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libya 150px palestinian-american hashem el-serag
 hepatocellular carcinoma research hashem el-serag 2006.jpg baylor college of medicine al-arab connecticut -rrb- , university of new mexico , university of medical new mexico . university , yale university greenwich hospital -lrb- gastroenterologist , medical researcher
hashem el-serag

hashem el-serag is a palestinian-american doctor and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma -lrb- hcc -rrb- 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 -lrb- connecticut -rrb- 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 .
in 2007 , dr. el-serag was selected as a member of american society for clinical investigator -lrb- asci -rrb- .
dr. 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 also serves as leader , cancer prevention and population sciences program , dan l. duncan cancer center , and the chief of clinical epidemiology and outcomes division at michael e. debakey va medical center houston , texas .
he is funded by multiple research grants national institutes of health , va and professional societies .
dr. el-serag has more than 250 published articles .
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 .
