Dr. Alaa Bou Ghannam is a full-time faculty at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and a visiting specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City. He is specialized in in paediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus, and neuro-ophthalmology.

He holds a bachelor in science (2007) with high distinction and a medical degree (2011) from the American University of Beirut. He finished his ophthalmology residency at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in 2015 before pursuing a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus from Children's National Health System and George Washington Hospital in Washington DC in 2016. He also finished another fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology from The University of Colorado in 2017.