Honorary Consul of Lebanon
The Honorable Dr. George R. Ayoub
lebanonconsulateaz@gmail.com
About Consul Ayoub
Dr. George R. Ayoub graduated from of the University of Southern California with as a Doctor of Dental Surgery and a Master of Business Administration. He then served at USC as a clinical assistant professor. Dr. Ayoub moved to Arizona in 2005 where, over the years, he opened several dental service offices across the state.
His dentistry credentials include being aboard designee with the Arizona State board of Sedation Permits, a diplomate with International Congress of Oral Implantology, a Mastership with the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, a Mastership with the American Academy of Implant dentistry, and being a Fellow with the prestigious Mish Institute.
Dr. Ayoub was appointed Honorary Consul of Lebanon in 2018. Since then, he has been active in organizing and assisting the American Lebanese Community on many fronts: social, economic and cultural. He founded the American Lebanese Education Exchange Program (ALEEP) that includes the development of a Lebanese dialect training program for the community, as well as helping students from Lebanon get internships with local universities and established companies. He also led the ground breaking for a new American Lebanese Cultural Center in March 2019, to be open in September of 2019.
Organizations:
Member, Board of director of Caritas Lebanon USA (2014-2019)
Chairman, American Lebanese Cultural Festival (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
President and founding member, Elias K Ayoub Scholarship Society (EKASS)
Treasurer/Mastership chair, Academy of General Dentistry
President, Hammana Club of Southern California (2003-2007)
Member, American and Arizona Dental Association
Member, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
Member, American Academy of Prosthodontics Dentistry
Member, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
Awards and Recognition:
Certificate of Appreciation, Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church, Phoenix
Outstanding Leadership Award, Hammana Club of Southern California
Paul Outstanding Community Service: Doctors Out to Care, USC
Harris Fellow, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Outstanding Services, part time faculty member, USC School of Dentistry
Phoenix Magazine top dentist 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019
Consumer Research Council of America top dentist: 2009-2019