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El-Serag is a Palestinian-American physician and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus . El-Serag was born in 1966 in Libya to Palestinian parents from the Gaza Strip . He received his M.D. from Al-Arab Medical University in Benghazi , Libya . He then moved to the United States , where he performed his residency in internal medicine at Yale University Greenwich Hospital (Connecticut) and received a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , before earning his Master of Public Health from the University of New Mexico . Most of the research on Hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States can be attributed to El-Serag, who has published over 350 scholarly papers on the subject. El-Serag was selected as a member of American Society for Clinical Investigator (ASCI) and as a member of American Association of Physicians (AAP). El-Serag has also become a leading expert on chronic liver disease , and gastroesophageal reflux disease . He was the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2007-2016) at Baylor College of Medicine .1In 2017, he was selected to serve as the Margaret M. and Albert B.2He is funded by multiple research grants such as the National Institutes of Health , the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the VA and professional societies. In 2014, he became the Director of the Texas Medical Digestive Disease Center, funded by P-30 NIH Grant and one of only 6 successful centers in the United States. Several of his studies were published in notable journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine , Annals of Internal Medicine , Archives of Internal Medicine , Gastroenterology , Hepatology , and GUT . The seminal work on HCC, published in the New England Journal of Medicine , Rising Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States, has been cited approximately 3000 times He has a H. index of 113. In addition, he was the Associate Editor of Gastroenterology , the leading specialty journal and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2012-2017). He was elected as incoming President of the American Gastroenterology Association (2018), the leading professional society for gastroenterologists.3
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Hashem El-Serag is a Palestinian-American doctor and medical researcher best-known for his groundbreaking research in Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus . El-Serag was born in 1966 in Libya to Palestinian parents from the Gaza Strip . He received his M.D. from Al-Arab Medical University in Benghazi , Libya . He then moved to the United States , where he performed his residence in internal medicine at Yale University Greenwich Hospital (Connecticut) and received a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , before earning his Master of Public Health from the National Autonomous University of Mexico . Nearly all of the research on Hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States can be attributed to El-Serag, who has published over 120 scholarly papers on the subject, and received the GlaxoWellcome Digestive Health Foundation Award for Health Care Advancement in 1997, the American Gastroenterological Association 's Young Clinical Investigator Award in 2003, and the American Gastroenterological Association 's Masters Award in Clinical Research in 2005 for his work. El-Serag has also become a leading expert on chronic liver disease , gastroesophageal reflux disease and genetic epidemiology . He is currently Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine , and the Chief of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Division at Houston VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas . In addition, he is the Assistant Editor of the medical journal Gastroenterology .
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Hashem El-Serag is a Palestinian-American doctor and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus . El-Serag was born in 1966 in Libya to Palestinian parents from the Gaza Strip . He received his M.D. from Al-Arab Medical University in Benghazi , Libya . He then moved to the United States , where he performed his residency in internal medicine at Yale University Greenwich Hospital (Connecticut) and received a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , before earning his Master of Public Health from the University of New Mexico . Most of the research on Hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States can be attributed to El-Serag, who has published over 250 scholarly papers on the subject, and received the GlaxoWellcome Digestive Health Foundation Award for Health Care Advancement in 1997, the American Gastroenterological Association 's Young Clinical Investigator Award in 2003, and the American Gastroenterological Association 's Masters Award in Clinical Research in 2005 for his work. El-Serag was selected as a member of American Society for Clinical Investigator (ASCI).El-Serag has also become a leading expert on chronic liver disease , and gastroesophageal reflux disease .In 2007, he became the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine .He is funded by multiple research grants National Institutes of Health , VA and professional societies.Several of his studies were published in notable journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine , Annals of Internal Medicine , Archives of Internal Medicine , Gastroenterology , Hepatology , and GUT .The seminal work on HCC, published in the New England Journal of Medicine , Rising Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States, has been cited approximately 2250 times.In addition, he was the Associate Editor of Gastroenterology , the leading specialty journal and in 2012, Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology .
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El-Serag is a Palestinian-American physician and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus . He serves as the Margaret M. and Albert B.Alkek Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the Director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center.El-Serag previously served as president of the American Gastroenterological Association and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology .
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El-Serag ( Arabic : هاشم السراج ) is a Palestinian-American physician and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus . He serves as the Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the co-director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center. El-Serag previously served as president of the American Gastroenterological Association and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology . Baylor College of Medicine .
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palestinian-american doctor and medical researcher best-known for his groundbreaking research in hepatocellular
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palestinian-american physician and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer
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