Dr. Diala Harfouche
Scope of Practice
- Acute pain management
- Post-anesthesia care
- Preoperative assessment and screening
- Provide anesthesia in the operating room, the delivery suite, MRI and Endoscopy unit
Highlights
Academic Achievements
4+
Publications
31+
Workshops
8+
Conferences
Health Care Profession Achievements
- Pre and Post anesthesia operative care management of high risks patients
- Management of difficult intubations
- +10 Years of Experience
- Provided anesthesia for 1000+ patients coming for bariatric surgery
Experience & Education
- Anesthesiologist with a main focus on anesthesia for bariatric surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics and ENT
- Diploma in Anesthesiology (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
- Anesthesiology Residency (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
- Degree Doctor of Medicine (Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon)
Certifications
- Member in the Lebanese Society of Anesthesiologists
- Member in the European Society of Anesthesiology ESA
Publications
- The analgesic efficacy of subarachnoid morphine in comparison with ultrasoundguided transversus abdominis plane block after cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial. Kanazi GE, Aouad MT, Abdallah FW, Khatib MI, Adham AM, Harfoush DW, Siddik-Sayyid SM. Anesth Analg. 2010 Aug;111(2):475-81. Epub 2010 May 20
- A comparison between dexamethasone and methylprednisolone for vomiting prophylaxis after tonsillectomy in inpatient children: a randomized trial. Aouad MT, Nasr VG, Yazbeck-Karam VG, Bitar MA, Bou Khalil M, Beyrouthy O, Harfouche D, Terrin N, Siddik-Sayyid S. Anesth Analg. 2012 Oct;115(4):913-20. Epub 2012 Jul 13
- Prophylactic Amiodarone versus Lidocaine for prevention of reperfusion ventricular fibrillation after release of aortic cross-clamping. Ayoub, CM; Sfeir, PM; Bou-Khalil, P; Azar, M; Haddadin, AS; Harfouch, D; Nasr, VG; El-Khatib, MF Eur J Anesthesiol. 2009 Oct 3
- Microsurgical facial nerve decompression for hemifacial spasm. Moussa R, Harfouche D, Samaha E, Rizk T, Nohra G, Okais N. J Med Liban, 2005 Jul-Sep;54(3):146-51