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- Country of residence: United States
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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.
Achievements and Awards
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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