Dr. Rizk attended Notre Dame de Jamhour until 1970 and graduated from the Lycée Français de Beyrouth in 1973. He obtained his doctorate in Medicine in 1982 from Brussels Free University in Belgium.
He then went to New York where he completed his residency training in Pathology at St.Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center and a Fellowship in Pathology and Immuno-hematopathology at NYU Medical center in New York city. He holds the American Board of Pathology. He is a Senior Attending staff at Cabrini Medical Center in New York.
He is married to Nada Rasamny and they have 2 children: Rhea (1995) and Alex (1998).