Ghassan Kiwan
Senior consultant Cardiologist, MD,MBA,FACP, FRCPC, FACC, started Medical school at the French Faculty Of Medicine(FFM) in Beirut then graduated from Paris University-France, did his Internship and started his Fellowship in Internal Medicine at Sherbrook University-Quebec-Canada, continued , trained and completed his Fellowship and Board Certification in Medicine and Adult Cardiology at” McGill University”. He detains an MBAIP from Sorbonne –Dauphine-USJ universities. He was Associate Cardiologist at The Montreal General Hospital-McGill University- and Chief Cardiology at “Centre Hospitalier De Lanaudière” affiliated teaching University Hospital in Quebec-Canada- and is an honorary member for life at the same hospital. Dr Kiwan was Principal Investigator and Investigator in many national Canadian and International studies .He continues to be involved in clinical research by being local and national PI of international studies in Lebanon. He detains an Award from Saudi Aramco for his services as Consultant Cardiologist and in Charge of the Non-invasive cardiology Lab where he introduced the stress echo and contrast echo technique. He is currently and since 2009 Chief of Medical Staff at “Bellevue University Medical Center” in Lebanon; a JCI accredited 170 beds hospitals. He is chief of Cardiology Division at BUMC and founding director of the BITC-Bellevue International Training Center /American Heart Association. He is Co-founder and current director of STRKE unit at BMC.He is the Chairman of the Non Invasive working group at the Lebanese Society of Cardiology (second mandate). He is a Co-Founder of the” Lebanese Chapter of the American College of Cardiology” and is currently Governor of this Chapter. Dr Kiwan has been and continues to be involved in many national and international conferences as a speaker, chairman, member of many scientific committees and co- organizer.