Reversing the Brain Drain in Healthcare Education in Lebanon: A Success Story

We have developed and implemented at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (from 2009 to 2018) a multi-staged approach for reversing the brain drain of Lebanese doctors and scientists from North America and Europe. To date, 178 physicians and scientists have been repatriated to Lebanon. Our plan is based on five initiatives, which could be scaled up and applied to repatriate health professionals to any other region or country.