PHYSICIANS

Dr Rola Al Dhaybi got trained in Pediatric Dermatology at University of Montreal at CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada from 2007 to 2010. She got specialized in the dermatological diseases of childhood, adolescence and pregnancy. She received the Residents & Fellows Clinical Teaching Award at the Canadian Dermatology Association’s 84th Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada in July 2009. She is a Member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr Al Dhaybi is among the rare dermatologists who specialized in Internal Medicine as well as Dermatology, which allows her a better understanding of medical dermatological diseases and linking them to other systemic diseases.

-Full-time Dermatologist at Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
-Professor at Faculty of Health Sciences, Lebanese University
-Clinical Fellow at CHU Sainte Justine, Montreal, Canada

-July 2007 – May 2010 (except January 2010): Fellow of Pediatric Dermatology at CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
-January 2010: Training in treatment of hyperhidrosis with Dr Antranik Benohanian, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
-October 2009: Course in laser and aesthetic skin therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
-July 2007: Dermatology Diploma, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
-July 2004: Internal Medicine Diploma, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
-April 2004: Infectious Diseases training, American University of Beirut Medical Center
-June 2001: Doctor of Medicine Diploma, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Thesis subject: Waugh syndrome (3 new cases and review of the literature)

 -Kokta V, Hung T, Al Dhaybi R, Lugassy C, Barnhill RL. High prevalence of angiotropism in congenital melanocytic nevi: an analysis of 53 cases. Am J Dermatopathol, 2013 Apr; 35(2): 180-83.
-Al Dhaybi R, Lam C, Hatami A, Powell J, McCuaig C, Kokta V. Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangiomas (hobnail hemangiomas) are vascular lymphatic manifestations: a study of 12 pediatric cases. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2012 Jan; 66(1):116-20.
- Al Dhaybi R, Agoumi M, Gagné I, McCuaig C, Powell J, Sartelet H, Kokta V. p16 expression: a marker of differentiation between childhood malignant melanomas and Spitz nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2011 Aug; 65(2):357-63.
- Al Dhaybi R, Superstein R, Milet A, Powell J, Dubois J, McCuaig C, Codère F, Hatami A, Chevrette L, Fallaha N, Hamel P, Ospina L. Treatment of periocular infantile hemangiomas with propranolol: case series of 18 children. Opthalmology, 2011 Jun; 118(6):1184-8.
-Al Dhaybi R, McCuaig C, Kokta V. A periocular nodule in a child. Clin Exp Dermatol, 2011 Jan; 36(1):105-6.
- Nantel-Battista M, Al Dhaybi R, Hatami A, Marcoux D, DesRoches A, Kokta V. Childhood linear IgA bullous disease induced by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2010: 4(3): 33-5.
- Al Dhaybi R, Powell J, McCuaig C, Kokta V. Differentiation of vascular tumors from vascular malformations by expression of Wilms Tumor 1 gene: evaluation of 126 cases. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2010 Dec; 63(6):1052-7.
- Al Dhaybi R, Agoumi M, Powell J, Dubois J, Kokta V. Lymphangiosarcoma complicating extensive congenital mixed vascular malformations. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 2010; 8(3): 175-9.
- Houle MC, Al Dhaybi R, Benohanian A. Unilateral aquagenic keratoderma treated with botulinum toxin A. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2010; 4(1):1-5. 2010 Apr 11; 4(1):1-5.
- Agoumi M, Al Dhaybi R, Powell J, Brochu P, Lapointe A, Kokta V. Rapidly growing gingival mass in an infant-quiz case. Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy. Archives of Dermatology. 2010; 146(3): 337-342.
- Al Dhaybi R, Sartelet H, Powell J, Kokta V. Expression of CD133+ cancer stem cells in childhood melanoma and its correlation with metastasis. Modern Pathology. 2010; 23 (3): 376-80.
- Halac U, Al Dhaybi R, Powell J, Bourdon-Dal Solglio D, Alvarez F. Unusual association between autoimmune hepatitis and severe pyoderma gangrenosum. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 2010; 50(2): 219-21.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R. Chikungunya associated with cutaneous ulcerations. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 2008; 33(4): 463-4.
- Ammoury A, El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Bazex J. Palmoplantar pustulosis should not be considered as a variant of psoriasis. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 2008; 22(3): 392-3.
-El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Bazex J. Lupus comedonicus. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie. 2007; 134(11): 897-8.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Chababi M. Is clear cell acanthoma linked to psoriasis? Clinical Dermatology, Retinoids and other Treatments. 2006; 22(4): 68-9.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Bazex J. Black tongue and Enterobacter cloacae. Archives of Dermatology. 2007; 143(6): 815.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Chababi M. Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: efficacy of isotretinoin? Head and Face Medicine. 2006; 2, 32.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A. Bullous presentation of Henoch Schonlein purpura in  an adult. Journal Médical Libanais. 2007; 55(1): 53-6.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Bazex J. Photoinduced papular eruption of the arms. Clinical Dermatology, Retinoids and other Treatments. 2007
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Bazex J. Contact Dermatitis to copper sulfate. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie. 2006; 133: 805-6.
-El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Chababi M, Dhaybi R, Bazex J. Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis to acetaminophen. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 2006; 20: 1338-40.
- El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Dhaybi R, Aftimos G. Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens: an unusual case triggered by trauma. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology. 2006; 20: 1143-4. . -El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Haybe RF, Dhaybi R. Onychomycosis: a mycological survey of  772 patients. Mycoses. 2006; 49: 216-9.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A. Subcutaneous nodular sarcoidosis and systemic involvement successfully treated with doxycycline. Journal Médical Libanais. 2006; 54 (1): 42-44.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, El Haddad B, Bazex J. The Syndrome of Bazex or acrokeratosis paraneoplastica. Journal Médical Libanais. 2006; 54 (1): 28-31.
- El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Dhaybi R, Bazex J. Rosaceiform eruption to pimecrolimus. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2006; 54(3): 548-50.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A, Chababi M, Bazex J. Myasthenia gravis with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 2006; 31(2):215-7.
- El Sayed F, Dhaybi R, Ammoury A. Asymptomatic digital outgrowth of the index finger. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie. 2005; 132:1015-6.
- El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Nakhle F, Dhaybi R, Marguery MC. Photoprotection in teenagers. Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine. 2006; 22(1):18-21.
- El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Dhaybi R. Treatment of fireworks tattoos with the Q-Switched ruby laser. Dermatologic Surgery. 2005; 31(6): 706-8.
- El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Dhaybi R. Management of urticaria in childhood. Retinoids 2004; 20(4): 66-8.
-El Sayed F, Ammoury A, Dhaybi R. Long-term efficacy of isotretinoin in pityriasis rubra pilaris. Retinoids 2004; 20(3): 79-80.