HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE Thursday, April 07, 2005 PREFERRED MAILING ADDRESS AND CONTACT NUMBERS ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) Location or Method Address Number OFFICE 2235 Cedar Lane * Suite 301 Vienna, VA 22182 703-778-6000 (Tel)* 703-778-6005 (Fax)* 888-SCALPEL (Toll Free) NATIONAL PAGER CELLULAR 877-736-9220 703-909-4061 helariny@alagsa.com WEB PAGES http://www.alagsa.com/ HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION: June 1984 - May 1985 June 1985 - July 1986 August 1986 - May 1990 August 1991 – August 2000 Thursday, April 07, 2005 Honors Program University of New Orleans Academic Services and Office of the Registrar; AD 112 Lakefront; New Orleans, LA 70148; Phone: (504) 280-6216; Fax: (504) 280-6217 Accelerated Premedical Program (Biology) Degree: B.S. (3.9 GPA) Louisiana State University in Shreveport One University Place; Shreveport, Louisiana 71115-2399; Ms. Kathy G. Plante, Registrar & Director of Admissions & Records (318) 797-5249, 1-800-229-5957, (in Louisiana); 1318-797-5000 (outside of Louisiana) School of Medicine Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport Degree: M.D. (Top 15%) 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport, LA 71130 Tel.318-670-5000 Graduate Program Department of Biochemistry Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans Degree: Ph.D. (4.0 GPA) 1901 Perdido Street, 7th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112 LANGUAGES: English - Primary Language Arabic – Secondary Language French - Basic Knowledge Russian – Basic Knowledge PERSONAL INTERESTS Sailing, Scuba Diving, Wind Surfing, Water Skiing HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE Thursday, April 07, 2005 HUMAN SERVICE / COMMUNITY RELATED: 1997 Volunteer Surgeon with Médecins Sans Frontières, Holland - Mannar, Sri Lanka Project (Over 100 operative procedures done during 3 weeks for war-stricken refugees) 1996 Community Speaker "Cancer - Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment", Galliano, LA 1995 Louisiana Special Olympics - Volunteer doctor on-site 1994 Jefferson 5-K Classic Walk/Run - Participant 1992 American Boxing Association - Volunteer ring-side doctor on-site 1991- 1998 New Orleans Museum of Art - Contributing Member 1991- 1998 Contemporary Arts Center - Contributing Member PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: July 1990 - June 1991 July 1991 - June 1995 July 1995 - June 1996 July 1996 – July 1999 July 1996 – July 1999 October 1996 – July 1999 July 1999 – Present January 2003 – July 2003 1996 - Present 2004 – Present Internship in General Surgery Division of General Surgery Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121 Residency in General Surgery Division of General Surgery Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation Chief Resident in General Surgery Division of General Surgery Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation General Surgeon The Surgical Clinic, 17052 W. Main Street, Cut Off, LA 70345, Ph. 504-632-5191 General Surgeon Lady of the Sea General Hospital 200 West 134th Place, Cut Off, LA 70345, Ph.504-632-6401 Director of Cardio-Pulmonary Services Lady of the Sea General Hospital Galliano, LA Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery Associates, PLLC Arlington, VA Member, Bariatric Surgery Task Force, for the review and presentation of outcomes and the establishment and provision of credentialing procedures for bariatric surgery. Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA Surgeon in Private Practice Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE 2004 – Present July 1, 1999 - Present Thursday, April 07, 2005 Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, Northern Virginia Community Hospital, Arlington, VA General, Vascular, Laparoscopic, Bariatric & Trauma Surgeon Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery Associates Hospital Affiliations: Inova Fairfax Hospital 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, Virginia 22042 703-698-1110 Inova Fair Oaks Hospital 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22033 703-391-3600 Inova Alexandria Hospital 4320 Seminary Road Alexandria, Virginia 22304 703-504-3000 Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 2501 Parker's Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306 703-664-7000 Northern Virginia Community Hospital 601 South Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, Virginia 22204 703-671-1200 Virginia Hospital Center Arlington 1701 N. George