Fadlo R. Khuri

Fadlo R. Khuri is a Lebanese-American oncologist specializing in the study of cancers of the lung and aerodigestive tract.[1] He is the former deputy director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, as well as the former chair of the Emory University School of Medicine's department of hematology and medical oncology.[1] He is the editor-in-chief of the medical journal Cancer.[2] He currently serves as the 16th president of the American University of Beirut.

Early life and education

Khuri was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Beirut, Lebanon.[3] When he was a medical student, Khuri originally planned on becoming a psychiatrist until he saw a rabbi with cancer on the first day of his surgery rotation.[4] He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his M.D. from Columbia University. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital.[1]

Academic career

Khuri was a faculty member at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1995 until 2002.[1] The following year, he joined the Winship Cancer Institute.[3] He served as a trustee of the American University of Beirut since 2014.[5] He has also been a member of Naef K. Basile Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005, and a member of the Atlanta International School Board of Trustees since 2009. Dr. Khuri has chaired the American University of Beirut Medical School International Advisory Committee since 2010. On March 19, 2015, it was announced that Khuri would be the next president of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He assumed the post of president on September 1, 2015.[6] Upon doing so, Khuri moved to Beirut while retaining his professorship at Emory.[7]

Honors and awards

In 2013, Khuri received the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Memorial Award from the American Association for Cancer Research.[4][8] Khuri was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2014.[9] In 2015, he was elected a full member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences.[10]

Personal life

Khuri is married to Lamya Tannous-Khuri, with whom he has three children.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Fadlo R. Khuri MD, FACP". Winship Cancer Institute. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cancer". Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Fadlo Khuri to be new AUB head". The Daily Star. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Hardie, Ann (20 April 2013). "Sunday Conversation with… Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri Clinical researcher dedicated to eradicating cancer". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "AUB appoints its 16th president, Fadlo R. Khuri, MD". American University of Beirut. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Winship and Emory's Khuri Named President of American University of Beirut". Winship Cancer Institute. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Fadlo Khuri Elected President of the American University of Beirut". ASCO Connection. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Anderson, Lynne (4 April 2013). "Winship physician named nation's most outstanding young cancer researcher". Emory University. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "AAAS and Emory University announce nine new 2014 Fellows". Emory University. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "AUB President-elect Dr. Fadlo Khuri elected to Academy of Sciences for Lebanon". American University of Beirut. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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