Dr. Fadi Maalouf is the Chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry, and an Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut.

Dr. Maalouf also holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist who is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with more than 15 years of clinical experience working with children and families.

Dr. Maalouf’s research interest is in the areas of epidemiology of childhood psychiatric disorders and specifically emotional disorders and in school-based youth mental health interventions that aim at bridging the treatment gap in this population. Dr. Maalouf has received several grants and awards from prestigious organizations such as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention and the Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery. He is also an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.