Dr. Mazen El Sayed

Emergency Medicine Professor & Physician Executive | Chief Medical Information Officer | Clinical Informatics & Emergency Medical Services

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

This past week, Lebanon lost three giants of medicine: Dr Ismail Khalil, Dr Ghassan Skaff, and Dr Adnan Mroueh.
As leaders and innovators in their fields, they healed thousands, trained generations, and showed us that medicine can be both mastery and humanity.
We mourn their loss, yet their legacy will continue to inspire all who had the privilege to learn from them.
May God rest their souls. 🙏

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Congrats to @AUB_FM on an incredible #Match2025! 🎉
So proud of our grads for their outstanding success!

[Faculty of Medicine @AUB_FM]

Great win for AUB Med!🚀🎉A record-breaking 85% match rate in #Match2025—the highest in 8 years! With 122 applicants and 104 matches, both hitting all-time highs, our grads are proving that excellence knows no limits! The future of medicine is brighter than ever! 🔥👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

أحرزت وزارة الصحة العامة (@mophleb)، تحت قيادة @firassabiad، تقدمًا كبيرًا في السنوات الأخيرة، لا سيما خلال الحرب الأخيرة، من خلال تعزيز قدرة المستشفيات العامة على تقديم الرعاية الروتينية والطارئة، وتحسين سلسلة توريد الأدوية. تتطلب الأولويات الصحية للمرحلة المقبلة توسيع التغطية الصحية، ومكننة القطاع الصحي، وتحسين الوصول إلى الرعاية مع خفض التكاليف.

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

The Ministry of Public Health (@mophleb), under the leadership of @firassabiad, has made significant progress in recent years, particularly during the recent war, by enhancing public hospitals’ capacity for both routine and emergency care and strengthening the medication supply chain. Moving forward, national priorities must focus on expanding health coverage, digitizing the healthcare sector, and improving access to care while reducing costs.

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Just released: A comprehensive report by @mophleb on “Israeli Attacks on Lebanon’s Health Sector.”

These continuous attacks violate international law and threaten essential healthcare services.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/sLqMKynIBX #Lebanon #HealthRights #InternationalLaw

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

@AUBMC_Official receives top recognition among institutions with #EPIC electronic health records for achieving “Gold Stars 9” Designation & for participation in Cosmos Research.
Congratulations 🎉
@AUB_Lebanon

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

The forced evacuation of hospitals and medical personnel blatantly violates international treaties, notably the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols.
@WHO

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured

As the @UN's agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe.

The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated.

Health facilities in northern Gaza continue to receive an influx of injured patients and are struggling to operate beyond maximum capacity. Some patients are being treated in corridors and outdoors in surrounding streets due to a lack of hospital beds.

Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum capacity and unable to absorb a dramatic rise in the number patients, could be tantamount to a death sentence.

Hospital directors and health workers are now facing an agonizing choice: abandon critically ill patients amid a bombing campaign, put their own lives at risk while remaining on site to treat patients, or endanger their patients’ lives while attempting to transport them to facilities that have no capacity to receive them.

Overwhelmingly, caregivers have chosen to stay behind and honor their oaths as health professionals to “do no harm,” rather than risk moving their critically ill patients during evacuations. Health workers should never have to make such impossible choices.

Additionally, tens of thousands of displaced people in northern Gaza are seeking refuge in open spaces in or around hospitals, treating them as havens from violence as well as to protect the facilities from potential attacks. Their lives, too, are at risk when health facilities are bombed.

There are verified reports of deaths of health care workers and destruction of health facilities, which denies civilians the basic human right of life-saving health care and is prohibited under International Humanitarian Law.

WHO calls for Israel to immediately reverse evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza, and calls for the protection of health facilities, health workers, patients, and civilians.

WHO also reiterates its calls for the immediate and safe delivery of medical supplies, fuel, clean water, food, and other humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, where life-saving assistance, including WHO health supplies that arrived earlier today, is currently awaiting entry.

