Basim Dubaybo
Office Address
1213 Scott Hall
Assistant
Kate Laimbeer
Office Phone
313-577 -2378
Biography
Basim Dubaybo, M.D., is vice dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development.
Dr. Dubaybo has been a member of the School of Medicine faculty since 1987. He has served in the Department of Internal Medicine, and its Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He also served from 2005 to 2010 as assistant dean for Veterans Affairs for the School of Medicine, as well as chief of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and director of Respiratory Therapy for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Allen Park. From 2005 to 2010, he was chief of staff for the John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Dr. Dubaybo received his bachelor’s degree in biology-chemistry in 1977 from the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon, and his medical degree from the same institution in 1981.
His post-graduate training includes an internship and a residency in Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut, followed by a fellowship with the Duke University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Critical Care and Respiratory Diseases. He also completed Health Care Leadership Institute training through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Dubaybo served as a member of the Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee for the Department of Internal Medicine, the Southeast Michigan Continuous Medical Education Faculty Development Committee and the School of Medicine’s Admissions Committee and Student Promotion Committee.
He is a recipient of the College Teaching Award (1999 and 2003), the Teaching Excellence Award, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine (1998), the Fellow Recognition Award, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine (1999 and 2000), the Distinguished Citizen Award from the National Arab American Journalist Association (2010) and was named the 2011 Health Professional of the Year by the National Arab American Medical Association.