Mason Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22205-3698 703-558-5000 Washington County Hospital 251 E. Antietam Street Hagerstown, MD 21740 301-790-8000 CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of General Surgery (2008) Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor (2003) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor (2000) Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider (2000) Basic Life Support Provider (2000) HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE Thursday, April 07, 2005 CERTIFICATES OF ADVANCED TRAINING Advanced Solid Organ and GastroIntestinal Laparoscopy at the University of California in San Francisco Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Procedure at the University of California in San Diego Kugel Hernia Repair, Advanced Laparoscopy Training Center, Marietta Georgia Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Holy Cross Hospital, Maryland Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York Special Interests and Expertise Oncologic Surgery Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Bariatric Surgery – Currently Dr. Elariny has performed one of the world’s largest series of Laparoscopic BPD-DS Procedures with no mortality and extremely limited morbidity. Dr. Elariny Introduced the Sleeve Gastrectomy procedure as an independent procedure and as an adjunct procedure to the field of Bariatric Surgery. Trauma Surgery Cancer Research HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE HONORS/ACTIVITIES: 1983 1984 1984 1984 1985 1984-1986 1986 1987 1992 1995 1996 1997 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2004 -Present EMPLOYMENT: 1985 (Fall Semester) 1986 (Spring Semester) 1988 (Summer) 1987 - Present 1990 - 1991 1991 - 1995 1995 - 1996 1996 - 1999 Thursday, April 07, 2005 National Honors Society Most Outstanding HS Senator Award Honors Program, University of New Orleans LSU Board of Supervisors Scholarship High School Salutatorian Dean's List (all semesters attended) LSU Board of Supervisors Medical School Scholarship Clinico-Pathologic Case Presentations Coordinator Trustee's $1000 Award (First Place) for excellence in original writing in basic science research Chief Administrative Surgery Resident British Journal of Surgery Society Most Outstanding Surgical Trainee Award Young Surgeon Representative to the American College of Surgeons for the Louisiana Chapter Affiliated Professor, The Center for the Study of Genomics in Liver Diseases, Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Technician; Dept. of Biology, LSU, Shreveport Tutor and Teacher's Assistant; Dept. Computer Science, LSU, Shreveport Clerkship, Clinical Pediatrics, AOMF, New Orleans, La. Managerial and Educational Consultant, Education Technology International, Metairie, La Intern, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation Resident, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation Administrative Chief Resident, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation Administrative Director of Cardiopulmonary Department at Lady of the Sea General Hospital HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Spring 1985 Fall 1987 March 1992 - 1996 April 1992 April 1993 - Present August 1995 - 1996 August 1995 - 1996 August 1995 - 1996 August 1995 - 1996 August 1995 - 1996 August 1995 - 1996 1996-1999 1992-1997 Thursday, April 07, 2005 General Physics: Tutoring undergraduate students in General Physics Smoking Prevention Workshop: a series of lectures and interactive discussions with local junior high school students (Shreveport), and guidance in the production of television commercials with smoking-prevention intent, directed to teenagers by teenagers. "Amino Acid Metabolism, Clinical Correlates and Surgical Options," Annual Lectures to Louisiana State University Medical Center Freshman Medical School Class as part of the Biochemistry Curriculum "DNA Metabolism, Clinical Correlation and Surgical Perspectives," Lectures to Louisiana State University Medical Center Freshman Medical School Class as part of the Biochemistry Curriculum "DNA Metabolism, Clinical Correlation, Surgical Perspectives and Gene Therapy," Lectures to Louisiana State University Medical Center Freshman Medical School Class as part of the Biochemistry Curriculum "Knot-Tying and Suturing," Lectures and Instructional Sessions to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rdyear) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service "Pre- and Post-Operative Care," Lectures