Dr. Salah Ghandour is a Medical Doctor and PhD in Physiology and serves as a Full-Time Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Campus. He earned his MD and PhD in Physiology from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye, where his doctoral research focused on the effects of acute and chronic stress on intestinal hemodynamics and inflammatory responses.

With extensive experience in medical and health sciences education, Dr. Ghandour teaches across Nursing, Medical Laboratory Technology, and Nutrition and Dietetics. His teaching and academic responsibilities include Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology, Adult Health Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, scientific research, Interprofessional Education, and supervision of senior student projects.

His professional background also includes healthcare management, quality improvement, primary healthcare accreditation, and public health. Before joining Beirut Arab University as a full-time faculty member, he held academic positions at Lebanese University and Jinan University and served as Health Division Manager at the Azm & Saade Association in Tripoli.

His research and professional interests include physiology and pathophysiology, stress and exercise physiology, public health education, disaster preparedness and management, healthcare quality, health sciences education, and artificial intelligence in healthcare and education. He has published and presented research in these areas and regularly contributes to scientific conferences, professional training, and community health initiatives.

Dr. Ghandour's academic approach is interdisciplinary, bringing together biomedical sciences, health professions education, public health, healthcare quality, disaster preparedness, and emerging technologies to promote evidence-based education, research, and improved community health.

At BAU, I teach in the faculty of health sciences the following courses:

• Physiology & Anatomy for Nurses - NURS215 (3cr)
• Anatomy for MLT & Nut - HESC201 (1cr)
• Pathophysiology - PATH203 (3cr)
• Histopathology - MELS403 (3cr)
• Nursing Fundamentals and Professional Ethics theory - NURS207 (3cr)
• Adult Health Nursing I: Theory - NURS216 (3cr)
• Adult Health Nursing II: Theory - NURS307 (3cr)
• Adult Health Nursing III: Theory - NURS310 (3cr)
• Critical Care Nursing Theory - NURS319 (3cr)
• Fundamentals of Oncology - NURS330 (2cr)
• Research and Evidence Based Practice - HESC302 (2cr)
• Independent Project - NURS416 (2cr)
• IPEH512 coordinator (1cr)
• introduction to Public Health - HESC003 (2cr)

• Public health
• Health education & leadership
• Emergency & Disaster preparedness plan
• Stress, exercise & human body

• Yamak Ch, Ghandour S. The Importance Of Health Education To Counteract The Nutritive Health Misinformation Disseminated Online: An Analytical Interventional Study. XII INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Eastern Mediterranean Regional Scientific Meeting FEBRUARY 2019 Beirut – Lebanon (Poster)
• El Huseyin O, Ghandour S. Impact Of Smartphone Addiction On Academic Performance And Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents In Tripoli, Lebanon. XII INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Eastern Mediterranean Regional Scientific Meeting FEBRUARY 2019 Beirut – Lebanon (Poster)
• Salman S, Ghandour S. Assessment And Promotion Of Knowledge About Prenatal Folic Acid Importance In Rural Areas Of Mount Lebanon: A Village-Based Intervention. XII INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Eastern Mediterranean Regional Scientific Meeting FEBRUARY 2019 Beirut – Lebanon (Oral presentation)
• Gunal O, Ghandour S, Deniz Melike, Aslan A. Intestinal blood flow alterations in postoperative intraabdominal adhesion formation and the role of Endothelin-1 blockade. Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery: TJTES 12(2):101-6.
• Ghandour S, Çetinel S, Kurtel H. The Effect of Chronic Stress on the Hemodynamics of the Small Intestine: Role of Endothelin Receptor Antagonists. xxxv International Congress of Physiological Sciences; March 31 - April 5, 2005 At: San Diego - California – USA (Poster)
• Ghandour S. Yegen B, Kurtel H. Effects Of Acute Exhausting Exercise And Acute Psychological Stress On The Hemodynamics Of The Rat Small Intestine: Role Of Endothelin-A (Et-A) And Endothelin-B (Et-B) Receptors. Integrative Biology of Exercise – American Physiological Society – October 2004. Austin Tx – USA (Poster)
• Ghandour S, Çetinel S, Kurtel H. Endothelin-3 Induced Mesenteric Vasoconstriction And Pmn Infiltration In The Rat Small Intestine: Role Of Endothelin Receptors. Regulatory Peptides 119: 125-31, 2004.
• Oktar B K, Gülpinar M.A, Bozkurt A, Ghandour S, Çetinel S, Moini H, Yeğen B.Ç, Bilsel S, Granger D.N, Kurtel H. Endothelin Receptor Blockers Reduce I/R-Induced Intestinal Mucosal Injury: Role Of Blood Flow. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrintest. Liver Physiol 282: G647 – G655, 2002.
• Bozkurt A, Ghandour S, Okboy N, Öner S, Arbak S, Coskun T, Yeğen B.Ç. Inflammatory Response To Cold Injury In Remote Organs Is Reduced By Corticotropin- Releasing Factor.Regulatory Peptides, 99: 131 – 139, 2001.
• Ayhan Ç, Ghandour S, Akin L, Karadağ A, Yeğen B.Ç. The Influence Of Altered Thyroid State On Gastrointestinal Motility In Rats. Marmara Medical Journal, 13 (2): 64 – 69, 2000, (2000-2001; Best Article Award)
• Kurtel H, Ghandour S. Endothelins And Inflammation: The Gastrointestinal System. Pathophysiology, 6: 77 – 89, 1999.