Rabih I. Bechara, M.D.

Board of Directors, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Spokesperson
Professor of Medicine: Georgia School of Medicine at Augusta University
Rabih Bechara, M.D. FCCP is a professor of medicine within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Augusta University and Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Bechara attended the Emory University School of Medicine for his residency and completed the school’s Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. Additionally, he completed a fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard University.
His research primarily focuses on endoscopic therapy of lung cancer and endoscopic lung volume reduction. Several of his recent peer-reviewed publications include his extensive lung and breast cancer research.
Dr. Bechara is currently a member of the American Lung Association’s Southeast Board of Directors and is chairman of the American Lung Association of Georgia and LUNG FORCE in Georgia.
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