President of the University of Aleppo from 2004 to 2010, Syrian Arab Republic. He was a member of the faculty in the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine at Gaziantep University in Turkey, and president of the Regional Conference of Presidents of Francophone Universities in the Middle East in 2007. He held a number of positions at the University of Aleppo , namely: Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs In 2002, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Administrative Affairs in 1998, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy in the same faculty in 1991, and Director of the School of Nursing in 1983. He received the “Academic Palme Medal” with the rank of Commander in 2010 from France. He obtained a degree in forensic medicine in 1973 from the University of Aleppo , and a degree in pathological anatomy in 1981 from the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in France.