Speaker

Hashem B El-Serag, MD, MPH

Baylor College of Medicine
Hashem B El-Serag, MD, MPH

Biography

Dr. El-Serag is the Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Vice President for Learning Health System at Baylor College of Medicine.Dr. El-Serag's research focuses on the clinical epidemiology of several digestive disorders, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. He has obtained close to 100 funded research grants including current funding from NIH, VA and Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). He has coauthored >710 published papers (H-index 170) and has been named in the world's top 1% cited clinical researchers every year since 2014. His national leadership roles included past Editor-in-Chief for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and past President of American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Dr. El- Serag's has been selected into both the American Society for Clinical Investigators (ASCI) and American Association of Physicians (AAP) and the AGA's William Beumont and Julius Friedenwald awards.