CURRICULUM VITAE

Rameez Alasadi, MD

PERSONAL DATA

Duly Health and Care Medical Group

Dept. of Gastroenterology

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Naperville, IL 60540 (work)

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Oak Brook, IL 60523 (home/preferred)

adu7eu@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 312-***-****

EDUCATION

Advanced Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound and GI Oncology University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

July 2001-May 2002

Wilson-Cook Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1999-2000

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1997-1999

Internal Medicine Residency

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

1995-1997

Internal Medicine Internship

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

1994-1995

University of Damascus, Syria

Doctor of Medicine 1992

BORAD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Certified Gastroenterology 2000 (current)

Certified Internal Medicine 1997

Licensed State of California 2001-present

Licensed State of Illinois 1997-present

ECFMG 1993

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Doctors in America 2007-2008

Best Doctors in America 2005-2006

American Gastroenterological Association Foundation Student Abstract prize, May 1994

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology September 2003-2007

Instructor of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology July 2001-September 2003

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Consultant in Gastroenterology, Duly Health and Care Medical Group Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL

Elmhurst Hospital, IL

Central DuPage Hospital/Northwestern Medicine, Winfield, IL

(Feb. 2012- present)

Consultant in Gastroenterology

Northwest Community Hospital

Arlington Heights, IL

Oct. 2007- Nov. 2012

Medical Staff Physician

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

May, 2002-Sept., 2007

Medical Staff Physician

University of California Irvine Medical Center

July 2001-May 2002

Consultant in Gastroenterology

Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL

Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst, IL

Gottleib Hospital, Melrose Park, IL

Westlake Hospital, Melrose Park, IL

Oak Park Hospital, Oak park, IL

July 2000-June 2001

PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Member, Pancreatic Cancer Panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Member, American College of Gastroenterology

Member, American Gastroenterological Association

Member, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Member, American Pancreatic Association

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RESEARCH

Molecular biology bench research:

Studies of Ornithine Decaboxylase gene promoter

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1993-1994

PUBLICATIONS

Songlin Zhang, Denise V.S. De Frias, Alasadi R, Marina Ivanovic, and Ritu Nayar.

EUS-FNA: Five Years’ Experience at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Abstracts of AJCP Resident Research Symposium and Poster Sessions, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), October 18-21, 2007, New Orleans, LA. Brant J. Lutsi, MD, Ikuo Hirano, MD, Alasadi R, MD MANOMETRIC, ENDOSCOPIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATES OF DIFFUSE ESOPHAGEAL SPASM SECONDARY TO EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS: REVERSAL WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS.

2006 ACG Universe Abstracts

Policarpio-Nicolas (MLC). Alasadi (R). Nayar (R). De Frias (DVS). Synovial sarcoma of the heart: Report of a case with diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy. Acta Cytol 50(6) 2006 12 21

Yao A, Hammond N, Alasadi R, Nikolaidis P.

Central Hepatic Involvement in paragonimiasis: appearance on CT and MRI AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2006 Aug;187(2):W236-7

Lim SJ, Alasadi R, Wayne JD, Rao S, Rademaker A, Bell R, Talamonti MS. Preoperative evaluation of pancreatic cystic lesions: cost-benefit analysis and proposed management algorithm.

Surgery. 2005 Oct;138(4):672-9; discussion 679-80. Laskin WB, Alasadi R, Variakojis D. Splenic hamartoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2005 Aug;29(8):1114-5.

S. Islam, B. A. Williamson, R. Alasadi, D. DeFrias and R. Nayar. Cytologic Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Histologic Correlations and Pitfalls. American Society of Cytopathology, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2004

R.Y. Ceulemans, N.V. Patel, R. Alasadi. Fluoroscopic and CT imaging in Gastroduodenal and Colorectal Stents. Poster presentation, Radiological Society of North America, 89th Scientific meeting, Dec. 2003, Chicago, IL Alasadi R and Chang KJ. Endoscopic ultrasound of the pancreas, tissue acquisition and intervention. Curr Opin Gastroenterol, Vol 18 Sept. 2002, No. 5, pp 574-580.

Alasadi R, Yi E, Merchant J. Spl Affinity for GC-Rich Elements Correlates with Ornithine Decarboxylase Promoter Activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Vol 214 Sept.1995, No. 2, pp 324- 330.

Alasadi R and Parsons W. Endoscopic management of malignant biliary obstruction. In Liver-directed therapy for primary and secondary liver tumors, edited by Talamonti, M

Kluwer Academic Medical Publishers, Norwell MA, 2001 Alasadi R, Berdy A, Parasher G, Nguyen P, Hernandez M, Jivcu C, Chang KJ. The diagnostic value of CA 19-9 in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis on endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Gastrointest Endosc 2002; 55(5):AB245

Parasher G, Alasadi R, Chang KJ, Nguyen P. Endsocopic ultrasound (EUS) changes of chronic pancreatitis (CP) are common among patients with pancreatic cancer. Gastrointest Endosc 2002; 55(5):AB250. LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), “Barrett’s esophagus and treatment modalities”, Chicago, IL Nov. 16, 2019

“Your Loss is Your Gain”, non surgical ORBERA Intragastric Balloon weight loss endoscopic procedure, presentation during symposium on weight loss conducted by Edward-Elmhurst Health system. Oct. 15, 2016 Improving Treatment Outcomes and Sharing Decision Making in Pancreatic Cancer, Philip A. Philip, MD, PhD, FRCP; Mark S. Talamonti, MD; Rameez Alasadi, MD, Medscape CME Released: 08/26/2014

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), "Endoscopic treatment for Barrett's Esophagus", Elgin, IL. Nov. 10, 2012 Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), “Introduction to Endoscopic Ultrasound and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection”, Chicago, IL. March 25, 2008

Third Annual Management of Difficult GI Problems, Nothwestern Memorial Hospital, “Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreatic Tumors”, Chicago, IL. April 22, 2006.

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), “Endoscopic Mucosal Resection”, Chicago, IL. March 25, 2006

American Pancreatic Association (APA) Post Graduate Course,” Clinical Contaversies in Pancreatobiliary Diseases”. Pancreatobiliary Cases Presentation & Discussion, (Discussant), Chicago, IL Nov.2004 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting,Oncodaiagnosis Panel:,”Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreatic Cancer”. Chicago, IL Dec. 2003

Annual Clinical Science Symposium

Innovation in Diagnosis, Staging and Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies,”Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreatic Tumors” Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, June 13-14, 2003

Third Annual Symposium on Advances in the Management of GERD and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

“Endoscopic Ultrasounography”

Northwestern university, The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern Memorial Hospital, November 9, 2002

Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Round,

“Management of Acute Pancreatitis”

Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern Memorial Hospital, October 2002

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