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

Hospital Appointments

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
Academic Appointments

Lebanese University

  • Professor of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology
  • Head of Division, Oncology & Hematology · 1993–2019
Societies & Leadership

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
Education & Training

Université Libre de Bruxelles

  • Doctor of Medicine · 1982
  • Specialist Certification, Hematology-Oncology · 1987

Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels

  • Fellowship, Malignant Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation