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{{editProfile.location.description}}After obtaining his MD from St. Joseph University in Lebanon, Dr Ghanem pursued his Cardiology fellowship in Paris under the mentorship of PRs. Jean Acar & Alec Vahanian. Member of major international medical and scientific societies, he is: -Associated member of the French society of cardiology in 1989 -Fellow of the European society of cardiology since 2006 -Fellow of the American college of cardiology since 2007 -He was elected president of the Lebanese society of cardiology (LSC) in 2005. In his clinical practice, he was a pioneer in introducing new interventional cardiology techniques in Lebanon since 1993: the first percutaneous mitral commissurotomy, the first intra-coronary stenting, the first carotid stenting, the first atrial septal defect closure with percutaneous devices, the first intra-vascular ultra sound program, in 2012 the first Transcatheter-Aortic-Valve-Implantation (TAVI) and in 2015 the 1st MitraClip intervention. During his mandate as head of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology, 2005 – 2007, he reinvigorates the scientific activities of the LSC, ranging from scientific meetings, to the implantation of the 1st national registry on coronary angiography and angioplasty, to the establishment of the first national guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndrome NSTEMI. He represented as well the LSC in several international events and creates the first “Lebanese Session” in the most prestigious international meeting such the EuroPCR and TCT. His name appears in more than 70 publications (manuscripts, editorials, abstracts and book chapters); he had lectured extensively in local, regional and international meetings on interventional cardiology, cardiovascular new drug discovery, hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, acute coronary syndromes, valvular heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors management and control. He has also leaded numerous press conferences, media interviews, awareness campaigns and wrote many articles and free opinions in different newspapers and bulletins. He was invited to join the Editorial Board of the European Heart Journal Middle East Edition in January 2009. He was appointed as a “Clinical Case Grader” for the Euro-PCR since 2010. He was also appointed as Faculty member and abstract reviewer for the Trans-Catheter-Therapeutics (TCT), the EuroPCR, the C3 Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics since 2011 and the American College of Cardiology meeting since 2013. In June 2009, he was appointed by the Lebanese-American University School of medicine as a founding faculty member and thereafter he was appointed to coordinate the cardiovascular program in May 2010. In September 2010, after 17 years as head of the interventional cardiology/cardiology at Rizk hospital, he joined the Clemenceau Medical Center –Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International. In October 2011, he was appointed as Associate Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Cardiology Division at the Lebanese American University School of Medicine and the University Medical Center Rizk Hospital. In parallel to his activities in the medical field, Dr. Ghanem is a Master in Martial arts; he pursues an intense activity in many sport techniques and conduct counselling activities in sport & health domain. He was called to join Human Rights Watch as Council committee member in 2013. .