In accordance with the mission of the Lebanese Maronite Order (O.L.M), with its 300-year tradition and principles, and wishing to contribute to the development of the medical sector and health services in Lebanon, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) created the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, with the express purpose of providing initial and a continuing education of general practitioners and specialists.
Devoted to helping the development of competent professionals and, simultaneously, to be at the service of all, the School participates in the advancement of knowledge in the field of health and aims to be nationally and internationally recognized for to the excellent quality of its teaching programs. The School's work is based on the values of excellence, humanism, intellectual rigor and the application of high moral standards through a continuously evolving medical education and introduction to research, in the clinical domain, public health and basic research.
Theoretical studies take place at the School and training at the University Hospital Center, "Notre Dame des Secours", in Jbeil.
Mission
Anchored to the values of the Catholic Church, the SMMS aims to graduate highly competent medical doctors and healthcare professionals, with a solid foundation in basic and clinical sciences, a strong sense of ethics and social accountability, and a thirst for continuous education and improvement, as well as commitment to research and awareness of the national, regional and global health issues, prepared for future career to become key contributors to the physical and mental well-being of the society.
The School of Medicine and Medical Sciences consists of the following departments/programs:
Department of Research
Department of Medical Sciences
Department of Basic Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Health Fundamental Sciences
Department of Doctoral Studies
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Anesthesia and Critical Care
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Cardiology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Laboratory Medicine
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Dermatology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Emergency Medicine
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - ENT
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Gastro-enterology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - General Surgery
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Hematology-Oncology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Internal Medicine
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Nephrology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Neurology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Neurosurgery
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Obstetrics and Gynecology (ob-gyn)
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Ophthalmology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Pathology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Pediatrics
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Psychiatry
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Pulmonology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Pulmonary Diseases and Intensive Care Medicine
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Radiology
- Diploma of Specialized Studies - Urology
Postdoctoral Studies Department
Department of Hospitalo-University