to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rd-year) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service "Acute Abdomen," Lectures to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rd-year) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service "Burns," Lectures to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rd-year) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service "Fluids and Electrolytes," Lectures to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rd-year) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service "Nutritional Support," Lectures to Tulane University School of Medicine Junior (3rd-year) Medical Students rotating on General Surgery Service Supervisor: Overseeing volunteer premedical students working on molecular biology techniques in laboratory, Richard N. Freeman Research Center, New Orleans, LA Clinical Instruction of premedical & medical students in Emergency Room, Operating Room, and on Wards. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation. HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE September 2000 1999-Present July 2003 – July 2004 February 2004 – February 2005 July 2005 – July 2006 (Fellow Accepted) Thursday, April 07, 2005 “Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Clinical and Technical Considerations”, Guest Lecturer, US Surgical Sponsored, Washington, DC Surgeons Club, Dinner meeting. Clinical Instruction and Evaluation of Medical Students and Surgical Residents in Emergency Room, Operating Room, and on Wards. Inova Fairfax Hospital and Arlington Hospital; Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, and Navy Residency Programs Clinical Director, Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA Director, Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA and Northern Virginia Community Hospital Director, Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA and Northern Virginia Community Hospital CME Lectures: 1998 February 1999 April 1999 2000 2001 2001 2001 April 2002 “Topics in Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery”, Guest Lecturer: Louisiana Chapter, Surgical Technologists Association. A CME program. Osler Istitute Oral Board Review Course, Faculty Lecturer: Esophageal, Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery Osler Istitute Faculty Oral Board Examiner Dallas, TX Osler Istitute Written and Oral Board Review Course, Faculty Lecturer: Esophageal, Gastric, Breast, and Pancreatic Surgery Osler Istitute Faculty Oral Board Examiner St. Louis, MO “Bariatric Surgery”, Nurses Lecture Series, Lecturer: Inova Mount Vernon Hospital “Bariatric Surgery”, Physicians Lecture Series, Lecturer: Inova Mount Vernon Hospital “Bariatric Surgery”, Lecuturer, Regional Peri-Operative Nursing CME Course, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia “Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass”, Moderator, Ethicon Endosurgery, National Bariatric Surgery Continuing Medical Education Course, Advanced Surgical & Technology Education Center, Fairfax, Virginia “Bariatric Surgery”, Lecturer, Regional Peri-Operative Nursing CME Course, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE October 9, 2002 January 15, 2002 February 23rd, 2003 April 30, 2004 December 13, 2004 February 20, 2005 Thursday, April 07, 2005 "Surgical Treatment for the Morbidly Obese Patient", Lecturer, Inova Med-Surg Symposium "Managing Complications of Medical-Surgical Patients, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia "Surgical and Anesthetic Issues in the Treatment of the Morbidly Obese Patient", Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesia, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia “Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery”, Invited Guest Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Arab American Medical Association, Washington, DC. “Issues in Bariatric Surgery”, Panelist, American College of Surgeons, Virginia Chapter, Annual Meeting, (Panelists: Hazem Elariny, MD, Eric Demaria MD, Walter Pories MD, Bruce Schirmer MD, Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. “The Management of Hiatal Hernia and GERD in Obese Patients” Continuing Medical Education Gastroenterology Departmental Grand Rounds, Atlantic City Medical Center, Charles Broomall Conference Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey. “Giving your patient a choice in Bariatric Surgery,” The 2005 Virginia Bariatric Society Winter Meeting, Hot Springs, Virginia Research, Publications, Abstracts and Presentations: Year 1986 1987 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 