Program

Pharmacy Forward: Advancing Patient Care

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

Lebanese American University - Irwin Hall Auditorium, Beirut Campus

Earn CPE 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 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 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 Leaders from pharmacy, medicine and nursing
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 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
2:50 p.m. - 3:10 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
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Role of a Pharmacist in Antithrombotic Stewardship Tara Lech, PharmD, BCPS, CACP
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, 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 Student Pharmacists and Residents
5:15 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.	Q&A Session
5:20 - 5:30	Closing Remarks

Program

Welcome Notes