Before joining SSMC, Dr. Riachi was Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Lebanon and Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at the LAU Gilbert and Rosemary Chagoury School of Medicine.
His areas of expertise include epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, headache and cognition. He had a busy outpatient practice with over 24,000 patients, yet he remained involved in teaching, developed the laboratories of neurophysiology, and was the coordinator of the Neurosciences Module for LAU Med II students. He designed a 4-week Neurology Clerkship for Med III students at LAU Medical Center, created the residency training programs in Neurology at the LAU, and was previously the co-director of the Lebanese University Neurology Residency Program. He is actively involved in teaching, assessing and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows. As Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, he worked on establishing the procedures and policies for research and helped streamline the process of good conduct of research at the LAU Medical Center.
Dr. Riachi secured several donations and grants to conduct his research work which is now focused on neurostimulation and investigating diabetic peripheral neuropathy. He has been involved in several clinical studies and has given more than 300 lectures locally, regionally and internationally. Furthermore, he is an editorial board member of several leading journals and the author of many peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.