AUBMC

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Refusing to return as a random dean overseeing routine day-to-day operations, Dr. Sayegh presented a vision of how AUH should look by the year 2020. Pleasantly surprised by AUB’s commitment to this plan, Dr. Sayegh does not seem to regret his decision to come back. “This place has already been transformed from a hospital into a medical complex … we are investing in the infrastructure and we are expanding significantly,” he said.

The six pillars of AUBMC 2020
“The AUBMC 2020 vision is simple, but ambitious,” Dr. Sayegh explained. “That is, not only do we want to be the best in the Middle East, but we also want to compete with the best medical centers in the United States; we want to be the Harvard of this region.”

Managerial style
Apart from medicine, Dr. Sayegh is a natural leader who fosters a team- oriented culture. He has learned many life lessons based on his plethora of experiences, and is eager to share them.

“Leadership is about creating future leaders.” Dr. Sayegh holds this principle dearly. He seems to be following the steps of his mentor at Harvard University. Dr. Sayegh finished his residency at Harvard in 1990, and in 1997, his mentor, a senior professor at Harvard, recommended him for a prestigious award that only a few talented academics obtain. “He went behind my back to recommend me for an endowment chair at Harvard University, to make me director of the unit where I trained,” Dr. Sayegh explained. He believes that a word from a superior at work could change someone’s day for better or for worse, and that is something to be kept in the mind of the superiors.