Dr. Wadih Baajour

Dr. Wadih Baajour is a licensed neurologist and internist with specialty in adult and pediatric epilepsy from the American University of Beirut.  He focuses on treatment of all neurological disorders including headache, multiple sclerosis, stroke, neurocognitive disorders, movement disorders, pain and mood disorders.

He graduated from medical school after which he completed internal medicine residency followed by neurology residency at the Beirut Arab University.  Afterwards he earned his fellowship at the adult and pediatric comprehensive epilepsy program at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon. He spent three years evaluating adult and children with epilepsy and epilepsy like conditions. He then gained additional experience in the evaluation of epilepsy and EEG at the comprehensive epilepsy programs of both Cleveland Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic foundation in Ohio, USA. During this time he has been exposed to many complicated cases including those requiring surgical intervention.

He also has a special interest in sleep disorders in both adults and children including obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and parasomias (sleep terror).

DEGREES

• Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship: American University of Beirut Medical Center, June 2015
• Neurology Residency, Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut Arab University, June 2011
• Internal Medicine Residency, Beirut Arab University, June 2008
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Beirut Arab University, June 2004

RESEARCH

• Thammongkolchai T; Katirji B. Kaminski HJ. Ruff RL.
• A comprehensive analysis of the Financial Burden of Diabetes Mellitus at Rafik Hariri University Hospital: The Economic Implications from the Public Sector Perspective in Lebanon: International Journal of Diabetes and clinical research. 12/2015, 2:5. Echtay A; Chehabeddine M; Abi Gerges R; Baajour W; Kakoun N; Charif M; Jambart S.
• Rapidly progressive quadriparesis secondary to liquorice (souss) toxicity: TÉTRAPARÉSIE RAPIDEMENT PROGRESSIVE PAR INTOXICATION À LA RÉGLISSE (SOUSS). Le Journal médical libanais (The Lebanese medical journal) 60 (2): 117-9, 08/2012. Korri H; Awada A; Baajour W; Baaine M; Nasreddine W.
• Economical Burden of Diabetes Complications in Lebanon: Diabetes prevalence and disease management of the patient population at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital (RHUH). Poster in Pan Arab Congress of Endocrinology, Beirut, Lebanon, 10/2011. Echtay A; Chehabeddine M; Abi Gerges R; Baajour W; Jambart S.

AWARD

Certificate of achievement, Neuromuscular department, Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2013.