Dr. Zeina Moukarzel was born in Lebanon and completed her medical degree at the Lebanese University. She specialized in anesthesia and pediatric resuscitation at the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, affiliated with the University of Paris V. She also has a double Master’s in Health and Hospital Management from the ESA Business School, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the University of Paris VII, a Master’s in Public Health as well as a diploma in addiction medicine from Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon. Finally, she completed training in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. From 1995 to 2013, Dr. Moukarzel practiced as an anesthesiologist and critical care physician in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/Burns Center at the Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui - UMC. From 2005 to 2011 she was the Head of the ICU/Burns Center at the same hospital. In 2011 she started working as a general practitioner, smoking cessation specialist, and addictions counselor. In 2013, Dr. Moukarzel founded LAMSA (Lebanese Association of Medical Services for Addiction), an NGO which is still active among the youth in Lebanon. She is married and has three children.
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