Research, Publications, Abstracts and Presentations: Elariny, H. "Biofeedback in the treatment of compulsive Polydypsia"; Literature Review. Elariny, H. "Contributions of Ancient Egypt to Modern Medicine"; Historical Review. Elariny, H. "Craniofacial Flaps: A Literature Review and Case Presentation," Presented to Stanford University Department of Plastic Surgery. Elariny, H. Prakash, O. Bolton, J. (1992) "Understanding Rapid Mammary Tumor Induction in (AKR X GR)F1 Mice", Abstract, 24th annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, New York, NY (April 15-18). Elariny, H. Prakash, O. Bolton, J. (1993) "A Novel Murine Model To Study Mammary Tumorigenesis", Abstract, Annual Spring Meeting of the New Orleans Surgical Society, New Orleans, La. Elariny, H. Mizrahi, S. Hayes, D., Boudreaux, P. Hussey, J. Farr, G. (1994) "Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia of the Liver: Case Presentation and Literature Review", Transplant International; vol. 7(4): 309-13 . Elariny, H., Crockett, D., Hussey, J. (1996) "False Aneurysm of the Thyrocervical Trunk", Southern Medical Journal; vol. 89(5), pp. 519-521. HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE 1997 2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 Thursday, April 07, 2005 B. Joshi, S. Teng, H. Elariny, et al. “HIV-1 Tat Protein Protects Mammary Adenocarcinoma Cells of Tat Transgenic Mice from Apoptosis”, Abstract. Istitute of Human Virology 1997 Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD (September 15-21) Hazem A. Elariny, MD, “Examination of the Cellular and Molecular Responses in Murine Mammary Tumors: Do These Responses Explain the Reduced Latency & Early Mammary Tumorigenesis in the (AKR X GR)F1 Hybrid Mouse Line?”, A Dissertation, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. New Orleans, LA Grant G, Ong JP, Gorreta F, Del Giacco L, Elariny H, Younoszai A, Goodman Z, Christensen A,, Jamison C, Al-Timimi A, Chandhoke V, Younossi ZM. Genetic epidemiology of nonalcoholic, steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2002;36:407A., Ong JP, Elariny H, Younoszai A, Goodman Z, Grant G, Christensen A, Jamison C, Al-Timimi A,, Chandhoke V, Cooper J, Bopari N, Younossi ZM. Predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and, fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2002;36:408A., Ong JP, Youonoszai A, Elariny H, Goodman Z, Boparai N, Christensen A, Grant G, Chandhoke V,, Cooper JN, Younossi ZM. High prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in morbidly, obese patients: discordance between elevated liver enzymes and histology. Gastroenterology., 2002;122:A674., Younoszai A, Ong JP, Grant G, Del Giacco L, Gorreta F, Elariny H, Goodman Z, Christensen A, Al-Timimi A, Jamison C, Chandhoke V, Younossi ZM. Genomics of the spectrum of nonalcoholic, fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2002;36:381A. , Geraldine Grant; Janus P Ong; Francesco Gorreta; Luca Del Giacco; Hazem Elariny; Abraham Younoszai; Zachary Goodman; Alan Christensen; Curtis Jamison; Ali Al-Timimi; Vikas Chandhoke; Zobair M Younossi ; “GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS” ; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases A. Younoszai, J. Ong ,G. Grant, L. Del Gaicco, F. Gorretta, H. Elariny, et al.; “Genomics of the Spectrum of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”; Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, AFIP Washington DC and Center for the Study of Genomics in Liver Disease, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Accepted for publication, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Elariny H.A., Younoszai, A.M., “Laparoscopic Vertical Gastroplasty / Sleeve Gastrectomy: Early Results”; Poster Abstract Presented at the 2002 World Congress of the Society of American Gastro-Enterologic Surgeons (SAGES), March, 2002, New York, NY J Ong, H Elariny, Younoszai, Z Goodman, G Gram, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, J C per, N Boparai, ZM Younossi. Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, AFIP Washington DC and Center for the Study of Genomies in Liver Disease, George Mason University Fairfax, VA;“Predictors of Non alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis In Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease” Accepted for Oral Presentation, DDW 2002, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases A Younoszai, J ong, G Grant, L Del Giacco, F Gorreta, H Elariny, Z Goodman, A Christensen, A Al-Timimi, C Jamison, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. Genomics of the Spectrum of NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. American Association for Study of Liver Disease. November 2002. G Grant, J Ong, F Gorreta, L Del Giacco, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, C Jamison, A Al-Timini, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. Genetic Epidemiology of Non-Alcoholic HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 Thursday, April 07, 2005 Steatohepatitis. American Association for Study of Liver Disease. 