Hazem Hammad

Head, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Education and Training

2019: Junior Faculty Mentor Program (JUMP) workshops, University of Colorado
2017: Advanced ESD training, National Cancer Center and Keio University (Prof. Yutaka Saito and Prof. Naohisa Yahagai), Tokyo, Japan
2015 – 2016: Therapeutic Endoscopy fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver
2015: Advanced Hands-on ESD course, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2013: Advanced Endoscopic Imaging/Endoscopic Resection Hands-on Training, Palo Alto VA Hospital (Stanford University)
2010 – 2011: Chief GI fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia
2008 – 2011: Gastroenterology fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia
2005 – 2008: Internal Medicine residency, Wayne State University
2007: Clinical research, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN
2003: Trauma Surgery and Endocrinology rotations, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1998 – 2005: Medical degree, University of Jordan, School of Medicine, Amman, Jordan
2005 - 2008: Internal Medicine residency, Wayne State University
2008 - 2011: Gastroenterology fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia
2010 - 1011: Chief GI fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia
2007: Advanced ESD training, National Cancer Center and Keio University (Prof. Yutaka Saito and Prof. Naohisa Yahagai). Tokyo, Japan
2015 - 2016: Therapeutic Endoscopy fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver
2016: Advanced Hands-on ESD course, Kobe University. Kobe, Japan
2013: Advanced Endoscopic Imaging/Endoscopic Resection Hands-on Training, Palo Alto VA Hospital (Stanford University)

Board Certifications

2008: American Board of Internal Medicine. (90th percentile)
2011: American Board of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology (Top 10%)

Experience

7/2021 – Current: Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, section of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
9/2019 – Current: Associate Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, section of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
9/2016 – Current: Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. Denver, Colorado
7/2016 – 7/2021: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, section of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
9/2016 – Current: Attending Gastroenterologist, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, section of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
7/2011 – 4/2016: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
7/2011 – 6/2015: Consultant Gastroenterologist, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO
7/2011 – 6/2015: Member, Quality and Safety Committee, University of Missouri, Columbia, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1/2014 – 6/2015: Member, GI Clinical Competency Committee, University of Missouri, Columbia, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
7/2010 – 6/2011: Chief Fellow, University of Missouri – Columbia, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2017 – 2020: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE International Committee. Member
2019 – Current: Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Professional Memberships

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

Awards And Honors

Wayne State University’s “Intern of the year” for excellence in patient care and education, 2005-06
Wayne State University’s Professionalism Award for Commitment to Exceptional Humanistic Qualities, 2005-06
University of Jordan School Of Medicine Certificate of Excellence for graduates with highest academic achievements (2004)
Full scholarship was awarded by the Higher Education Council/Jordan for every year spent in medical school
Honored by medical students for Excellence in Teaching 4th year medical students (2004)
Dean’s Honor list in every year spent in medical school (1998-2004)
Member of the first place “Diagnostic Challenge team” – Michigan 2005
Elected by the fellow residents to be a member of the residents’ council at Wayne State University, 2006-07
Program Director’s award “Best score in the In-Training Examination” February 2008
Selected by the Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology to attend - as a resident representative - the conference “Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment”. Mackinac Island, MI. September 2006
Selected by the Wayne State University Internal Medicine Residency Program Operating Committee to be the “Chief Medicine Resident” – 2007.
“Chief Gastroenterology Fellow” 2010-2011
My presentation “Malnutrition secondary to non-compliance with vitamin and mineral supplements after gastric bypass surgery: What can we do about it?” was selected for ACG press release as one of the most newsworthy abstracts of 2012 ACG meeting (Las Vegas)
My abstract “Digital rectal examination versus spontaneous passage of stool for fecal occult blood testing” was selected for inclusion in the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Was invited to be a guest editor for a special edition of Gastroenterology and Research Journal
Was the first to describe the technique of “Laparoscopic and hand assisted deep enteroscopy in the management of polyps in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome” in an article in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE) journal- Jan 2014
Received an educational grant from Olympus America and Boston Scientific to organize the 4th University of Missouri Endoscopy Simulation Lab – November 2013
“Excellence in Teaching” award – Division of Gastroenterology fellows – University of Missouri. Dec 2014.
Received an invitation from the ASGE to participate in a one day workshop entitled “Optimizing Quality of Endoscopy in IBD”. This event was designed to bring key opinion leaders from throughout the United States together to discuss quality endoscopy in IBD, March 2015.
My paper “Endoscopic assessment and management of early esophageal adenocarcinoma” was featured at Global Medical Discovery Series as a Key scientific article contributing to excellence in biomedical research. Jan 2015.
Recipient of the 2017 Cook Medical Don Wilson ASGE award.
Received VideoGIE grant to publish my manuscript titleld: “Endoscopic suturing for ESD defects”. April 2019.
Selected as the ASGE representative to the Japanese Gastroenterology Endoscopy Society (JGES) Congress. May 2019.
Editor list’s for VideoGIE for the “Endoscopic suturing for ESD defects” paper. July 2019.
Awarded the designation of fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE), Nov 2021.

Publications

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Academic Rank

Associate Member

Contact Information

Email Address: hh.15752@khcc.jo
Phone Number: 0096265300460