Firass Abiad has been Lebanon’s minister of public health since 2021. A surgeon, he previously worked at the American University of Beirut Medical Center since 2010 and was appointed chair of the board of directors at Rafic Hariri University Hospital in 2015. During his tenure at RHUH, he led the efforts to transform the hospital into a leading tertiary hospital that spearheaded Lebanon’s response to Covid-19.
