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Hashem Al-Sarraj

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  • Страна местожительства: United States
  • Пол: Male
  • Born in: 1966
  • key_age: 58
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Hashem Al-Sarraj (born in 1966 in Libya), an American physician and medical researcher of Palestinian origin, is best known for his research in liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatitis C, and has more than 20 research publications in peer-reviewed journals.

about him

Al-Sarraj was born in 1966 in Libya to Palestinian parents from the Gaza Strip. He graduated in medicine from the Arab Medical University in Benghazi, Libya in 1991, then moved to the United States, where he worked in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine Hospital (1993-1995), and obtained a gastroenterology fellowship in clinical gastroenterology in University of New Mexico (1995-1997), and a master's degree in public health from the same university in 1998. From 2007 to 2016 he worked as director of the Texas Medical Center for Gastroenterology, in Houston, and from 2012 to 2017 he served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Diseases Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatolog, and today holds the chair in the Department of Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

His research on the rising incidence of liver cancer in the United States, published in 1999, has received over 2,000 citations, and he has authored more than 300 scientific papers on the subject. Dr. El-Sarraj has also become a leading expert in chronic liver disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. His research also focuses on the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of several gastrointestinal disorders, including Barrett's esophagus, esophageal adenocarcinoma, and hepatitis C. He has received more than 60 funded research grants, including grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Institute for Cancer Prevention and Research. State of Texas, the Department of Veterans Affairs and professional associations.

Достижения и награды

Awards and honors

He won awards including:

  • 2019 - “The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds” in Clinical Medicine by Thomson Reuters
  • 2016 - Michael E. DeBakey Award for Research Excellence
  • 2016 - The prestigious Local Branch Award in Naama
  • 2016 - Ben Qurra Prize
  • 2011 - Blue Faery Award for Excellence in Liver Cancer Research
  • 2005 - Master's Award from the American Gastroenterology Association in Clinical Research
  • 2003 - Young Clinical Investigator Award from the American Gastroenterological Association
  • 1997 - Glaxo Wellcome Digestive Health Award for the advancement of healthcare

 

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