Dr. Nadine Assaad is a Lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, at Beirut Arab University (BAU). She holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from BAU and a B.Sc. in Physical Therapy from the Lebanese University. She has worked at BAU since 2011, first as Lab Manager and Instructor and, since 2022, as Lecturer, teaching assessment, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and women’s health courses and labs. A certified dry needling practitioner since 2018 and an instructor since 2022, she treats patients at the BAU Physical Therapy Outpatient Clinic and regularly delivers workshops on dry needling and medical taping.

Dr. Assaad’s research interests include musculoskeletal physical therapy, temporomandibular disorders, dry needling, and manual therapy using the Maitland and Mulligan concepts. She is also interested in medical and sports taping, physical therapy assessment, cardiopulmonary physical therapy, women’s health physical therapy, and interprofessional education.

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon (2013–2015). B.Sc. in Physical Therapy, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Lebanon (2002–2006). Certificate of Competency as a Dry Needling Practitioner, Dry Needling Institute (2021).

Assessment in physical therapy; musculoskeletal physical therapy; cardiopulmonary physical therapy; physical therapy interventions; women’s health physical therapy; dry needling; clinical supervision of physical therapy students.