Education
									  Medical School: American University of Beirut, Residency: 1984-1985 Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine at Castlebar  General Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. 1985-1986 Postgraduate  Student in the  Diploma  Course in Nephrology   and    Hypertension   at  The   Royal  Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, Hammersmith Hospital - London UK Awarded the diploma in Nephrology and Hypertension in June 1986. 1986-1987 Senior House Officer (Medical) in the Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, Jervis Street Hospital (The Charitable Infirmary), Dublin, Ireland. 1987-1989 Registrar (Medical) in the Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, Jervis Street Hospital and subsequently Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 1989-1990 Senior Registrar (Medical) in the Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, Fellowship:Research Fellow in the Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin,    Ireland