Loutfi S. Aboussouan, MD, Board Certified Physician

Loutfi S. Aboussouan was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a staff physician for the Cleveland Clinic's Respiratory Institute and Neurological Institute.

He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine. His interests include general pulmonary medicine, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, neuromuscular diseases, sleep medicine, long-term ventilator care, and teaching. He directs the pulmonary curriculum for the second-year class of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine. He has several publications in the fields of pulmonary and sleep medicine and is a reviewer for several scientific journals.

Aboussouan received College Teaching Awards at Detroit's Wayne State University in 1999 and 2003 and is peer-elected for listing in the Best Doctors in America.

Why I Care

"It makes me happy to combine my career with my interests, and help people at the same time. My hobby is playing classical piano. I've always been active in the Doctor-Patient Music Connection at the Arts and Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Doctors and patients play a series of concerts with the help of local professional musicians and internationally renowned artists. The aim is to improve medical care, by raising the level of the patient-doctor relationship and by getting the therapeutic benefit of musical performances."

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