2002. J Ong, A Younoszai, H Elariny, Z Goodman, N Boparai, A Christensen, G Grant, V Chandhoke, J Cooper, Z Younossi. High Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Morbidly Obese Patients: Discordance between Elevated Liver Enzymes and Histology. Digestive Disease Week. San Francisco, CA. May 2002. J Ong, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, G Grant, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, J Cooper, N Bopari, Z Younossi. Predictors of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis in NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. American Association for Study of Liver Disease. Boston, MA. November 2002. A Genomic Study of The Spectrum of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Zóbair M. Younossi, M.D., M.P.H., Francesco Goretta PhD , Janus P Ong M.D., Luca Del Gaicco PhD, Karen Schlauch PhD", Hazem Elariny M.D., PhD', Abraham Younoszai B.S.', Zachary Goodman M.D., PhD3, Alan Christensen Ph.D, Vikas Chandlioke PhD, Cern Grant PhD, , Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital , Center for the Study of Genomics in Liver, Diseases, George Mason University and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, Submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine. A Mehrota, Z Goodman, H Elariny, A Younoszai, N Bopari, J Assmann, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. The Utility of Immunostaining for Mallory Bodies in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). American Association for Study of Liver Disease. Boston, MA. October 2003. Born, T., Ong, J., Schlauch, K., Elariny, H., Younoszai, A., Goodman, Z., Christensen, A., Assman, J., Chandhoke, V., and Younossi, Z.M. “Insulin Resistance, Serum leptin, and Fibrosis in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFL)” Digestive Disease Week 2003, May 24-29 2003, Orlando, FL. F Gorreta, L Del Giacco, K Schlauch, A VanMeter, G Grant, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, Z Goodman, A Younoszai, H Elariny, JP Ong, Z Younossi. Gender Differences in Hepatic Gene Expression of Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). American Association for Study of Liver Disease. Boston, MA. October 2003. Graling, P., Elariny, H. “Perioperative care of the patient with morbid obesity.”, AORN J. 2003 Apr;77(4):802-5; 808-19; quiz 820-1, 823-4. Review. J Ong, K Schlauch, L del Giacco, F Goretta, G Grant, H Elaring, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, ZM Younossi. The Impact of Insulin-Resistance on the Genomics of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases (NAFL). Digestive Disease Week. Orlando, FL. May 2003. K Miller, T Born, JP Ong, A Younoszai, H Elariny, K Schlauch, Z Goodman, Z Younossi. Proteomics of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): Analysis of Protein Expression Profiles Using SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. American Association for Study of Liver Disease. Boston, MA. October 2003. K Schlauch, J Ong, L del Giacco, F Goretta, G Grant, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, ZM Younossi. The Impact of Anti-Diabetic Medications on the Gene Expressions of Diabetics with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Digestive Disease Week. Orlando, FL. May 2003. Miller, K., Born, TL, Ong, JP, Younoszai, A., Elariny, H., Schlauch, K., Chandhoke, V., Goodman, Z., and, Younossi, ZM "Proteomics Study of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): Analysis of Protein, Expression Profiles Using SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry" American HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 Thursday, April 07, 2005 Association for the Study of Liver, Diseases, October 24-28, 2003, Boston, MA T Born, J Ong, K Schlauch, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, J Assmann, V Chandhoke, ZM Younossi. Insulin Resistance, Serum Leptin and Fibrosis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFL). Digestive Disease Week. Orlando, FL. May 2003. J Ong, H Elariny, A Younoszai, R Collantes, Z Goodman, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. NonAlcoholic Steatohepatitis in Morbidly Obese Patients. Annual Scientific Meeting. North American Association for the Study of Obesity’s. Las Vegas, NV. November 2004. K Schlauch, J Ong, L Del Giacco, F Goretta, H Elariny, A Younoszai, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. Hepatic Gene Expression Profile Related to the Metabolic Syndrome. Human Genome Meeting. 