Family, friends, and colleagues gathered on October 31 to celebrate the naming of the Professor Jaber Sawaya Lecture Hall in the Saab Medical Library. They also came to honor Dr. Sawaya for his 40 years of dedicated service to the AUB Medical Center - and for the many patients that he has cared for over the years.
It was one of those patients, who wished to remain anonymous, who made the gift to name the lecture hall in appreciation for the meticulous care and dedicated professional attention that he received from Dr. Sawaya. In his remarks, Dr. Fuad Ziyadeh, professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, lauded Dr. Sawaya for having set a “very high standard” for his colleagues.
VP and Medical Dean Mohamed Sayegh shared his memories of the first time he met Dr. Sawaya when he was a medical student at AUB. He thanked him and his family, and the anonymous donor, for their support for the AUB Medical Center. Sawaya too thanked the donor. He also called on “all of us who have made a career at AUB” to do what they can to support the University to ensure the success of the “revolution in administration, revolution in teaching and research, and very visible revolution in construction” taking place at AUBMC, as part of the AUBMC 2020 Vision.