Ghazi S. Zaatari, MD
Chair of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation
- M.D., American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1975.
- Resident, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1976-1980.
- Fellow, Surgical Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 1980-1981
- Professor & Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut, 1996 - Present.
- Director, Environment Core Laboratory, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2001 - Present.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982-1986.
- Adjunct Associate Professor in Pathology, Baylor School of Dentistry, 1986-1995.
- Editorial Board, Journal of the American Medical Association (Middle East), 1997 - Present.
- Member, Tobacco Prevention & Control Research Team, American University of Beirut.
- Member, National Advisory Council for Quality Management, Ministry of Economics & Trade, Lebanon, 2004 - Present.
- Extensive experience in cancer diagnosis and research, and conducting on-going research on the harmful effects of water pipe smoking.
- Published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to cancer research.