Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Chief Medical Information Officer
Medical Director, AUBMC Transfer Center
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), Emergency Medical Services Subspecialty
American Board of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics Subspecialty
Training and Fellowship
2015 - 2017 Master in Health Care Management
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard University
Boston, MA, USA
2009 - 2011 Master of Public Health in Health Policy & Management
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA, USA
2009 - 2011 Fellowship
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA, USA
2006 - 2009 Residency
Emergency Medicine Residency
University of Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
2005 - 2006 Residency
General Surgery Internship
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, USA
2004 - 2005 Residency
General Surgery Residency
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
2000-2004 Doctor of Medicine
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
1997-2000 Bachelor of Science in Biology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Research Interests
Recent Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
1. Electronic medical record implementation in the emergency department in a low-resource country: Lessons learned.
Faris, N., Saliba, M., Tamim, H., Jabbour, R., Fakih, A., Sadek, Z., Antoun, R., El Sayed, M., & Hitti, E. (2024). Public Library of Science, 19(3), e0298027.
2. Beirut Port Blast: Use of Electronic Health Record System During a Mass Casualty Event.
Hitti, E., Hadid, D., Saliba, M., Sadek, Z., Jabbour, R., Antoun, R., El Sayed, M. (2024). Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
3. Characteristics and Outcomes of Traumatic Cardiac Arrests in the Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study.
Lee, M. H. M., Chia, M. Y. C., Fook-Chong, S., Shahidah, N., Tagami, T., Ryu, H. H., Lin, C. H., Karim, S. A., Jirapong, S., Rao, H. V. R., Cai, W., Velasco, B. P., Khan, N. U., Son, D. N., Naroo, G. Y., El Sayed, M., & Ong, M. E. H. (2023). Prehospital emergency care, 27(8), 978–986.
4. Does time to angiography affect the survival of trauma patients with embolization to the pelvis? A retrospective study across trauma centers in the United States.
Rahal, R., Saab, A., Bachir, R., & El Sayed, M. (2023). Injury, 54(12), 111173.
