Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
1720 2nd Avenue So, THT-422
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294

Board Certifications

2008, ABIM  Diplomate in Internal Medicine
2010, ABIM  Diplomate in the Subspecialty of Pulmonary Diseases
2011, ABIM  Diplomate in the Subspecialty of Critical Care Medicine

Medical School:  American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2001

Internship:  American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2001-2005

Internship/Residency:  Emory School of Medicine, 2005-2008

Fellowship:  Cleveland Clinic, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, 2008 - 2011

Fellowship:  Cleveland Clinic, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine, 2011 - 2012

Contact Information

Campus Address:

 THT 422

Academic Office location:

 LHRB 321

Office Phone:

 (205) 934-7970

Office Fax (Academic):

 (205) 975-0671

TKC Clinic Phone:

 (205) 801-7545

TKC Clinic Fax:

 (205) 802-8231

Email Address:

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Beeper #:

 3726

Office Assistant:   

Linda Roberson                              
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Ph: (205) 934-7970
Fax: (205) 975-0671

Brief Bio

Clinical Interests 

Academic & Research Interests 

Key Publications

Jaber WS, Santacruz JF, Machuzak MS, Garcha PS, Meli Y, Sahoo D, Gildea TR. Stents in Benign Airway Disease: The Cleveland Clinic Experience over one year period. Presented at The World Congress of Bronchology, 16^th Congress, Budapest, Hungary June 13 – 16, 2010

G.F. Araj, R.S. Talhouk, L.Y. Itani, W. Jaber, G.W. Jamaleddine. Comparative performance of PCR-based assay versus microscopy and culture for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Clinical Respiratory Specimens in Lebanon. INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS 2000; 4(9): 877-881.

Pratibha C. Joshi, Ashish Mehta, Wissam S. Jabber, Xian Fan, and David M. Guidot. Zinc Deficiency Mediates Alcohol-Induced Alveolar Epithelial and Macrophage Dysfunction in Rats. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. Vol. 41, pp. 207-216, 2009

Narula, Tathagat; Jaber, Wissam; Machuzak, Michael S.; Gildea, Thomas R. Acute Central Airway Obstruction: An Occupational Hazard: Aspiration of Crack Cocaine. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 19(2):126-128, April 2012.

W Jaber. Endobronchial Ultrasound TBNA in Diagnosing and Managing Bronchogenic Cysts: A Case Series. Presented at 17^th World Congress of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonary.

W Jaber, Dumon Silicone Y-stents in Nonmalignant and Malignant Central Airway Obstruction: the Cleveland Clinic experience. Presented at 17th World Congress of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonary