Antoine Aoun, MD

Antoine Aoun, MD, Ph.D., currently serves as the University Physician for students at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU), where he is also an Associate Professor and the Director of the Center for Obesity Prevention, Treatment, Education, and Research (COPTER). 

He completed his specialty in Family Medicine and earned a diploma in Medical Ethics at Saint Joseph University-Hôtel-Dieu de France in Beirut. Dr. Aoun holds a Ph.D. in Nutrition from Rouen University, a diploma in Obesity Management from Pitié-Salpêtrière University, and a diploma in Malnutrition Management from René Descartes University. Additionally, he completed a Clinical Nutrition Fellowship at Rouen University Hospital and has pursued advanced medical courses at Harvard and Stanford Universities.

Dr. Aoun has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. He received the 'Best Abstract' award at the 2010 ESPEN Congress and the 2017 WONCA Europe Congress. Notably, he graduated as the valedictorian of his high school class. 

Between 2015 and 2017, Dr. Aoun chaired the blue-ribbon committee responsible for establishing a Faculty of Medicine at NDU. In 2022, he led the multidisciplinary obesity unit at Hôpital La Musse in Normandy, France. He served as the medical advisor for 'Mission de Vie' from 2006 to 2021. Throughout his career, Dr. Aoun has actively participated in numerous international congresses, practiced Family Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, and primarily taught medical students and postgraduate nutrition students. His major research interests include eating behaviors and nutritional supplementation.