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Hala Abi-Rached, MD is a consultant dermatologist at CMC Dubai.
She received her medical degree and training in dermatology at Saint Joseph University (USJ) in Lebanon. She continued her training in both adult and pediatric dermatology at Tenon Hospital and Necker Hospital in Paris. Moreover, she holds a diploma in Dermatological Lasers and Esthetic Dermatology from Lille University, France.
She started her career in 2008 at Saint-George Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut as a full time dermatologist and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Balamand.
She was appointed Acting chief of the Division of Dermatology in 2009 and Program Director in 2018 and holds the position of Chief of the Division of Dermatology since october 2019. She was also named Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Balamand in 2013.
She has organized and chaired the First Seminar of Pediatric Dermatology in Lebanon and in the Middle East in 2010 where seven international speakers were invited.
In November 2014, she organized and presided an international seminar in Beirut for Genetic Skin Diseases “Together against Genodermatoses” that hosted 6 international speakers. Moreover, she has largely contributed to the development of pediatric dermatology in Lebanon as a subspecialized clinician, as a teacher and as a speaker. She’s also an active member of the Lebanese Society of Dermatology since 2005.
On an International level, she has been invited as an international speaker in several international meetings of which the “28ième Congres des Dermatologistes Francophones”, the 13th European Society for Pediatric Dermatology Congress and the 9th Franco-Maghrebin Congress of Pediatric Dermatology. She has also participated in several international workshops, courses, and masterclasses in the field of surgery (JDP), dermoscopy (JDP, EADV), and esthetic dermatology / injection techniques (AMWC, AMEC, IMCAS, Allergan Educational Programme). Moreover, she was elected to become a member of the Genodermatoses Network Scientific Committee (France) in 2015 and was nominated to become a member of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology in 2018 (USA).
Up to the present, she has co-authored in peer-reviewed journals 26 articles and contributed to the writing of 1 book chapter in the “Epstein’s Inborn Errors of Development” Oxford Edition 2016 and wrote as a solo author another chapter in the “Thérapeutique Dermatologique online, Louis Dubertret 2017 ». Ongoing is a third book chapter in the « Thérapeutique Dermatologique, Louis Dubertret ». Her H-index according to the Web of Science is 13.
1 - Mégarbané H, Tomb R, Makhoul E, Halaby E. [Dermatitis Artefacta. Report Of Seven Cases]. J Med Liban. 2003;51(1):9-14. 2004
2 - Hala Mégarbané, Cynthia Zablit, Naji Waked, Gérard Lefranc, Roland Tomb, André Mégarbané. Ichthyosis Follicularis, Alopecia, And Photophobia (Ifap) Syndrome: Report Of A New Family With Additional Features And Review. Am J Med Genet 2004; 124a(3): 323-327.
3 – Mégarbané H, Tomb R, Klein-Tomb L, Mégarbané A.[Congenital Exfoliative Erythroderma]. Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2004; 131(2):211-212.
4 - Mégarbané A, Daou L, Mégarbané H, Cave H, Chouery E, Verloes A. New Autosomal Recessive Syndrome With Short Stature And Facio-Auriculo-Thoracic Malformations. Am J Med Genet 2004; 128a(4): 414-7.
5 - Mégarbané H, Haddad M, Delague V, Renoux J, Boehm N, Mégarbané A. Further Delineation Of The Odonto-Onycho-Dermal Dysplasia Syndrome. Am J Med Genet 2004; 129a(2):193-7
6 - Ged C, Mégarbané H, Chouery E, Lalanne M, Mégarbané A, Verneuil Hd H Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria: Report Of A Novel Mutation With Absence Of Clinical Manifestations In A Homozygous Mutant Sibling. J Invest Dermatol. 2004; 123(3):589-91
7 - Traboulsi E, Waked N, Mégarbané H, Mégarbané A. Ocular Findings In Ichthyosis Follicularis-Alopecia-Photophobia (Ifap) Syndrome. Ophthalmic Genet. 2004;25(2):153-6
8 - Hala Mégarbané, Nelly Boehm, Eliane Chouery, RafaëLle Bernard, Nabiha Salem, Eugénie Halaby, Nicolas Lévy, André Mégarbané. X-Linked Reticulate Pigmentary Layer. Report Of A New Family And Demonstration Of A Skewed X-Inactivation. Genetic Counselling 2005; 16(1):85-89
9 - Hala Mégarbané, Roland Tomb, Edouard Makhoul. [Plaque-Type Scleroderma Associated With Linear And Oesophageal Features And Facial And Extra Facial Hemiatrophy]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007 ; 134 (1) : 68-71
10 - Lynn Adaimy, Eliane Chouery, Hala Mégarbané, Salmane Mroueh, Philippe De Mazancourt, André Mégarbané. A Mutation In Wnt10a Is Associated With An Autosomal Recessive Ectodermal Dysplasia: The Odonto-Onycho-Dermal Dysplasia. Am J Hum Genet; 2007 81(4):821-828
11- Stephanie Claus, Judith Fischer, Hala Mégarbané, Andre Megarbane, Florence Jobard, Romain Debret,Simone Peyro, Safa Saker, Martine Devillers, Pascal Sommer And Odile Damour. A P.C217r Mutation In Fibulin-5 From Cutis Laxa Patients Is Associated With Incomplete Extracellular Matrix Formation In A Skin Equivalent Model. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology; 2008; 128(6):1442-50
12- Hala Mégarbané, Celine Cluzeau, Christine Bodemer, Sylvie Frai ̈Tag, Myrna Chababi-Atallah, Andre Megarbane And Asma Smahi. Unusual Presentation Of A Severe Autosomal Recessive Anhydrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia With A Novel Mutation In The Edar Gene. American Journal Of Medical Genetics; 2008; 146a:2657
13- Hala Mégarbané, Stéphane Barete, Kiarash Khosrotehrani, Hassan Izzedine Philippe Moguelet, Olivier Chosidow, Camille Frances, Selim Aractingi Two Observations Raising Questions About Risk Factors Of Cutaneous Necrosis Induced By Terlipressin (Glypressin). Dermatology; ;218(4):334-7
14- Mégarbané H, Florence J, Oliver Sass J, Schwonbeck S, Foglio M, De Cid R, Cure S, Saker S, Mégarbané A, Fischer J. An Autosomal-Recessive Form Of Cutis Laxa Is Due To Homozygous Elastin Mutations, And The Phenotype May Be Modified By A Heterozygous Fibulin 5 Polymorphism. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Jul;129(7):1650-5.
