Prof. Nizar Bitar
Hematology · Medical Oncology · Transfusion Medicine
For more than 40 years, Professor Nizar has cared for patients across a wide range of cancers and blood disorders.
About
Professor Nizar Bitar is a hematologist and medical oncologist in Beirut and Chief of Staff at Sahel General Hospital, where he has led hematology-oncology care since 1992. Over more than four decades in practice, he has cared for patients with cancer and blood diseases, authored more than 50 peer-reviewed studies, taught as professor of medicine at the Lebanese University, and served as a founding member and past president of the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology. He treats a wide range of adult cancers and blood disorders, pairing current, evidence-based therapy with care that treats the person, never the case number.
Experience
Sahel General Hospital, Beirut
- Head of Hematology-Oncology · 1992–2024
- Director, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine · since 1992
Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut
- Board Member · 2002–2013
Lebanese Military Hospital
- Consultant, Oncology, Hematology & Internal Medicine · 1993–2019
Lebanese University
- Professor of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology
- Head of Division, Oncology & Hematology · 1993–2019
Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology
- Founding Member & Past President · until 2022
- Board Member
Ministry of Public Health
- President, National Cancer Treatment Guidelines Committee · until 2021
- President, National HTLV-I Committee
Lebanese Order of Physicians
- Head of the Continuing Medical Education Committee · since 2022
- Member, Continuing Medical Education Committee · 2016–2018
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- Member · since 1998
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Member · 2001–2020
Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Doctor of Medicine · 1982
- Specialist Certification, Hematology-Oncology · 1987
Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels
- Fellowship, Malignant Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation
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