In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardali, we discussed the current crisis in Lebanon with the Chief of the Family Medicine Department at AUBMC Dr. Umayya Musharafieh. The current crisis has led to 1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon which constitutes 25-30% of the country. Many healthcare workers have been directly affected by this displacement ... Show More
Yesterday
Understanding Young Minds: Parenting, Trauma & the Future of Mental Health in Lebanon
How have years of instability, conflict, and economic hardship affected Lebanon’s children and adolescents? Dr. Pia Tohme Khalaf, Associate Professor of Psychology at Lebanese American University (LAU), joins The Lebanese Physicians Podcast to discuss parenting, emotional attachm ... Show More
35m 15s
Nov 8
Can AI Make Healthcare More Human? | Charbel Rizkallah, Hikma AI
Can artificial intelligence make healthcare more human? In this episode of The Lebanese Physicians Podcast, we speak with Charbel Rizkallah, Founder and CEO of Hikma AI, whose wife's battle with the rare blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) inspired him to ret ... Show More
48m 30s
Oct 24
From Beirut to Nobel Laureates: A Young Lebanese Scientist’s Inspiring Journey | Tala Kaddoura
From Lebanon’s economic crisis to the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, AUB PhD researcher Tala Kaddoura shares her inspiring journey of perseverance, scientific discovery, and ambition. Discover how her groundbreaking research using 3D kidney organoids could ... Show More
25m 35s
Oct 2020
Episode 12 - Neglected Victims: Refugees and GBV in the Age of a Pandemic
<p>In this episode, Carol Abi Ghanem hosts Jasmin Lilian Diab to discuss the marginalized and neglected refugees in Lebanon during the COVID pandemic. Jasmin discusses COVID measures, their impact on the refugee community in Lebanon, as well as the surge in discourse around gende ... Show More
31m 23s
Aug 2020
‘On the Edge of the Abyss’: Covid-19 in Beirut
On the morning of the deadly explosion that tore through the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the city’s main public hospital was already approaching full capacity from coronavirus patients. Now, with hospitals heavily damaged and overwhelmed with the injured from the blast, how does ... Show More
18m 7s
Nov 2020
Episode 17 - Gender Inequality in Economic Crisis
<p>In this episode, Sami Zoughaib hosts Dr. Nisreen Salti to discuss how the effects of Lebanon’s multifaceted crises have been affecting women disproportionately, the spillover of this phenomenon on the general socio-economic landscape, and the mitigation measures that should be ... Show More
43m 35s
Oct 2023
S03E12 - Devastation & Mental Health - Nokhez - Part 1 of 2
In this riveting podcast episode, Ali and Nokhez dive deep into the emotional and psychological impacts of the regional crisis, especially in an age dominated by the relentless flow of information. They discuss the challenges posed by modern technology, the emotional toll of cons ... Show More
26m 3s
