Khalil Charafeddine

Clinical Pathology

About Candidate

Clinical Pathologist and Medical Laboratory Director with over a decade of leadership experience across academic and tertiary-care healthcare institutions. Expertise spans laboratory operations, quality management, accreditation (CAP, AABB, CBAHI), and strategic laboratory development, including multisite laboratory centralization, automation, and middleware implementation. Strong clinical background in result interpretation across immunology, hematology, coagulation, microbiology, electrophoresis, therapeutic drug monitoring, and maternal screening, with extensive experience in CAP proficiency testing and method validation in compliance with CAP, AABB, and CLSI standards. MBA-trained, combining clinical excellence with operational efficiency and cost-optimization strategies. Actively engaged in medical education and research as an Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, with 26 peer-reviewed publications and formal training in Artificial Intelligence for Medical and eHealth Diagnosis and Digital Health.

Location

Education

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Bachelor of Science in Biology with emphasis on Mathematics 1999
American University of Beirut, Beirut - Lebanon
D
Doctor of Medicine Degree 2004
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
P
Post-Doc research fellow in Hematology-Oncology 2007
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
R
Residency in Clinical Pathology - Laboratory Medicine 2011
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
P
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Fellowship in Clinical Chemistry, and Quality Management 2012
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
M
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2016
American University of Beirut, Beirut - Lebanon
A
American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) Certificate 2022
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine, USA
M
Master Class Study Certificate (Intensive course) – Artificial Intelligence for Medicine & E-Health. 2023
Linnaeus University (Jointly coordinated and provided by Departments of Medicine, Health Sciences, Education, Medical Simulation (SimAv) & Machine Learning Centers (Malga) – University of Genoa – Italy
C
Certificate in Flipped Classroom methodology 2023
Lebanese University in collaboration with Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF),

Work & Experience

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Director of Laboratory March 2014 - April 2016
Keserwan Medical Center (KMC) Affiliated Hospital to AUBMC, Jounieh - Lebanon
A
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine July 2012 - December 2016
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
C
Consultant in Laboratory Medicine February 2017 - December 2017
Department of Laboratory Medicine Mar Elias Medical Center, Beirut - Lebanon
H
Head of Laboratory Department January 2018 - September 2019
Takhassusi Hospital - Branch of the Habib Medical Group (HMG), Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H
Head of Laboratory Department September 2019 - September 2021
Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center (ZHUMC), Beirut – Lebanon
C
Clinical Laboratory Pathologist July 2025 - January 2026
Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital – Aspetar Hospital, Doha - Qatar
H
Head of Laboratory Department & Clinical Pathology Residency Program Director February 2020 - Present
Lebanese University – Faculty of Medicine, Beirut – Lebanon
A
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology September 2020 - Present
Lebanese University – Faculty of Medicine, Beirut – Lebanon

Skills

Clinical Pathology
100%
Lab Leadership
100%
CAP Accreditation
100%
Method Validation
100%
Lab Automation
100%
Statistical Analysis
100%
Research & Publishing
100%
Medical Education
100%
Strategic Planning
100%
Quality Systems
100%