THE LEBANESE AMERICAN FOUNDATION
HOUSE OF LEBANON &
THE HOUSE OF LEBANON ARTISTS' GROUP

 Invites you to the
ART EXHIBITION

GALLERY HOURS
Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 12 - 5 pm
Sunday, October 10, 2010 from 12 - 5 pm

Open House Reception
 Saturday, October 9th from 7 - 9 pm

Children's Mosaic Workshop
Sunday, October 10th from 1 - 3 pm

ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Art & Books will be for sale throughout
the event!

2nd City Council Art Gallery
435 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA  90802
 

 

House of Lebanon
Board of Director Profile

Hanna Shammas, M.D.

Dr. Hanna Shammas is the co-founder of the Lebanese American Foundation, Inc. for the House of Lebanon, and has served the Foundation as its first President and Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Shammas is a Clinical professor of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine, USC, and the Medical Director of the M/S Surgery Center and the Shammas Eye Center, with its 4 offices in Lynwood, Downey, Whittier and La Habra. He is the author of over 100 original articles in the American and International literature, multiple chapters in medical books, and 6 textbooks related to ultrasonography of the eye and cataract surgery. He is a frequent lecturer at local, national and international medical conventions.

The love of his native Lebanon has driven Dr. Shammas to be very pro-active in the community. Besides his involvement in the House of Lebanon project, he has served as National President of the Arab American Medical Association, chairman of the Overseas Medical Convention in Lebanon, member of the Board of International  Advisors of the Balamand University, trustee of the Lebanese American University, and founding member of its University Hospital Foundation. He has received multiple awards, notably Man of the Year award (Al-Majallah Magazine), Arab American Forum Award (News Circle Publishing House), Abicenne Scholar award (National Arab American Medical Association), Lifetime scientific achievement award (American Lebanese Medical Association), Daniel Bliss Society award (American University of Beirut) and the Paul Harris Fellow award (Rotary Club). Furthermore, he was awarded the International Citizen Award by the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles and the Cedars Medal by the President of the Republic of Lebanon.

In 1976, while completing his specialization at the University of Iowa, he met and got married to the love of his life, Dr. Najwa Mirhij, who was also completing her specialization in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The civil war in Lebanon prevented the newlyweds from returning to Lebanon. They decided to move to Los Angeles, and have been living there ever since. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Rania, Maya and Lina.

House of Lebanon
Artists' Group Spotlight

Dzovig

SAVE the DATE


THE LEBANESE AMERICAN FOUNDATION
 Invites you to the
 3rd Annual
Lebanese American Foundation
Golf Classic 

Monday, January 10, 2011
 
Wilshire Country Club
301 North Rossmore Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90004

See our website at www.houseoflebanon.com
for more details