Dr. Issam Shaarani, a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, was appointed as the Chairperson of the WONCA Working Party on Ethical Issues for the coming two years. WONCA is the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians. It is a not-for-profit organization and was founded in 1972 by member organizations in 18 countries. WONCA now has 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with membership of about 500,000 family doctors.

Dr. Shaarani completed his undergraduate medical training at Beirut Arab University. He was elected as the vice president and thereafter the president of the Medical Student Committee, where he was actively involved in community-based medical student activities. He completed his Family Medicine residency training at the American University of Beirut, and then did one year as Chief Resident. He was then appointed as a Lecturer of Family Medicine at Faculty of Medicine - BAU. Since then, he has been involved in developing and implementing the curriculum of Ethics and Professionalism for the undergraduate medical students. He is currently a Senior Lecturer of Family Medicine, and the Medical Director of the Primary Health Care Center at BAU.

The Dean and the Faculty members would like to congratulate Dr. Shaarani on his new position, and express their full support in his new responsibilities.

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