In 1919, he was nominated physician in charge of the Mental Disease Hospital at Asfuriyeh. When the U.S. King-Crane Commission (created by President Woodrow Wilson to poll public opinion in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine) arrived in Beirut, he became its physician and interpreter. He was awarded a Rockefeller fellowship to go to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Columbia University from 1921 to 1922 where he specialized in surgery and urology.
He was selected as the chief medical officer at the Asfuriyeh Mental Disease Hospital in 1919. When the U.S. King-Crane Commission visited Beirut, he took on a dual role as the commission's physician and interpreter. He was awarded a Rockefeller scholarship to study at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Columbia University from 1921 to 1922, where he focused on surgical and urological expertise.