Emile Riachi
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Riachi 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 Kelikian.Back to Lebanon in 1954, Riachi founded the first service of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in the Middle-East, within Beirut's St George Hospital.
Emile Riachi is the founder and first President of the Lebanese Orthopaedic Association.
He is also a founding member of the SOFCOT, the French Orthopaedic Association.
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. 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 also was one of the pioneers who founded Faraya, Lebanon's most famous ski resort.
See also
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