Written by Marie Khoury



Translated by Rabab Housseiny


Successes scored by Lebanese physicians and professors of Lebanese origin are only growing bigger worldwide. With too many breakthroughs in the fields of medical research, surgeries, discoveries, and innovations, the Lebanese, as assiduous as ever, are burning the midnight oil so that the name of Lebanon shall rise high. Indeed, they have proven to be unarguably competent and distinguished in various western milieus that have opened the doors of success wide to them.



Today, the limelight is shone on Gabriel Ghorayeb and Claude Tayar, two Franco-Lebanese professors, who've been recently labeled as the best cardiologist and robotic surgeon respectively.



Their names featured in a scientific survey conducted by Dr. Maurice Sausital, founder of Somedial.com, and published in Le Capital magazine.


The survey enlisted the names and specializations of the most distinguished physicians working in France or abroad, with one hundred professors vying for the classification.



The first step consisted of picking 900 doctors out of 200 thousands. Only 150 made it to the finals after eliminations cast aside those who had not been selected for at least three times. Worth-mentioning, the survey aimed to identify the best surgeons in France and not the best hospitals in the country. In fact, scientific publications, new-fangled techniques, and therapeutic breakthroughs made the criteria of selection.


Dr. Ghorayeb


Dr. Gabriel Ghorayeb has been chosen as the best cardiac surgeon in France. He announced that this was a first-time classification in France.


"It is the first time that such a survey conducted in France, since doctors here are prevented from creating websites for themselves, lest this would turn into publicity," he told the National News Agency.



Dr. Ghorayeb had studied in Bordeaux and received his diploma in general medicine in 1982 before he majored in heart surgery. He then opened a private medical clinic in Paris.



What made Ghorayeb stand out was his achievement of being able to conduct a coronary artery bypass operation without resorting to medical hypnosis.



Professor Tayar



Professor Claude Tayar, born 1971, is a native of Tripoli. He studied medicine at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, USJ, and then moved to France.
He worked in the fields of general surgery, Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery, Hepato-Biliary Surgery, Liver and Biliary Tract Tumors, Abdominal and Digestive Imaging, and Robotic Surgery.


He was the first to perform robotic surgery in Paris in 2002 and in the Middle East at Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC) over than a year ago.



Speaking to NNA, Professor Tayar said his success was owing to perseverance, hard work, and talent, as well as to the support of his family.


=============R.A.H.