JosephMFayadMDAGAF,FACG,FACP

Gastroenterology • North Las Vegas, NV

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Office
Veteran administration health care system room 2B229
6900 N.pecos road
North Las Vegas, NV 89086
Phone+1 702-255-5900

Fax+1 702-224-6947
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Summary

Summary

Dr. Joseph Fayad is a gastroenterologist in North Las Vegas, NV and is affiliated with the VA health care system of southern Nevada, He is chief of Gastroenterology, as well as Site director of Gastroenterology fellowship program of UNLV medical school, professor of medicine at UNLV school of medicine ell as adjunct professor at UCI , and Touro medical school, was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - Rose de Lima Campus, MountainView Hospital, and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Sapienza University of Rome, a fellowship from the University of NY. is in practice for 37 years. He speaks multiple languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, and Arabic. He is experienced in metabolic syndrome, hepatitis c, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, diabetes and intestinal portal disease, and enteroendocrine cells and GI Hormones

Education & Training

University at Buffalo SOM1984 - 1986
Millard Fillmore HospitalResidency, Millard Fillmore Hospital, 1981 - 1984
University of RomeFellow, Endocrinology, 1979 - 1980
Sapienza University of RomeClass of 1980
American University of BeirutBS, Chemistry and Biology, 1974

Certifications & Licensure

NV State Medical License 1985 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1984 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
federal liscence telehealth

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (AGAF) American Gastroenterological Association, 2011
Fellow american college of gastroenterology
Best AVO superb rating > 9 2012
Las Vegas life’s top doctor 2012 the best of the best Dr for southern Nevada Las Vegas Vegas Inc health care heading, 2012
Most compassionate physician consumer research council of America 2011
Gastroenterology service to the community, and publication Honor American Asian group, 2010
Accomplishments and Contribution to the community Award City of Las Vegas, 2006
Congressman Gibbon Award The Architect of The Capitol, 2006
Paul Harris Fellowship Award 2002
Fellow American college of physician, 1988, 1992
Harris Knudson Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1986, 1987
Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

29 citations
Erythromycin strengthens the defective lower esophageal sphincter in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease
Arjun Pennathur, Alan Tran, Marco Cioppi, Joseph Fayad, Gail L. Sieren, Alex G. Little> ;American Journal of Surgery. 1994 Jan 1

Journal Articles

The FS (FAYAD/SHENTAG) index, a quantitative means of describing progression of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients
Joseph M fayad MD,Jerome schentag Pharmd, american journal of gastroenterology, 10/1/2012
Aphoeline Augmented Standard Pegylated Interferon/Ribavirin Therapy and Reversed Hepatitis C Resistance
Joseph M fayad MD,Jerome schentag Pharmd, american journal of gastroenterology, 10/1/2012
Long-term stimulation of the ileal hormones by Aphoeline: effects on metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, type 2 diabetes and hepatitis C
Joseph M fayad MD,kenneth chang MD,Christine Fayad MD,Thomas Hunt MD, american journal of gastroenterology, 10/1/2012
STIMULATION OF THE ILEAL BRAKE HORMONES BY AN ORALY DELIVERED NATURAL PRODUCT (APHOELINE I) TO THE TERMINAL ILEUM OF HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
Joseph M fayad MD,ashok singh phd, christine fayad MD, aditi singh MD, kenneth chang md, american journal of gastroenterology, 10/1/2010
Induction Therapy of Interferon alfa-2b in Combination with Ribavirin as Initial Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1: A Pilot Study
Joseph M fayad MD,Ashok Singh phd,alma palisoc MD, american journal of gastroenterology, 10/1/2006
Erythromycin Strengthens the Defective Lower Esophageal Sphincter in Patients with Gastro esophageal Reflux Disease,
Joseph M fayad MD,Pennaqthur A MD,little ,AG, american journal of surgery, 1/1994
Erythromycin, motilin, and the esophagus.
Pennathur A1, Cioppi M, Fayad J M, Little AG., surgery, 8/1993
Glucagon Like Immunoreactivity (GLI) Induced by Bombesin In Man.
Delle Fave, G. Tamburrano, L. Demagistris, M. Mauceri, A. Kohn and J. Bou Fayad,, Gastroenterology, Vol. 78, no. 5, p. 1155
Plasma Levels of Extrapancreatic Glucagon (GLI) and Nesidioglucagon (IRG) in Patients with Esophagoplasty.
G. Tamburrano, F. Tonelli, A. Lala, M. Maceci, J. Bou Fayad and D. Andreani, International Symposium on Hypoglycemia, p. 493, Serono publi., Rome
Bombesin and growth of digestive organs.
Bou-Fayad J, Delle Fave G, Tamburano G, DeMagistris L, Mauceri M, Khon A, Gastroenterology. 1986 Oct;91(4):1035-6.
Induction Therapy of Interferon alfa-2b in Combination with Ribavirin as Initial Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1: A Pilot Study.
Alma M. Palisoc, MD, Joseph Fayad, MD, FACG, Ashok K. Singh, PhD, Irene M. Farnham, PhD, American journal of gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Desert Gastroenterology Associates, Las...
Stimulation of the ileal brake hormones by an oraly delivered natural product (aphoeline i) to the terminal ileum of healthy volunteers.
Joseph M. Fayad, Aditi Singh, Ashok K. Singh, Kenneth Chang, Christine Fayad, American journal of gastroenterology volume 105 supplement 1
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Books/Book Chapters

Ormoni Recetori e Cancro.
Chapter: The Effect of Somatostatin Infusion in Functioning Islet Cell Tumors (Chapter 14).
G. Tamburrano, F. Tonelli, A. Lala, M. Maceci, J. Bou Fayad and D. AndreaniEditors: S. Iacobelli.Societa Editrice, Universo Roma
current view on hypoglycemia and glucagon
Chapter: plasma levels of extrapancreatic glucagon and irg in patient with esophagoplasty
Joseph M fayad MD,Tamburrano.gEditors: D.andreani,pj lefebre,v.Marks.accademic press, london1980

Abstracts/Posters

Supply Side Model-Based Diabetes Drug Design yields MetaBrake™, an enhanced Metformin with added properties of Lipid Control and Weight Loss in Insulin Resistant T2D P...
Jerome J. Schentag PharmD, Scott V. Monte, PharmD, Joseph Fayad MD, Fourth annual meeting for drug discovery, Boston
Oral Mimetic of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
Joseph Fayad, Scott V. Monte, Jerome J. Schentag, Scientific session of the American Diabetes Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other

COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF TREATMENTAND DIAGNOSTICS FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATIC STEATOSIS ALONE OR IN COMBINATIONWITHA HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION
Joseph M fayad MD,Jerome schentag Pharmd, US PATENT:US 9,370,528 B2
http://www.uspto.gov/patent
US. PATENT OFFICE - 6/21/2016