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Food, water, fuel & medical supplies are as scarce as hope in #Gaza where our friend and colleague @GhassanAbuSitt1 is tirelessly treating civilian casualties!

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

In Gaza, “between 30 and 40% of the wounded are children,” says British-Palestinian surgeon @GhassanAbuSitt1. He spoke to me from Gaza, having travelled there to help this past weekend.

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Delighted to have participated in this insightful workshop on the future of first aid education and emergency medical services, organized by @ifrc & the Saudi Red Crescent Authority at @SEMSConference. #FirstAid #EmergencyServices #المؤتمر_السعودي_للخدمات_الإسعافية

[SEMS 2023 - المؤتمر السعـودي للخدمات الإسعـــافية @SEMSConference]

على هامش #المؤتمر_السعودي_للخدمات_الإسعافية أقيمت اليوم ورشة عمل بعنوان "الإسعافات الأولية والخدمات الإسعافية لجمعيات الصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر". 🎙📑

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

@Mooh32a Opioids

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

بناء القدرات المحلية في عمليات البحث والإنقاذ في لبنان يجب ان يحظى بأولوية قصوى خاصة بعد انفجار ٤ آب والزلزال حديثًا…

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Building local capacity and capabilities in Urban Search & Rescue operations in Lebanon should be a top priority!
Especially after Aug 4 Blast & the recent Earthquake…

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

بعد اعلان مجلس الوزراء اللبناني رفع الجهوزية استجابة للزلزال من المفترض
توضيح النقاط التالية وغيرها
١- من هي الجهة المسؤولة عن ادارة الكوارث من انذار مبّكر واصدار التعليمات والتوصيات؟
٢- ما هي نتائج المسح الميداني للابنية؟ وما هي الاجراءات التي ستتخذ؟
٣- توضيح معنى درجات الجهوزية

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Heartbreaking images from search & rescue operations conducted in Turkey and Syria after the Earthquake…
Lebanon was fortunate this time but largely unprepared for such events.
A national emergency should be declared to address disaster preparedness & response!

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

“16 ألف مبنى مهدّد في بيروت…
"دعت «إدارة مخاطر الكوارث» و«الهيئة العليا للإغاثة» إلى مسح جدي وواقعي لهذه الأبنية كي يصار إلى تصنيفها بين «الأكثر خطورة»، و«الأقلّ خطورة»، ويُصار إلى هدم البعض منها بخاصة المهدّدة بالسقوط وتأمين السكن البديل لقاطنيها" https://t.co/63x1lLSh6a

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Would love to work on this idea with those interested to improve disaster preparedness! (DM)

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

Earthquake in Turkey!
Noticing these tweets after the event is not helpful!
@twitter can use predictive analytics & translate such information into public communication messages targeting those at risk…Starting with natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes etc @elonmusk

[Frank Hoogerbeets  @hogrbe]

Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon). #deprem

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

ضحايا حوادث السير في لبنان!
تعداد يومي للقتلى والجرحى ومن دون حد ادنى من السلامة العامة!
غياب تام للدولة فلا تخطيط ولا صيانة ولا اضاءة.
يجب استعمال كل الامكانات لتصنيف الطرقات في لبنان حسب خطورتها بإعتماد نسبة الحوادث حسب المواقع وتحديد اولويات ضمن خطة متكاملة لخفض عدد الحوادث..

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

#Covid_19 cases are on the rise in Lebanon.
Very young including few weeks old babies are getting infected & presenting mainly with fever. Older adults are presenting with fever & fatigue.
Vaccination is helping save high risk patients from severe disease.
Time to be cautious!

[Dr. Mazen El Sayed @mjsayed]

“Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels”

An interesting read about the health effects of high potency cannabis products & vaping!
-Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
-Effects on mental health…

The New York Times https://t.co/H69w8xoxPL