Baha M Arafah MD, FACP

Baha M. Arafah, MD, FACP, is a Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also Chief of the Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology and Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship Training at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 1976 before performing residency training in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in endocrinology at CWRU and has been a member of the faculty there since 1997.

Dr. Arafah’s areas of clinical expertise within endocrinology are HPA function and assessment, pituitary diseases, the pathophysiology of hypopituitarism, adrenal function during critical illness, and pharmacology of glucocorticoids. He is a renowned expert in the field of endocrinology and is a prolific author, with 107 peer-reviewed publications in leading medical journals, 12 invited reviews, 35 book chapters, and 110 abstracts. He has been honored as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and has been named Distinguished Physician at UH Case Medical Center and Distinguished Alumnus of American University of Beirut Medical School. Dr. Arafah is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.