Desert Gastroenterology Associates
Meet our Founder
Dr. Joseph Fayad
Soon after completing his residency in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Fayad moved to Las Vegas and founded Desert Gastroenterology Associates in 1987. Through hard work and dedication Dr. Fayad had become the foremost authority on cutting edge treatments of digestive diseases. Through his 25 years experience, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and published many studies. The examples are a sample of the work he has done.
EDUCATION:B.S. in Chemistry and Biology; June, 1974
University of Rome, Italy
M.D. Degree, 1979 POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
University of Rome, Italy
Endocrinology Fellow, 1979-1980
Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, New York
Internal Medicine Residency, 1981-1984
The State University of New York in Buffalo
Gastroenterology Fellow, July 1984-1986
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AMERICAN BOARDS DIPLOMATE:
ECFMG – 1979
FLEX – 1982
American Board of Internal Medicine – 1988
American Board of Gastroenterology - 1989
RESEARCH:
Hypoglycemia: Functional and Organic
Immune Complex Measurements in Diabetes Mellitus
Gastrointestinal Hormones
Hepatitis C
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Clinical Assistant Instructor of Medicine, 1981-1984.
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, 1984-1986.
Assistant Clinical Professor, 1986 – present.
Adjunct Professor of Biology, UNLV, 1989 – present.
Professor of clinical medicine Touro university Henderson Nevada 2005
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Nevada School of Medicine,
1993 – present.
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical
school – volunteer faculty:2004-present
GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES EXPERTISE:
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy EGD with injection, electrocoagulation, banding ,balloon and savery dilation, stent placement, photodynamic therapy,Barrett esophagus treatment with ablation, heat and laser ablation, large mucosal resection ,PEG placement (BOARD OF REGENTS' AGENDA 06/12-13/08) Ref. F, Page 3 of 7
Endoscopic ultrasuonography ,EUS radial and linear with bx
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograhy ERCP with
sphincterotomy ,dilation, stone extraction and stent placement, regular and wallstent Colonoscopy with polypectomy dilation electrocoagulation laser ablation
stent placement Pill endoscopy
Esophageal manometry and ph including bravo
AFFILIATIATIONS:
American College of Physicians
American Gastroenterology Association
American College of Gastroenterology
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
American Medical Association
Las Vegas rotary club
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EXECUTIVE POSITIONS:
Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee, Crohn’s and Colitis
Foundation of America, Las Vegas Chapter, 1991.
President of Desert Gastroenterology Associates, Las Vegas, Nevada.
LICENSES:
New York, 1984.
Nevada, 1985.
HONORS:
Harris Knudson Award for Excellence in TeachingInternal Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada School of
Medicine for 1986 – 1987.Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 1992.Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology, 1992.Paul Harris Fellowship Award, 2002.Consumers’ Research Council of America – America’s Top
Physicians – Gastroenterology , 2003-to-2007Honored by the city of Las Vegas with the proclamation
by the Honorable Mr. Oscar B Goodman Mayor of Las Vegas
the 17 th of November 2006 Dr. Joseph Fayad Day
For accomplishments and Contribution to the community.
Honored by congressman Gibbon
Award from The Architect of The Capitol – The Flag of the United States
of America flown over the United States Capitol on October 10, 2006 in
honor of Dr. Fayad’s devoted service to the community.
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PAPERS PRESENTED:
II European Symposium on Hypoglycemia, Rome, Italy, 1979.
IV International Congress of Endocrinology, Melbourne, Australia, 1980.
III International Symposium on Gut Hormone, Cambridge, England, 1980.
PUBLICATIONS:
The Effect of Somatostatin Infusion in Functioning Islet Cell Tumors (Italian),
Ormoni Recetori e Cancro, by S. Iacobelli, Chapter 14, p. 278. SocietaEditrice, Universo Roma, 1979.
G. Tamburrano, F. Tonelli, A. Lala, M. Maceci, J. Bou Fayad and
D. Andreani, Plasma Levels of Extrapancreatic Glucagon (GLI) and
Nesidioglucagon (IRG) in Patients with Esophagoplasty, InternationalSymposium on Hypoglycemia, p. 493, Serono publi., Rome, 1980.
Delle Fave, G. Tamburrano, L. Demagistris, M. Mauceri, A. Kohn andJ. Bou Fayad, Glucagon Like Immunoreactivity (GLI) Induced by Bombesin
In Man, Regulatory Peptide Supplement, 1, 1980: 5-25.
Abstract: Gastroenterology, Vol. 78, no. 5, p. 1155, May, 1980.
Response of gastrointestinal hormones to oral and intravenous stimulation
In healthy subjects and in patients with pancreatic tumors secreting insulin
J. Bou Fayad. Experimental thesis .University of Rome ,La Sapienza,1980J. Bou Fayad, M.D., Letter to the Editor, Gastroenterology, Vol. 91, no. 4,
October, 1986.
Pennathur, A., Tran, A., Fayad, J., Sieren, G.L., Little, A.G., Erythromycin
Strengthens the Defective Lower Esophageal Sphincter in Patients with
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 167,
p. 169, 1994.
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Joseph Fayad, M.D., .Ashogh Singh PhD, Alma M. Palisoc, M.D., Induction
Therapy of Interferon alpha-2b in combination with Ribavirin as Initial
Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1:A Pilot Study. American
College of Gastroenterology October 2006 page S164 Abstract 361.
