Program

Pharmacy Forward: Advancing Patient Care

Saturday October 4, 2025 | 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM and via WebEx

Lebanese American University - Irwin Hall Auditorium, Beirut Campus

Earn 4.5 OPL CE credits
Scientific Program
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Registration and Coffee
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Welcome Notes Lamis Karaoui, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS Master of Ceremonies and Chair of the Organizing Committee Clinical Associate Professor Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, LAU School of Pharmacy Hanine Mansour, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP Clinical Associate Professor Chairperson, Pharmacy Practice Department LAU School of Pharmacy Naser Z. Alsharif, PharmD, MS, PhD Professor and Dean LAU School of Pharmacy Rula L. Diab, PhD Assistant Provost for Accreditation and Academic Operations LAU Office of the Provost Joe Salloum, RPh President Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon
Portraits of the Pharmacy Profession Session Moderator: Lamis R. Karaoui, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
10:05 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.	Professional Identity Formation Imad F. Btaiche, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCNSP Professor Former Dean, LAU School of Pharmacy
10:25 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Pharmacy Forward: Today’s Reality, Tomorrow’s Vision Zeina Khouri-Stevens, RN, PhD Executive Vice President for Health Services LAU Health Toufic Chaaban, MD Clinical Assistant Professor Division of Critical Care Medicine Division of Pulmonary Disease Program Director, Residency in Internal Medicine Co-Clerkship Director in Internal Medicine, LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital Rony Zeenny, PharmD, MPH, PhD, BCPS, FASHP Director of the Department of Pharmacy and Founding Director of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program American University of Beirut, Medical Center Nibal R. Chamoun, PharmD, BCPS, CACP Clinical Associate Professor Assistant Dean for Experiential Education and Residency Program LAU School of Pharmacy Elsy Ramia, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, CPPS Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Coordinator LAU School of Pharmacy
Hospital Practice Pearls Session Moderator: Mira El Masri, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	The Landscape of Local Generics in Lebanon: Focus on Neurology Drugs Maya Zeineddine, PharmD, MSc, MSCS, PhD Clinical Associate Professor, LAU School of Pharmacy
11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Beyond the Cleanroom: Exploring the Depths of Sterile Compounding Christian Sawma, RPh, BCSCP Chief Pharmacist, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital
11:30 a.m. - 11:50 p.m.	The Role of Daratumumab in the Management of Multiple Myeloma Carl Aoun, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor, LAU School of Pharmacy
11:50 p.m. - 11:55 p.m.	Q&A Session
11:55 p.m. 12:55 p.m.	Lunch Break
Latest Developments in Pharmacotherapy Session Moderator: Aline Bou Maroun, PharmD, BCPS
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.	Obesity Updates: Highlighting the Evolving Role of the Brain Mohamad Iskandarani, BS Pharm, MPH Medical Affairs Manager, Algorithm
1:20 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.	Principles of Clinical Assessment and Management of Major Depressive Disorder: An Update Jocelyne Azar, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital
1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Patient Care Cyrine El Haidar, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FASHP St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ALSAC St. Jude Cancer Center Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2:00 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.	Q&A Session
Stewardship Initiatives: What’s on the Front Burner Today? Session Moderator: Wissam Kabbara, PharmD, BCPS
2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.	AMR and Stewardship in Lebanon Hanine Mansour, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP Clinical Associate Professor Chairperson, Pharmacy Practice Department LAU School of Pharmacy
2:25 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Pharmacist Role in Antimicrobial Stewardship Elias B. Chahine, PharmD, FCCP, FASCP, FFSHP, BCPS, BCIDP Professor and Chairperson of Pharmacy Practice Gregory School of Pharmacy Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2:45 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	Q&A Session
Session Moderator: Marwan Sheikh-Taha, PharmD, BCCP, BCPS
2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.	Role of a Pharmacist in Antithrombotic Stewardship Tara Lech, PharmD, BCPS, CACP
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Antithrombotic Stewardship at LAUMC-RH Nibal R. Chamoun, PharmD, BCPS, CACP Clinical Associate Professor Assistant Dean for Experiential Education and Residency Program LAU School of Pharmacy
3:30 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.	Q&A Session
3:35 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.	Coffee Break
Digital Health in Pharmacy Session Moderator: Elsy Ramia, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, CPPS
4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Human Factor Engineering: “We Can’t Design Humans But We Can Design Around Them” Rabih Dabliz, PharmD, MA, FISMP, CPHQ, CPPS, CPHFH Founder and CEO – AmanViva Medication Safety Services Abu Dhabi, UAE
4:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.	Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Ghalib A. Abbasi, PharmD, MS, MBA System Director, Pharmacy Informatics Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas, USA
4:50 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion: AI – Pharmacists of the Future Fatima Baalbaki, PharmD Hospital Pharmacist LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital Anna Christina Sadaka, PharmD PGY1 Pharmacy Resident LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital Paola Ingea, BS Pharm P4 Student Pharmacist LAU School of Pharmacy Ayah El Kurdy P3 Student Pharmacist LAU School of Pharmacy
5:15 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.	Q&A Session
5:20 - 5:30	Closing Remarks

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Welcome Notes