Professional Activities:

Present Academic Rank and Position:

06/2012 - Present	Senior Associate Consultant - Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
06/2012 - Present	Senior Associate Consultant (Joint Appointment) - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
07/2013 – Present	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Honors/ Awards:

2003	Dean's Excellency Award - Damascus University School of Medicine, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
2006 - 2007	Harry Slater Memorial Teaching Award - Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
2013	Young Faculty Clinical Investigator Award - North American Society of    Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Educational Activities:

Curriculum/Course Development

11/2012 - Present	Coordinator, Medical Student Rotations in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Medical School  Rochester, Minnesota
10/2010	Autoimmune Enteropathy Pediatric GI Board Review Course Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education Rochester, Minnesota
10/2010	Hemorrhoids   Pediatric GI Board Review Course Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education Rochester, Minnesota

Presentations Extramural:
National/International:
Invited:

10/2014	Teaching and Tomorrow Program Panel Discussion: How Should I Shop for a Fellowship: Location, Size or Paycheck? Annual meeting, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Atlanta, Georgia
02/2014	Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance Syrian American Medical Society 3rd National Medical Conference San Diego, California
10/2013	Syrian American Medical Society 3rd National Medical Conference San Diego, California Mucosal Healing in Children with Treated celiac disease (CD). Annual meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Chicago, Illinois

Poster:

2011	Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Clinical Research Conference Hollywood, Florida
12/2010	Magnetic Resonance Enterography in Pediaric IBD Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

Poster and oral presentation:

2010	Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Clinical Research Conference Hollywood, Florida Regional

Oral:

06/2012	2 years old with short stature wrongly attributed to celiac disease Pediatric Abstract Competition American Academy of Pediatrics Minnesota Chapter Annual Meeting Bloomington, Minnesota
09/2008	Bloomington, Minnesota  Hepatic Veno-occlusive Disease The Upstate Pediatric GI Meeting Skaneateles, New York