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Amer El Sayed, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Education

  • MD, Universite Paris Nord Medical School-Leonard De Vinci, Bobigny, France
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Fellow, Gastroenterology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Bei, Lebanon

Research Interests

  • Clinical validation of an optimized multi-target stool DNA (mt-sDNA2.0)test for colorectal cancer screening "BLUE-C". Co-investigator.
  • Evaluation of the ctDNA LUNAR test in an average patient screening episode (ECLIPSE). Co-investigator.

Selected Publications

  • Yazan Hasan, Asad Ali, Amer El Sayed, Avraham Levin, Henning Gerke, Hye Yeon Jhun, Mohamad Mokadem, Rami El-Abiad, Randhir Jesudoss, Steven Polyak, Nadav Sahar. Direct endoscopic placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies with jejunal extension tubes (PEG-J) using ultra-thin endoscopes-long term outcomes from a U.S tertiary referral center. Surgical Endoscopy, June 2022;36(6): 4233-4238. PMID: 34642797. DOI: 10.1007/s00464-021-08757-8.
  • Soweid, A. M., Kobeissy, A. A., Jamali, F. R., El-Tarchichi, M., Skoury, A., Abdul-Baki, H., El-Zahabi, L., El-Sayed, A., Barada, K. A., Sharara, A. I., Mourad, F. & Arabi, A. (2010). A randomized single-blind trial of standard diet versus fiber-free diet with polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for colonoscopy preparation. Endoscopy 42 (8) 633-8. PMID: 20623443.
  • El Sayed, A. M., Kanafani, Z. A., Mourad, F. H., Soweid, A. M., Barada, K. A., Adorian, C. S., Nasreddine, W. A. & Sharara, A. I. (2003). A randomized single-blind trial of whole versus split-dose polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution for colonoscopy preparation. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 58 (1) 36-40. PMID: 12838218.
  • Soweid, A. M. & El Sayed, A. (2002). Predictive value of endoscopic ultrasonography for regression of gastric low grade and high grade MALT lymphomas after eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 55 (3) 449-50; discussion 451. PMID: 11911094.
  • el-Sayed, A. M. & Sharara, A. I. (2001). Hepatitis C. Le Journal Medical Libanais. The Lebanese Medical Journal 49 (2) 71–77. PMID: 11910970.
  • El Sayed, A. & Shammaa, M. (2000). Cisapride: questions and answers. Le Journal Medical Libanais. The Lebanese Medical Journal 48 (5) 338. PMID: 12489590.