PREMEDICAL EDUCATION

1972                 College de La Sagese Beirut, Lebanon

MEDICAL EDUCATION

1979                 St. Joseph University School of Medicine Beirut, Lebanon

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

1979 -1984      PGY1-PGY5 General Surgery Resident Staten Island University

                        Hospital Staten Island, NY 

LICENSURE

1979                 French State Diploma of Medicine

1980                 ECFMG 310-579-8

1981                 FLEX

1981                 New Jersey State License 39577

1982                 New York State License 149264

CERTIFICATION

1985                The American Board of Surgery Diplomate, No. 30679

1993 - 2003     Recertification

1987 The American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical

                        Care Diplomate, No. 069

1994-2006 Recertification

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1999-Present   Professor of Surgery SUNY Health Science Center

                        Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY

1995-2003       Endosurgery Fellowship Program Director Staten Island University Hospital/

                        SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Staten Island/Brooklyn, NY

2004-2005       Endosurgery Fellowship Program Director Lutheran Medical Center/

                        SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Staten Island/Brooklyn, NY

2005-Present   Chairman Department of Surgery Lutheran Medical Center/

                        SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Staten Island/Brooklyn, NY

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

1985-Present   Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY

1999-Present   SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY

2000-Present   Victory Memorial Hospital Brooklyn, NY

2001-Present   St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Ctr. Staten Island, NY

2004-Present   Lutheran Medical Center Brooklyn, NY