At HHUMC, your team of orthopedic surgery experts uses the latest techniques and technologies to improve care for people with musculoskeletal conditions for adults and children.

With a highly experienced team from Cardiologist, Intensivists and technicians, our Pediatric Cardiology Department provides the best treatment for congenital heart diseases from fetal life to adulthood. Our experts are here to serve your child from diagnosis to treatment. Our department performed hundreds of successful Open Heart surgeries for children with heart diseases. 

At HHUMC Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, we provide quality care for conditions that affect the muscles, tendons, joints and bones of children and adolescents. Our surgeons and staff use the latest methods, research and technology to provide affordable care tailored to your child's needs.

At HHUMC, we perform reconstructive plastic surgeries to correct facial and bodily abnormalities caused by birth defects, injuries, diseases, or aging. We also have a highly specialized team of doctors to perform plastic surgeries for aesthetic reasons as well as the rehabilitation of cancer patients. 

The Department Division of Surgical Oncology provides a state-of-art management for cancer patients while delivering advanced treatments using multidisciplinary approaches. The department works closely with other divisions at HHUMC to provide cancer patients with the best comprehensive care from the diagnosis to the reconstruction surgeries and rehabilitation of cancer patients.

The Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation is one of our main departments that leads the development of all our specialties.

It provides optimal care in anesthesia, reanimation and pain management in a high level of care, as well as academic, training and research services.

The Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology provides care to patients that undergo coronary revascularization including off-pump cardiac surgery, valvular surgery, mechanical assist device placement, and electrophysiological surgery annually.

The cardiology department is a unique service in Lebanon qualified to perform professional diagnosis and intervention such as: 

- Arteriography
- Cerebral angiography
- Carotid angiography
- Spinal angiography 

Also, 

- Open heart surgeries
- Vascular surgeries
- Rhythm disorders
- Pacemaker and defibrillator placement
- Fully equipped coronary care unit 

To complement our technological advances, the HHUMC Cardiology Department offers a "wireless telemetry device" to monitor patient status. 

Without exception, the Dermatology Clinic provides curative and preventive, pathological and cosmetic, urgent and non-urgent, skin-related medical care. 

People seeking answers to skin, mucous membrane and nail diseases, hair loss and facial aging find the help they need at HHUMC's highly respected Department of Dermatology. Our skin specialists diagnose and treat hundreds of conditions, including rare and genetic disorders. They work closely with you to understand your dermatological needs and find the proper treatment.

The Emergency Department is considered the premier trauma center in the region. Our staff has acquired a solid experience sculpted by targeted training to improve our service in saving lives.

Specialists in the HHUMC Department of Emergency Medicine treat life-threatening conditions.

Teams of board-certified physicians, nurses, mid-level providers and other specially trained personnel are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to treat anyone in need of emergency medical care.

Our endocrinologists offer a comprehensive approach to the screening, diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders including:

• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Thyroid disease
• Lipid disorders
• Adrenal disorders
• Pituitary gland disease

HHUMC is expert in early detection of diabetes, lipid disorders, diagnostic services (thyroid ultrasound and BMD for osteoporosis) and treatment with full laboratory tests.

It should be noted that nuclear studies are being conducted at HHUMC.

Our family medicine is available to provide consultations, disease prevention and health promotion services:

• Screening (medical exams)
• Vaccination
• Health education
• Full range of preventive and curative care.

People turn to Family Medicine for a wide range of medical, health and wellness issues, including child exams, behavioral health care, minor illnesses, chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, and routine health screenings.

The gastroenterology department includes the inpatient unit, the endoscopy and the functional explorations unit which provides diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
Gastroenterology covers a wide range of examinations:

• Endoscopic gastrostomy
• Ligation
• Diagnostic and therapeutic echo-endoscopy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Polypectomy + biopsy, ERCP
• Bronchoscopy

The HHUMC oncology team is highly trained to provide the best treatment for the patient. The services of this department include:

• Screening
• Early diagnosis
• Counseling and consultation services
• Same day chemotherapy administration
• Inpatient admission
• Follow-up and pain management

Our physicians take the time to listen to your concerns and are committed to doing what is medically best for each patient.

Our highly specialized infectious disease physicians provide expert diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment.

The department offers a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of fungal and mycobacterial infections, chronic diseases such as viral hepatitis and HIV, general viral diseases, and infections on implants and other prostheses.

 

HHUMC's critical care includes many divisions for close monitoring of critical patients, such as:

• Telemetry
• CCU
• ICU
• NICU
• MICU
• Pulmonary Medicine
  

The intensive care unit is where critically ill patients with life-threatening medical and surgical conditions are treated.

