It started as a young boy’s dream on a piece of paper; It became a 30 year old man’s reality. Thank you @AUB_Lebanon for 12 long years of turning a child into a surgeon. @AUBMC_Official @DrFadloKhuri

This is Lebanon If you know you know

Life is like a card game. Sometimes you're dealt a bad hand, but you still play to win.

After most abdominal surgery, you DON’T have to: - stay in bed for days - wait till you pass gas before liquids - keep the wound dry for weeks - avoid lifting for months - take a lot of opioids - avoid coffee Always check with your own surgeon’s advice!

Your Early Detection Checklist: - Know your normal: check your breasts monthly - Clinical breast exam yearly - Get your mammogram - Know your risk: Family history? Genetics? Ask about starting early - Lump, dimpling, skin changes, or nipple change? Don’t delay. See a doctor - Don’t forget the underarms Share with someone you love. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

The old rule of a gold rush, don’t mine the gold, sell the axes and shovels. The next big economy may be AI, but the real scarcity is going to be truth. With the massive abundance of information and media, the real gold rush will be verifying what deserves to be believed.

The future of surgery is still a surgeon at the console

Radiologists: Reduce inappropriate imaging Report: Recommend further imaging

Why read dystopian fiction, when you can just pay attention

Extremely honored to be the recipient of the Dr. Herbert R. Nassour Jr. Surgery Residency Award. Dr. Herbert Nassour's vision and lifetime efforts "to make medical care as common as a cup of coffee" is more relevant today than ever. His inspiring story as a Lebanese-American surgeon and @AUB_Lebanon MD graduate who tried to provide quality healthcare to the racially and economically marginalized people of Texas was documented in "Herb Nassour: The People's Doctor", a short film produced by @KhayrallahNCSU

One thing living in Lebanon has personally engraved in me is that I no longer take any authority as a source of absolute truth. You give me the facts, the context, and the history and then I'll form my own opinion. Regardless of the potential errors, I'll be more content owning an evolving thought process rather than seeing the world through a lens of inherited dogmas for the rest of my life.

The magnitude of beauty in this country:

“For success, nothing in the world can take the place of persistence; talent alone will not be successful because nothing is more common than the unsuccessful human with talent” - Gustav Mahler

It is expected to have a sense of disequilibrium following major earthquakes especially the aftershocks. The entity is called "Post-Earthquake Dizziness Syndrome"; poorly studied aside from few reports, mainly from Japan. In case you feel it, you are not alone. #هزة_أرضية

The beautiful sad Beirut