AMINE HADDAD MD, FRCSC

Positions Held:
-1990-94: Clinical director Department of Otolaryngology Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Canada
-1990-94: Acting Otolaryngology Program Director, McGill university, Canada
-1997-2000: Medical Director, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, St-Joseph University, Beirut
-2003-2005: President Lebanese society of otolaryngology, Head&Neck surgery
Currently:
- Professor and Chairman Department of Otolaryngology, Hotel-   Dieu de France hospital, St-Joseph University, Beirut
-Associate Dean for Post-Graduate Studies, St-Joseph University, School of Medicine
-Reviewer for The Laryngoscope
-Faculty for the Mcgill yearly update in Otolaryngology Course
Publications:
70 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 50 as first- or senior author.
40 publications in proceedings or book chapters, 29 as first- or senior author.
250 lectures/presentations at national and international conferences.
Books:
Grevers G, Leunig A, Baumgartner R:
Lasers in ENT. Springer Verlag (ISBN 3-540-66567-6), 2001.
Leunig A:
Endoscopic Surgery of the lateral nasal wall, paranasal sinuses and anterior skull base. Verlag Endo-Press, Tuttlingen (ISBN 978-3-89756-135-9), 2007.

Faramarz Memari, MD

Jose N. Fayad, MD

Jose N. Fayad, M.D., works in private practice at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Fayad received his medical degree from University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. Following an otolaryngology residency at the University’s Hospital Purpan in Toulouse, he completed a research fellowship at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles and another at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center in New York. He then completed a residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, followed by a Clinical Fellowship in Otology/Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the House Ear Clinic. Dr. Fayad is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the French Board of Otolaryngology.

Dr. Fayad’s research interests include microsurgical anatomy for optimal electrode placement with cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants, histopathology of cochlear implants, immunohistochemistry of cholesteatoma and cochlear otosclerosis.

Dr. Fayad is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the American Medical Association and the American Neurotology Society. He has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Anatomy at the University of Southern California (USC) and an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York. He sits on the Editorial Review Board of several publications, including Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Journal, and is author and co-author of numerous papers on hearing disorders. The recipient of achievement awards in his field, Dr. Fayad has been a frequent presenter at medical symposiums and conferences.

Joseph A. Paydarfar, MD FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery – Otolaryngology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

EDUCATION:
Duke University, MD, May 1996
University of North Carolina
Duke University, BSE, May 1989

Andreas Leunig, M.D.

Nader Sadeghi MD, FRCSC

Education and Training:
Undergraduate: 1984-86, John Abbott College, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec,  Canada, D.E.C. in Health Sciences
1986-87, Pre-Med program, McGill University
Medical School: 1987-91, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada,
Doctorum Medicinae et Chirurgiae Magistrum
Residency: 1991-92: Core Surgery, McGill University
1992-96: Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University
Laboratory Research:     1994-95: Tumor Immunology and Biological Therapy
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University
Research Topics:

1. Development of murine lung metastasis model for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
2.  Interlukin-2 in treatment of HNSCC
3. LAK cells in treatment of HNSCC
4.  T-cell lymphocytes  in treatment of head and neck cancer

Administrative responsibilities:
1998-2001 Director, Head and Neck Service, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal
Committee services:
2003-2005 IRB Committee, George Washington University
Current Teaching Responsibility:
-Service Rounds, George Washington University, Division of Otolaryngology, 1 hour/week, 2001-current
-Residents Teaching Sessions, GWU Otolaryngology program 1hour per week, 2001-curent
-Medical students lectures, GWU, 1 hour/month
-Grand Rounds organization and participation, GWU, 1 hour per week, 2001-current
-Clinical and surgical supervision, Otolaryngology residents and medical students. GWU, Full time, 5 days a week.
-Instructor, Annual Advanced Operative Strategies Course. Teaching Neck Dissection, American College of Surgeons, Washington Metropolitan Chapter’s Young Surgeons Committee. 2002-Current
Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:
George Washington University, Evolution in surgical management of laryngeal cancer in 20, century. Oct 12, 2007
External Examiner, Saudi Arabia Board of Otolaryngology Dec 6-11, 2007,
Reviewer Saudi Otoalryngology training programs
King Fahad University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Dec 8, 2007
1. Evolution in management of laryngeal cancers, Science and new paradigms
2. Current management of hyperparathyroidism         1.           
King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, Dec 9, 2007 Endoscopic Management of Sinonasal Tumors
King Khalid University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec 11 2007,   Evolution in management of laryngeal cancer, Science and new paradigms
-Surgical Grand Rounds, George Washington University. Evolution in management of laryngeal cancer; science and new paradigms. Jan 16, 2008
-Medical Grand Rounds, George Washington University, Multidisciplinary management of head and neck cancer. Jan 17, 2008
A multidisciplinary approach to head and neck cancer: New strategigies for comprehensive care. University of Rochester Cancer Center, May 23 2008
Editorship :
Reviewer, Otolaryngology-Head ad Neck Surgery
Reviewer, Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Managing editor, eMedicine, Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, http://emedicine.com/ent/index.html