The Health and Wellness Center is the first university wellness program in Lebanon and the region. The idea to establish the center was first initiated in 2006 as an integral part of the American University of Beirut (AUB) Wellness Program in response to the health needs and pressing issues of the AUB community.
Over the past years, the center proved its success especially since it was aligned with AUBMC’s 2020 Vision in terms of creating clinical, educational, and research centers of excellence. In 2015, the program was expanded to a Health and Wellness Center (HWC) becoming the first HWC established in an academic and medical institution in Lebanon and the region that started introducing evidence-based integrative health services.
The Health and Wellness Center is part of the Department of Family Medicine at AUBMC, and it fulfills AUBMC’s mission by delivering the highest quality of care. It provides a platform for both wellness and integrative health services under four main arms: Academic and Research, Wellness Services, Consultancy Services and AUB Wellness Program.