Saad Sakkal

Background

Sakkal, Saad was born on November 5, 1947 in Aleppo, Syria. Son of Mohamed Loutfy and Durie (Khatib) Sakkal. came to the United States, 1972.

Education

Printed circuit board, Damascus U., Syria, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, Damascus Medical School, Syria, 1972.

Career

Intern, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1972-1973; resident internal medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey, 1973-1974; resident internal medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1974-1975; chief resident internal medicine, Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1975-1976; fellow in endocrinology and metabolism, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, 1976-1978; assistant in medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, 1979-1980; guest worker, National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1981; medical director, Metabolic Care Center, Greenville, Pennsylvania, since 1982; acting director endocrinology and metabolism, Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital Association, 1984-1986. Assistant clinical professor medicine Northeastern Ohio U. College Medicine, Rootstown, 1984. Medical director Regional Diabetes Center, Greenville, since 1991.

President medical staff Greenville Regional Hospital, Horizon Hospital Sys., 1993-1994. Representative Managed Care Leader, Horizon Hospital Sys., since 1984. Secretary-treasurer Physicians Organisation for Mercer County, Pennsylvania, 1993-1997.

Board directors Pennsylvania Physicians Healthcare Plan, since 1994.

Achievements

• Saad Sakkal has been listed as a noteworthy Endocrinologist, geriatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Mahoning, Shenango Area Health Education Network, Youngstown, 1985-1990. President Mercer County Medical Society, 1991. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College International Physicians, American College Endocrinology.

Member The Endocrine Society, Society for Clinical Densitometry, Islamic Medical Association, Association Insulin Pump Therapists, The American college of Physician Executives, American Society of Internal Medicine, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Arab American Medical Association, Islamic Society of North America, National Osteoporosis Foundation, International Diabetes Federation, Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Connections

Married Maysa Mounla, 1981. Children: Luna, Mohammed.

Father:

Mohamed Loutfy Sakkal

Mother:

Durie (Khatib) Sakkal

Spouse:

Maysa Mounla

child:

Mohammed Sakkal

child:

Luna Sakkal