15- Mégarbané H, Mégarbané A. Ichthyosis Follicularis, Alopecia, And Photophobia (Ifap) Syndrome. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2011 May 21;6:29
16- Mégarbané H, Doz F, Manach Y, Fletcher C, Jaubert F, De Prost Y, Hamel-Teillac D. Neonatal Rhabdomyosarcoma Misdiagnosed As A Congenital Hemangioma Pediatr Dermatol. 2011;28(3):299-301.
17- Gannagé-Yared Mh, Klammt J, Chouery E, Corbani S, Mégarbané H, Abou Ghoch J, Choucair N, PfäFfle R, Mégarbané A. Homozygous Mutation Of The Igf1 Receptor Gene In A Patient With Severe Pre- And Postnatal Growth Failure And Congenital Malformations. Eur J Endocrinol. 2012 Dec 10;168(1):K1-7
18- Maalouf D, Mégarbané H, Chouery E, Nasr J, Badens C, Lacoste C, Grzeschik Kh, Mégarbané A. A Novel Mutation In The Porcn Gene Underlying A Case Of Almost Unilateral Focal Dermal Hypoplasia. Arch Dermatol. 2012 Jan;148(1):85-8.
19- Chouery E, Guissart C, Mégarbané H, Aral B, Nassif C, Thauvin-Robinet C, Faivre
L, Mégarbané A. Craniosynostosis, Anal Anomalies, And Porokeratosis (Cdags Syndrome): Case Report And Literature Review. Eur J Med Genet. 2013; 56(12):674
20- Bornholdt D, Atkinson Tp, Bouadjar B, Catteau B, Cox H, De Silva D, Fischer J, Gunasekera Cn, Hadj-Rabia S, Happle R, Holder-Espinasse M, Kaminski E, KöNig A, Mégarbané A, Mégarbané H, Neidel U, Oeffner F, Oji V, Theos A, Traupe H, Vahlquist A, Van Bon Bw, Virtanen M, Grzeschik Kh. Genotype-Phenotype Correlationsemerging From The Identification Of Missense Mutations In Mbtps2. Hum Mutat. 2013 Apr;34(4):587-94.
21- J. El-Kehdy, J. Nasr, C. Bitar, C. El-Habr, H. Abi-Rached Mégarbané, R. Sammour, A. Ammoury. Don’t Miss This Blue Toe: Hair Tourniquet Syndrome. Journal Of The European Academy Of Dermatology And Venereology Feb,2014.
22- J. Nasr, A. Ammoury, C. Choueiry, H.Mégarbané, C. El Haber. Drug-Induced Linear Iga Bullous Dermatosis Simulating Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. J Med Liban 2014.
23 - Constantin El Habr, Hala Mégarbané. Temporary Henna Tattoos And Hypertrichosis: A Case Report And Review Of The Literature. Journal Of Dermatological Case Reports. 2015;30:36-38
24- Nair P, Sabbagh S, Mansour H, Fawaz A, Hmaimess G, Noun P, Dagher R, Megarbane H, Hana S, Alame S Lamaa M, Hasbini D, Farah R, Rajab M, Stora S, El-Tourjuman O, Abou Jaoude P, Chalouhi G, Sayad R Gillart Ac, Al-Ali M Delague V, El-Hayek S, Mégarbané A. Contribution Of Next Generation Sequencing In Pediatric Practice In Lebanon. A Study On 213 Cases. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2018 Oct 7.
25- Julien Bachour, Pierre Khonayser, Constantin El-Haber, Fatima Ghandour, Samer Ghosn, Hala Mégarbané. Two Cases Of Pediatric Keratosis Lichenoides Chronica With Review Of The Clinical And Histopathological Features Of Pediatric Versus Adult Presentation And Treatment With Acitretin. Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Dermatology, Nov 2018.
26- Antoine Salloum, Julien Bachour, Fatme Ghandour, Hala Megarbane. A Case Of Pseudoepitheliomatous Keratotic And Micaceous Balanitis And Systematic Review. Australasian Journal Of Dermatology, 2020-1373.
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