Youssef_Fares_(neurosurgeon)
Youssef Fares (neurosurgeon)
Lebanese Healthcare Leader
Youssef Fares (Arabic: يوسف فارس) is a Lebanese neurosurgeon, academic and healthcare leader. He is a Professor and the Dean of the Lebanese University Faculty of Medicine, where he also serves as the founding director of the Neuroscience Research Center. [1][2] Fares is also the CEO and Chairman of Al-Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center,[2][3] the founding president of the Lebanese Association of Spine Surgery and the Senior Executive Vice President of the World Academy of Medical Sciences.[4][5] In addition, he serves as an editor for the neurosurgical journal Surgical Neurology International.[6][3]
In March 2020, Fares was elected into the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1][7]