Famous Doctors and Scientists

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Dr Badih Abou Jaoude PhD, Inventor of 1st World Environmental Day 10 years prior to UN, by UNDP's recognition Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, Inventor for GE in the 1920s, 52 different patents among one of the first patents on television tubes and solar energy panels. Ghassan Antar Ph.D, At the University of California in San Diego, a plasma physicist. Nicholas S. Assal, Medical researcher. Helps doctors in the world prevent and treat complications during pregnancy and birth. Dr. Amin Barakat MD, Famous Pediatrician and Professor of Medicine - Georgetown University Medical Center. Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Dr. Bassam A. Bassam M.D.,  Professor of Neurology at the University of South Alabama, Department of Neurology.  Dr. Elias Corey, Chemist. Won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a logical process that changed the face of synthetic chemistry. Dr. Michael DeBakey, World Famous heart surgeon currently working in Houston, TX. Invented the heart pump. Today he's chancellor of Baylor University's College of Medicine. George A. Doumani, Geologist whose  explorations helped prove the theory of continental drift. He has a mountain peak named after him in Antarctica. Dr. Charles Elachi, Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Michael Fakih, MD, Recognized worldwide as a leader in his field. His innovative GIFT technique - using the woman's follicular fluid to treat sperm and serve as a transfer medium - has revolutionized the procedure. The improvement nearly doubles the success rate of the GIFT procedure. Dr. Fran Jabara, Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University and the founder (in 1977) of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University. A building at the University has been named in his honor as Jabara Hall. He is a relative of the late Col. James Jabara (see Military), America's first triple jet ace in the Korean War. George a. Kyrala Ph.D - AKA George Amine Khairallah from Bhamdoun. An atomic physicist with a Ph.D from Yale and fellow of the SPIE. Recently won an international prize for high speed photography. Christa McAuliffe, Teacher and Astronaut. Was one of the seven crew members on board the space shuttle Challenger that exploded shortly after launch. Dr. Anis Razzouk MD, Prominent heart surgeon at Loma Linda University Hospital in Riverside, CA. Dr. Philip Salem, Famous Texas based oncologist and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Jack Shaheen, Former Emeritus Professor of Mass Communications at Southern Ilinois University.  Edward M. Sion, Ph.D, Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal; Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Villanova University