Vice President, Learning Health System Initiative
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. El-Serag obtained his medical degree from Al-Arab Medical University in Libya, completed his internship and residency in internal medicine (1995) at Greenwich Hospital, Yale University, Connecticut, and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology (1997) at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he also earned a master’s degree in public health (1998). In 1999, Dr. El-Serag joined the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, where he later became Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2007-2016). In 2017, he was appointed as Chair of the Department of Medicine at BCM, and as Vice President for Learning Health System Initiative in 2023.
Dr. El-Serag’s research focuses on the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of several digestive disorders, including Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal adenocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. He has obtained more than 70 funded research grants including current funding from NIH, VA and Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
He has nearly 650 published papers (H-index 150) to his credit including those published in New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Dr. El-Serag has been named in the world’s top 1% cited clinical researchers every year between 2014 and 2023. His national leadership roles included Editor-in-Chief for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2012-2017) and President of American Gastroenterological Association (2019). Dr. El- Serag has been selected into both the American Society for Clinical Investigators (ASCI) and American Association of Physicians (AAP).