The HHUMC laboratory is a reference for other laboratories in the region. It covers all laboratory tests divided into divisions:
Microbiology, chemistry, therapeutic drug tests, endocrinology, hematology, parasitology, serology and molecular PCR tests.

The HHUMC laboratories ensure the biological follow-up of hospitalized patients and the urgent tests related to the clinical services of the HHUMC.

The pathology department examines cases referred from outside the HHUMC such as soft tissue pathologies.

HHUMC's dialysis staff cares for patients suffering from renal failure at the stage of replacement therapy (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis).

HHUMC's care focuses on improving the psychological and physical health of patients, with the goal of accompanying them towards an eventual transplantation. In addition, ultrapure dialysis water is applied at HHUMC by obtaining it with an additional ultra-filter that can reduce inflammation in the patients' body during hemodialysis.

The Department of Neurology offers the full range of neurological technical examinations and provides medical care for adult patients suffering from central and peripheral nervous system disorders.

HHUMC neurologists and neurosurgeons provide expert and comprehensive care for adults and children.

The HHUMC team is committed to serving patients with compassion and respect in a safe and comfortable environment.
HHUMC offers iodine treatments, procedures and tests at all stages of patient care.

The gamma camera, also known as a scintillation camera, is the most commonly used imaging device in nuclear medicine. It simultaneously detects radiation and allows the acquisition of dynamic and static images of the area of interest in the human body.

Nuclear medicine therapy is a cancer treatment that uses radioactive drugs that bind to and destroy cancer cells. This therapy is an option for some people with neuroendocrine tumors, prostate cancer, meningiomas, thyroid cancer and lymphomas. It has been shown to reduce symptoms, improve quality of life and prolong life.

Our Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is proud of the heritage passed on by Dr. Ghassan Hammoud since 1966. The department has above 50 years of experience in providing services to women’s healthcare in Lebanon and the region. The IVF center, equipped with the most recent lab and professionals in the field, offers a world-renowned infertility treatment service.

A vast technical platform is at the service of the department to ensure screening and examinations:

• OCT
• Angiography
• Scanner A
• Scanner B
• Visual field
• Yag laser
• Argon laser
• Plus optix
• Topography

The Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)/Head and Neck at HHUMC is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment related to problems of the ear, nose, sinus, head and neck, and facial plastic surgery.

The physical therapists at HHUMC are highly educated, competent, ambitious and dynamic. They are available for consultations to help you solve your problems.
The physiotherapy department is a fully integrated service for both inpatients and outpatients.

We achieve excellence in assessment, treatment, intervention and education of patients so that they and their families are integrated into the goal setting of treatment.

The HHUMC Radiology Department provides interventional services, advanced procedures, accurate diagnosis and support to both inpatient and outpatient settings. It is divided into several units:

• MRI: Our Discovery 3T with a 70cm bore, generates extraordinary high-quality images. With a single click over the entire body and reduced noise, the multimodal MRI can perform conventional MRI, diffusion, perfusion, spectroscopy and functional imaging, resulting in more accurate results.
• VCT: The Light Speed VCT system provides highly detailed images of the human body with a low radiation dose to the patient and improves the physician's ability to diagnose patient conditions. Some of the non-invasive CT exams performed in our radiology department are: cardiac CT, total body, cerebral perfusion CT, Angio CT, lower limb CTA, carotid CTA, enteroscanner...

In addition, the HHUMC's radiological studies are integrated and archived in a PACS system (picture archiving and communication system) which is continuously updated and maintains our services at a very high level of efficiency and diagnostic accuracy.

General radiology, digital radiography with a new advanced fluoroscopy system with low radiation dose.

New and advanced digital mammography with tomosynthesis, 3D reconstruction to 2D for patient exposure to low radiation doses.
BMD for osteoporosis and Panoramic for dental radiology.

Ultrasound with its fine probes capable of performing all examinations with precision are: echo Doppler of the breast, abdomen, pelvis, carotid and blood vessels.
In addition, other procedures are performed such as biopsies under ultrasound, joint and spinal injections under fluoroscopy and CT, nephrostomy, etc.

Diagnostic Center

The HHUMC Diagnostic Center offers comprehensive tests to help specialists make a quick and accurate diagnosis in order to provide treatment options for patients, while also offering the following services: EEG, EMG, ABR, VEP, spirometry, OAE, EKG, echo cardiodoppler, stress test, renal echo & Doppler, holter monitor EKG.

The goal of the Urology Department is to provide high quality, compassionate patient care using the latest technology and innovative procedures.
Many invasive urological procedures are performed at HHUMC, although lithotripsy is performed.

HHUMC's expert urologists offer consultations in addition to diagnostic and therapeutic urology services.
HHUMC strives to maintain standards of excellence in clinical practice while developing subspecialties in oncology, laparoscopy and pediatric urology.