While living in New York City, Dr. Kamel graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College of Columbia University and attended Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Kamel moved to Chicago to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and was recognized as the outstanding member of his intern class with the Walter A. Rambach Award. After completing his fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Chicago, Dr. Kamel returned to Northwestern Memorial Hospital as a member of the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation where he conducted research in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and its association with laryngeal symptoms and was an attending physician on the Gastroenterology Service.