Emile Riachi
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|15|1926|11|2|mf=yes}}
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Emile Riachi (November 2, 1926{{cite web|title=Professeur Emile Riachi.|url=http://lebaneseorthop.com/docs/article09.pdf|website=Lebanese Orthopaedic Association website|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113075213/http://lebaneseorthop.com/docs/article09.pdf|archive-date=2014-11-13|url-status=dead}} – 15 June 2014{{cite news|title=Hommage à Émile Hanna Riachi|url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/872304/hommage-a-emile-hanna-riachi.html|accessdate=13 November 2014|publisher=L'Orient-Le Jour|date=18 June 2014|language=French}}) was a renowned orthopaedic surgeon in Lebanon.
Biography
Riachi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1926. He graduated from the "Faculté Francaise de Médecine" in Beirut in 1950 as MD and then moved to Chicago to specialize in Orthopaedic Surgery at Cook County Hospital with Professor Hampar Kelikian. Returning to Lebanon, Riachi founded the first service of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in the Middle-East in 1954, within Beirut's St George Hospital. He was also the founder and first President of the Lebanese Orthopaedic Association.{{Cite web |url=http://lebaneseorthop.com/pioneers.html |title=Pioneers |access-date=2013-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008071056/http://lebaneseorthop.com/pioneers.html |archive-date=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead }}
He was also an honorary member of the SOFCOT, the French Orthopaedic Association.{{cite web |title=SOFCOT, la relèveassuré |url=http://www.sofcot.fr/03-espace-grand-public/lien/journalducongres/2004LIENS@SOFCOT_N_03leger.pdf |work=11 November 2004 |publisher=sofcot.com.fr |accessdate=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721021238/http://www.sofcot.fr/03-espace-grand-public/lien/journalducongres/2004LIENS%40SOFCOT_N_03leger.pdf |archivedate=21 July 2011 }}
In 1960, Emile Riachi, founded the Lebanese Ski Federation and became its first President until 1996. Ski au Liban - histoire et evolution - Lebanese Ski Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.skileb.com/lebanese-ski-federation/histoire-ski-liban/ |title=Histoire du Ski au Liban presente par |publisher=Skileb.com |date= |accessdate=2010-12-12}} Under his leadership, Lebanon has become a destination for high level ski champions. From 1962 until 1975 when the civil war in Lebanon erupted, the famous championships known as "Semaine Internationale de Ski au Liban" attracted the best champions from alpine countries.
He was also one of the pioneers who founded Faraya Mzaar Kfardebian, Lebanon's most famous ski resort.{{cite web |author=Faraya mzaar ski Lebanon |url=http://www.skimzaar.com/faraya-mzaar/ski-resort/mzaar-evolution.asp |title=History of Faraya Mzaar ski resort Lebanon |publisher=Skimzaar.com |accessdate=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216050732/http://www.skimzaar.com/faraya-mzaar/ski-resort/mzaar-evolution.asp |archivedate=2010-12-16 }}
Representative scientific publications
- {{cite journal|first1=E. |title=An Unusual Deformity of the Medial Semilunar Cartilage |last1=Riachi |first2=A. |last2=Phares |journal=Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |volume=45-B |year=1963 |url=http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/45-B/1/146.pdf |pages=146–147 |doi=10.1302/0301-620X.45B1.146 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{cite journal |pmid=13422134 |year=1957 |last1=Kelikian |first=E J |title=Restoration of quadriceps function in neglected tear of the patellar tendon. |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=200–4 |journal=Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics}}
- {{cite journal |pmid=14133004 |year=1964 |author1=Riachi |title=Hazards and Complications of Intra-Articular Injections in the Knee |volume=21 |pages=67–70 |journal=Revue Médicale du Moyen-Orient}}
- {{cite journal |pmid=5580544 |year=1971 |author1=Riachi |title=Closed treatment of leg fractures by the 3 pin method |volume=79 |issue=24 |pages=1126–7 |journal=La Presse Médicale}}
- {{cite journal |pmid=16295323 |year=1980 |last1=Khalil |first1=G E W |title=Benign chondroblastoma. A case report and review of the literature |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=3–14 |journal=Le Journal Médical Libanais}}
Literary writings
- RIACHI, Emile (2007) Ma Vie Editions Tamyras {{ISBN|9953-0-0348-3}}
- RIACHI, Emile (2011) "L'Orthopédie à la portée de tous" Dar al Kotob
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522042704/http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auid:5701112 E. Riachi scientific publications (1)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522042714/http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auid:6359957 E. Riachi scientific publications (2)]
- [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/lebanon-faq/part2/ Emile Riachi on History of Skiing in Lebanon]
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