Email

wasseem.skef@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States

Education

MD from Weill Cornell Medicine

04/2012 - Doha, Qatar

Residency at St Elizabeth's Medical Center

06/2015 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Fellowship at University of Illinois at Chicago

06/2019 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh

06/2020 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Gastroenterology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

ACG Presidential Poster Award

10/2022

Top 10% AGA Abstracts

Digestive Disease Week (05/2018)

ACG Presidential Poster Award

10/2023

Professional Interests

• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Esophageal disorders
• Interventional endoscopy
• Barrett's esophagus
• GERD
• Achalasia
• Pancreatic cysts

Websites

Memberships

American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American Foregut Society

Languages

Arabic