Kamal Badr is a former Chairman of Medicine at the American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut is a private, independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionaries in 1866...

. He is currently the founding dean of a new medical school at the Lebanese American University

Lebanese American University

The Lebanese American University is a secular, private and independent American university located in Lebanon...

. The new school will be located in Byblos

Byblos

Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...

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Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. The school will be founded in association with Harvard Medical International, of Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

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Life

Dr. Badr received his MD from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1980 and completed Residency training at the AUB-Medical Center followed by a 4-year fellowship in nephrology at the Brigham and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals, Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University as Assistant and then Associate Professor (1986 to 1992), and then at Emory University as Professor of Medicine, nephrology section Chief at the Atlanta VA Hospital, and Director of the Center for Glomerulonephritis (1992 to 2000). He chaired the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut from July 2000 until December 2006, when he was named Founding Dean of the new medical school at Lebanese American University. He was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1991 and the Association of American Physicians in 2001. Dr Badr received NIH and other grant support from 1986 to 2000 and holds three US patents. His main interests are in renal microcirculatory physiology, glomerular inflammation, and renal vascular disease. He has published 85 Original Manuscripts, 42 Solicited Papers and Reviews, and 27 Book Chapters

External links

• An article in Harvard Medical International about the medical school