. Clin Pharmacol Therapeutics. 1994 Mar; 55 (3):277-283 (ISSN: 0009-9236). 30. Moukarzel AA, Goulet O, Salas JS, Marti-Henneberg C, Buchman A, Cynober L, Rappaport R, Ricour C. Growth retardation in children receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition: Effects of ornithine alpha-Ketoglutarate. Am J Clin Nutr 1994 Sep; 60 (3): 408-413 (ISSN: 0002-9165). 31. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A, Ament ME. Excessive urinary oxalate excretion occurs in long term TPN patients both with and without ileostomies but is not associated with TPN-induced nephropathy. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1995 Feb; 14(1): 24-28.(lead article) (ISSN: 0731-5724). Comment in: Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1995 Feb; 14(1): 5-6. 32. Ziegler T. R.: Current Summaries of Moukarzel AA, Goulet O, Salas JS, Marti-Henneberg C, Buchman A, Cynober L, Rappaport R, Ricour C. Growth retardation in children receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition: Effects of ornithine alpha-Ketoglutarate. Current Summaries. September-October 1995; 19 (5): 420-421. 33. Buchman A, Mestecky J, Moukarzel A, Ament M. Intestinal Immune Function is Unaffected by Parenteral Nutrition in Man. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1995 Dec;14(6):656-661 (ISSN: 0731-5724). 34. Buchman AL, Moukarzel AA, Bhuta S, Belle M, Ament ME, Eckhert CD, Hollander D, Gornbein J, Kopple JD, Vijayaroghavan SR. Parenteral Nutrition Is Associated With Intestinal Morphologic and Functional Changes in Humans. JPEN J. Parenter. Enteral. Nutr. 1995 Nov-Dec; 19(6):453-460 (ISSN: 0148-6071). 35. Buchman AL, Dubin MD, Moukarzel AA, Jenden DJ, Roch M, Rice Km, Gornbein J, Ament ME. Choline deficiency: a cause of hepatic steatosis during parenteral nutrition that can be reversed with intravenous choline supplementation. Hepatology 1995 Nov;22(5): 1399-1403 (lead article) (ISSN: 0270-9139). 36. Kane I., Bouchoucha M., Moukarzel A.A., Faye A., Cugnenc P.H, and Barbier J-Ph. Methodological Factors Affecting Esophageal Clearance. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 1996 : 104 (1), 8 - 13. (ISSN: 1381-3455) 37. Duro D., Moukarzel A. Electrogastrography (EGG): Gastric myoelectric activity in newborns (Eletrogastrografia: Atividade Mioeletrica Gastrica Em Recem-nascidos.) Gastroenterologia Endoscopia Digestiva GED 1996, 15(3); 95-98. 38. Moukarzel A., Sabri M.T. Gastric physiology and function: Effects of fruit juices. J. Am College of Nutrition. 1996 Oct; 15(5), 18S-25S (ISSN: 0731-5724). 39. Nur, M; Moukarzel, A; Al-Rachach, L; McCullagh, A; Joseph, L; Mehta, R; Bainbridge, R; Varada, K; Mimoui, F. Parenteral chromium toxicity in newborns receiving parenteral nutrition. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 23 (3):p 356, October 1996. 40. Zamir A., Parasher G., Moukarzel A., Guarini L., Zeien L., Feldman F. Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease in a 16-year-old boy presenting as severe malabsorption with excellent response to tetracycline treatment. J. Clin Gastroenterol 1998 Jul; 27(1):85-89 (ISSN: 0192-0790) 41. Zamir A., Parasher G., Moukarzel A, Zeien L., Feldman F. Castelman’s Disease: A rare cause of hematemesis. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1999 Jan; 28(1): 112-115 (ISSN: 0277-2116) 42. Moukarzel A.A., Rajaram M., Sundeep A., Guarini L., and Feldman F. Sickle Cell Disease: Severe Ischemic Colitis responding to conservative management. Clinical Pediatrics 2000 Apr; 39 (4): 241-243 (ISSN: 0009-9228). 43. Moukarzel A.A., Sabri M.T. Effect of Gastric Myoelectrical Activity on Carbohydrate Absorption of Fruit Juice in Children J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 2000; 30 (2): 162-9 (ISSN: 0192-0790). Comment in: J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 2000 Mar; 30 (2): 114-115. 44. Buchman AL, Moukarzel A. Metabolic bone disease associated with total parenteral nutrition. Clinical Nutrition 2000 Aug; 19 (4): 217-231 (ISSN: 0261-5614). 45. Buchman AL, Sohel M, Moukarzel A, Bryant D, Schanler R, Awal M, Burns P, Dorman K, Belfort M, Jenden DJ, Killip D, Roch M. Plasma choline in normal newborns, infants, toddlers, and in very-low-birth-weight neonates requiring total parenteral nutrition. Nutrition 2001 Jan; 17(1): 18-21 (ISSN: 0899-9007). 46. Moukarzel AA., Lesicka H., Ament ME. Irritable bowel syndrome and non-specific diarrhea in infancy and childhood. Relationship with juice carbohydrate malabsorption. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2002 Apr; 41(3): 145-50 47. Moukarzel A, Salas J, Goulet O, Ricour C. Estimate of specific energy expenditure of the different body tissues in children receiving total parenteral nutrition. Lebanese Medical journal, 2003 Oct-Dec; 51 (4): 206-210. 48. Moukarzel A.A, Abdelnour H, Akatcherian C. Effects of a Prethickened Formula on Esophageal pH and Gastric Emptying of Infants With GER. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 2007 Oct;41(9):823-829. PMID: 17881928. 49. Moukarzel AA, Bazan SB, Mayalian A. Système de soumission d’articles en ligne. Lebanese Medical Journal (LMJ) 2008; Jan-Mar 56(1): 2-6. 50. Al-Sweitem AR, Moukarzel AA, AA Al-Matti, et al. Editorial: Complementary feeding guidelines for infants and toddlers aged 6-24 months, Consensus statement with special consideration for Middle East region. British Medical Journal (BMJ) Middle East, 2007 Dec; 14: 21-22. 51. Daher P, Riachy E, Beyrouty G, Dabar G, Moukarzel A. Topical application of Mitomycin C in the treatment of esophageal and tracheo-bronchial stricture: a report of two cases. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2007.42 E9-E11. 52. Al-Sweitem AR, Moukarzel AA, AA Al-Matti, et al. Editorial: Complementary feeding guidelines for infants and toddlers aged 6-24 months, Consensus statement with special consideration for Middle East region. Archives of Disease in Childhood (ACD) Middle East, 2007 Nov-Dec; 4(6):1-2. 53. Moukarzel AA, Bazan SB, Mayalian A. Electronic submission of an article. Lebanese Medical Journal (LMJ) 2008; Jul-Sep 56(3): 133-8. 54. Moukarzel AA, Bejjani RA, Fares NF. Xanthophylls and eye health and adults. Lebanese Medical Journal (LMJ) 2009 Nov-Dec;57 (4):261-267. 55. Moukarzel AA. Chromium in Parenteral nutrition: Too Littlle or Too Much? Gastroenterology. 2009 (Nov); 137: S18-S28. 56. Moukarzel AA., Nur M., Al-Rachach L., Joseph L., McCullagh A. Parenteral chromium toxicity in newborns receiving parenteral nutrition. (In Press). 57. Nadine Jalkh, Sandra Corbani, Zahraa Haidar, Nadine Hamdan, Elias Farah, Joelle Abou Ghoch, Rouba Ghosn, Nabiha Salem, Ali Fawaz, Claudia Djambas Khayat, Mariam Rajab, Chebl Mourani, Adib Moukarzel et al. The added value of WES reanalysis in the field of genetic diagnosis: lessons learned from 200 exomes in the Lebanese population. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330527712_The_added_value_of_WES_reanalysis_in_the_field_of_genetic_diagnosis_lessons_learned_from_200_exomes_in_the_Lebanese_population. or https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-019-0474-y. BMC Medical Genomics (2019) 12:11. 58. Mohamad H. Itani, Ekram Eltannir, Hayat Tinawi, Dima Daher, Akram Eltannir, and Adib A. Moukarzel. Severe Social Anxiety Among Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown. J Patient Exp. 2021 Sep 20; 8:23743735211038386. doi: 10.1177/23743735211038386. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34568549. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/ 23743735211038386. 59. Marianne Touma Boulos, Adib Moukarzel, Tony Yammine, Nabiha Salem, Mirna Souaid, Chantal Farra. Novel missense mutation c.1784A>G, p.Tyr595Cys in RPS6KA3 gene responsible for Coffin-Lowry syndrome in a family with variable features and diabetes 2. Clin Dysmorphol. 2021 Jan;30(1):32-35. doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000343. 60. Yammine Tony, PhD; Melissa Daou; Mirna Souaid; Issam Khneisser; Hicham Mansour; Nabiha Salem; Antony Nemr; Adib Moukarzel. Screening of ASS1 gene in Middle Eastern families with citrullinemia type 1 identifies rare and novel variants. Pediatrics & Neonatology. First published: 20 January 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.2058. 61. Carla Irani, Fatima Katerji, Adib Moukarzel: Characteristics of Eosinophilic Eosophagitis in Lebanon: a real-life study. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. ISSN: 00916749 February 2023, Volume151 (Issue2) Pages p.AB 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2022.12.290 62. Alexander G Miethke, Adib Moukarzel, Gilda Porta, et al.: Maralixibat in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (MARCH-PFIC): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2024, ISSN 2468-1253, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00080-3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468125324000803)