2004. K Schlauch, L O’Reilly, T Born, K Miller, J Ong, H Elariny, F Gorreta, L Del Giacco, A Younoszai, G Grant, V Chandhoke, Z Goodman, Z Younossi. A Genomic and Proteomic Study of Obesity-Related Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. 2004. K Schluach, F Gorreta, T Born, H Elariny, L Del Giacco, K Ziegler, AVan Meter, J. Ong, V Chandhoke, R Collantes, Z Goodman, Z Younossi. Hepatic Gene Expression and Serum Protein Profile of Patients with Metabolic Syndrome. Association for Study of Liver Disease. Boston, MA. October 2004. S Nazarenko, A Baranova, H Elariny, K Schlauch, A Younoszai, S Gowder, T Alsheddi, F Goretta, O Court, D Reines, V Chandhoke, Z Younossi. Gene Expression Profiles Associated with Obesity. Digestive Disease Week. 2004. V Chandhoke, A Baranova, S Nazarenko, H Elariny, K Schlauch, A Younoszai, S Gowder, T Alsheddi, S Pusulury, F Goretta, J Assmann, L Martin, Z Younossi. Gene Expression Profiles in Omental Adipose Tissue of Morbidly Obese Patients. Human Genome Meeting. 2004. Z Younossi, J Ong, H Elariny, F Gorreta, L Del Giacco, K Ziegler, T Born, K Schlauch, A Van Meter, R Collantes, A Baranova, G Grant, Z Goodman, V Chandhoke. Hepatic Gene Expression and Serum Protein Profile of Patients with Obesity-Related Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). North American Association for the Study of Obesity’s Annual Scientific Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. November 2004. Ancha Baranova, Rochelle Collantes, Karen Schlauch, Hazem Elariny, Shobha Gowder, Arian Afendy, Janus Ong, Zachary Goodman, Vikas Chandhoke, Zobair Younossi. Adiponectin Gene Expression In The Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Of Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Nafld): Diabetics Vs. Non-Diabetics (Submitted). Digestive Disease Week 2005 Baranova A, R Collantes, SJ. Gowder, H Elariny, K Schlauch, A Younoszai, S King, M Randhawa, S Pusulury, T Alsheddi, JP. Ong, LM. Martin, V Chandhoke, ZM. Younossi, MD. Obesity-related Differential Gene Expression in the Visceral Adipose Tissue. (Submitted). J Ong, H Elariny, R Collantes, A Younoszai, V Chandhoke, HD Reines, Z Goodman, ZM Younossi. Predictors of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Advanced Fibrosis in Obese Patients Obesity Surgery 2005 (In Press). Hazem A. Elariny, MD, PhD, FACS; Oscar Chan, MD, LAPAROSCOPIC DUODENAL SWITCH IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PRIMARY BARIATRIC OPERATION. Accepted for Oral Presentation, 22nd Annual Meeting, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 26 July 1, 2005, Orlando, Florida Martin A. Makary, Baltimore, MD; Hazem Elariny, Vienna, VA, Laparoscopic Transduodenal Spincteroplasty, 46th Annual Meeting of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, May HAZEM A. ELARINY, MD, PhD, FACS CURRICULUM VITAE 2005 2005 2005 Thursday, April 07, 2005 14-19, 2005, Chicago, Illinois Z Younossi, T Born, F Gorreta, J Ong M, K Schlauch, L Del Giacco, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, G Grant. Genomics and Proteomics of ObesityRelated Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Submitted). Z Younossi, T Born, F Gorreta, J Ong M, K Schlauch, L Del Giacco, H Elariny, A Younoszai, Z Goodman, A Christensen, V Chandhoke, G Grant. Hepatic Gene Expression in Patients with NASH. Liver International (In Press). Hazem A. Elariny, MD, PhD, FACS, Oscar Chan, MD, Jennifer Lowry, RD, Waseem Garbia, PA, "POSTOPERATIVE HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC DUODENAL SWITCH IS PREVENTABLE", Submitted, to the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity MEMBERSHIPS: American Medical Association American Society for Bariatric Surgery Fellow American College of Surgeons Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Society of American Gastroenterologic Surgeons Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Southeastern Surgical Congress Southern Medical Association Southern Society for Oncology Virginia-DC Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Virginia Bariatric Society Virginia Medical Society Medical Society of Northern Virginia