Managing Board

Dr. Ghaleb Daouk is a consulting physician in pediatric renal diseases (nephrology) at Boston Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School.

• He earned his MD degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB) Faculty of Medicine. 
• He  holds a Master degree in management from MIT's Sloan School of Management of technology.  
• He co-founded a biotechnology company based on his post - doctoral research. 
• Following his training, he was appointed to the faculty and become the medical director of the MGH pediatric renal division.
• Dr. Daouk is actively involved in non-profit academic and cultural organizations serving as elected member on the Board of trustees of AUB (2014-17). He currently serves on Syracuse University's College of Arts and sciences board of Visitors with over 20 years tenure. He is a founding Director of the Makassed Foundation of America, and member of the organization's Board of Trustees. He is a founding member of the Center for Arab-American Philanthropy in Michigan, and the Center for Arab American Cultural Center in the Boston area, and co-founder of the Boston-based Center of Arabic Culture.

Fares Yared is a Health Economics and Market Access manager at CVRx, Inc. 

• Fares implements utilization strategies for CVRx's medical device by enhancing value propositions, generating evidence through outcomes research, engaging payers and resolving reimbursement issues.
• Before joining CVRx, Fares earned a Master degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University (with a Dean's MPH Scholarship Award)
• He earned his Medical Degree  (2019) and Master Degree in Biomechanics (2017) from Université Saint Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon
• He practiced internal medicine for 3 years before moving to the US
• Fares also served in the disaster relief committee of the Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui in  the wake of August 4th 2020 Beirut port explosion.

Khalil G. Rouhana is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal at LGV GROUP, a commercial real estate development company in Northern Virginia. 

• He is President of GPR Inc., which specializes in commercial building enclosures and cladding. 
• Mr. Rouhana is an innovator in the glazing industry and the recipient of multiple awards. 
• He is an active board member of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL). 

Haytham Kaafarani is a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, the Hospital Medical Director for Quality & Safety and the Trauma Medical Director at the Massachusetts General

Hospital. 

• Between 2022 and 2023, Dr. Kaafarani served as the Chief Patient Safety Officer of The Joint Commission. In that role, he was the president’s designee to prioritize patient safety concerns at Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations, provided oversight and medical expertise for the Office of Quality and Patient Safety, and oversaw data management and analysis related to the Sentinel Event Database. 
• His previous roles include Director of the MGH Center for Outcomes & Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS) and Director of the MGH Wound Center. Dr. Kaafarani is a recognized authority and speaker with more than 450 published peer-reviewed manuscripts and textbook chapters with a focus on surgical patient safety from intake to discharge, benchmarking quality care, peer support, and the use of artificial intelligence for risk modeling and predicting outcomes. He has won numerous awards, including a nomination to the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the 2024 Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership National Award. Dr. Kaafarani received his Master of Public Health from Harvard University and his doctorate from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He holds certifications in surgery and surgical critical care from the American Board of Surgery.