Naji Abumrad

American surgeon

American University of Beirut

OccupationSurgeon, medical researcher, university teacher

Employer

Vanderbilt University (1979–)

ChildrenJad Abumrad

Awards

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014)

Websitehttps://wag.app.vanderbilt.edu/PublicPage/Faculty/Details/28348

Naji N. Abumrad (born 1944) is a Lebanese-American surgeon, currently the John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery, and formerly the Paul W. Sanger Professor from 1984 to 1992, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Abumrad graduated with a B.S. in Biology and an M.D. in Medicine at the American University of Beirut in 1971.^[1] In 2014, he was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[2]^[3]

In 2020, the singer Dolly Parton donated one million dollars towards research into a COVID-19 vaccine in honor of Abumrad – the pair having become friends after she was treated at Vanderbilt for minor injuries resulting from an October 2013 automobile accident.^[4]

He is the father of public radio host Jad Abumrad.^[5]

References

^ "Vanderbilt University School of Medicine". wag.app.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved Nov 18, 2020.
^ "Naji Abumrad". vanderbilt.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^ "Naji Abumrad". aaas.org. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^ Bella, Timothy. "Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna's vaccine. It began with a car crash and an unlikely friendship". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "People - Jad Abumrad | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.