Acting Dean, College of Medicine
Program Director – Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Professor of Physiology and Medical Education
MB BCh, PhD (Physiol), FAcadMEd, PhD (Med Educ)
Prof. Kassab is a Professor of Physiology and Medical Education, and Acting Dean at the College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University. He is also a Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt. He has held several positions in academic administration such as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CMED, Qatar University (2017 to 2020), Chairman of the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University (2013-2016), and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Chairman of Medical Education Unit at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (CMMS), Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain (2005 – 2009 and from 2010-2013). He worked also as a Professor of Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)-Medical University of Bahrain (2009-2010).
After receiving his medical degree in Egypt, he obtained a master’s degree in medical Physiology in 1989 and then enrolled in a joint PhD program between the University of Mississippi (USA) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Prof. Kassab conducted his PhD thesis research at the Department of Physiology – University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA (1992 to 1994) and obtained the PhD degree in Medical Physiology from Suez Canal University (1995). Following his PhD, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow and then an instructor at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Centre – USA (1996 – 1998).
Prof. Kassab holds a PhD degree in Health Professions Education from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators. He is currently on the Executive Committee Board of the Association of Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR), the regional body of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Prof. Kassab served also as a WHO consultant in Medical Education and accreditation in the EMRO region. He is also a member of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of several journals in medical education such as BMC Medical Education, Health Professions Education Journal, and Advances in Medical Education & Practice. He conducted several workshops on different areas of Medical Education in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Tunisia, and Jordan. He published over seventy five articles in international peer-reviewed Journals in Medical Physiology and Medical Education.