Aging & Gerontology

Biography

Dr. A. Abyad, Chief Executive Officer, Abyad Medical Center; Chairman, Middle East Academy for Medicine of Aging; Coordinator, Middle East Network on Aging; Editor, Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, Lebanon Representing a new wave of physicians who combine medical expertise with public health and management skills, Dr. Abyad is currently the CEO of Abyad Medical Center, Lebanon. Formerly, he was the Chairman of Medical Education and Training at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz, Riyadh. Previously, he served as CEO of an Elderly Care/Psychiatric hospital in Lebanon and worked with the General Authority for Health Services (GAHS – the regional body overseeing health services for 1 million citizens, in 50+ facilities with a staff of over 10,000) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is the founder of the Middle East Academy of Medicine of Ageing, the Middle-East Primary Care Research Network and the Middle East Network on Ageing Research. Dr Abyad sits on the international editorial board of the International Journal of Medicine Journal of the Association of Health Care Professionals, Geriatrics Today, and is a Board member of World CME. He was also instrumental in establishing six journals; Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, Middle-East Journal of Age & Ageing, Middle East Journal of Nursing, Middle East Journal of Business, Middle East Journal of Internal Medicine, and Middle East Journal of Psychiatry & Alzheimer’s. He is currently the Chief Editor of four of these journals and associate editor of two.

Research Interest

Public health & Management skills, Elderly Care, Psychiatry & Alzheimer’s