Dr Joseph El-Khoury

Dr Joseph El-Khoury MD MRCPsych is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the American university of Beirut (AUB). After qualifying as a medical doctor in London in 2002 he trained at St George’s and Oxford, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) in 2006. He holds a CCT in Adult and Substance Misuse Psychiatry. 
Dr El-Khoury has extensive experience in pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions for various mental disorders. He holds a diploma in Evidence Based Psychological Therapies (EBPT) from the University of Reading (2008). His clinical interests are in Addiction, Psychotic disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His research/academic interests include the socio-political interface of Psychiatry, Health Services Development, Conflict Medicine and Cross-cultural Psychiatry. He has made a number of media appearances over the years in Arabic and English on clinical, social and current affairs matters.  He was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service in 2010. In 2012 and after 14 years abroad, Dr El-Khoury returned to Lebanon to pursue his medical career. Nationally, he has served as treasurer of the Lebanese Psychiatric Society (2012-2014) and on various academic and professional committees.   Dr El-Khoury currently practices at the department of psychiatry at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) where he directs the newly created Psychosis Recovery Outreach Program. He is currently involved in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical education in addition to Clinical and Research activities. He also acts as the Global Mental Health Scholar for the Arab region as part of a joint program  by Columbia University and the World Health Organization on the revision of mental disorders classification (ICD). 

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