Resident Physician + Clinical Researcher in the Internal Medicine department
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Total years of experience :3 years, 4 Months
- Led and regularly mentored teams of 6-8 medical students and 2-3 interns in patient care and supervised the development of their clinical and people skills, communication skills with patients and house staff, and bioethical responsibilities
- Rotated in different medical departments - with direct exposure to diverse clinical diseases including oncological, rheumatologic, cardiovascular, neurologic, endocrine, and infectious diseases
- Met regularly with pharmaceutical company medical science liaisons and medical sales representatives to get the latest updates on drug-related medical topics
- Monitored and reported drug-related adverse events and side effects to the pharmacists and doctors
- Coordinated with the ‘executive clinical administration’ on the development of a US$750k project focusing on early hospital discharge of patients as part of the hospital ‘throughput’ project -accelerated patient discharge time by 1 full day and cut costs by 15%
- Initiated and collaborated with the ‘infectious control committee’ and the ‘hospital administration’ on a US$3m project in the reconstruction of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to prevent ICU-acquired infections and mortalities - significant reduction in multi-drug resistant (MDR) nosocomial infections
- Conducted an in-hospital research on ‘burnout’ and ‘mental health disorders’ and led a 12-member team in the implementation of new resident work-hour limitation regulations and policies