Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Hepatology Faculty
Professors

Ali Nawras, M.D., FACP, FACG, FASGE
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine, Chief of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
Degree: MD, Damascus University School of Medicine, Damascus, Syria
Residency: Internal Medicine at Hahnemann University Easton Hospital, Easton, PA
Fellowships: Gastroenterology at Albany Medical College, Albany, NY; Advanced Interventional Endoscopy
(ERCP & EUS), St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Board Certified: Gastroenterology / Internal Medicine
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Thomas Sodeman, M.D., MSS, FACP, CAsP
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowships: Gastroenterology at Clinical Investigator at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Hepatology-Transplantation
at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
Board Certified: Gastroenterology / Internal Medicine / Hepatology
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Associate Professors

Abdallah Kobeissy, M.D.
Faculty Appointment: Associate Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency: Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Healthcare System, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: Gastroenterology at University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Certified: Gastroenterology / Internal Medicine
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Assistant Professors

Yaseen Alastal, M.D., M.P.H.
Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Degrees: MD, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; MPH, University of Toledo, Toledo,
OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Fellowships: Gastroenterology at University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; Advanced Endoscopy
at University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Gastroenterology / Internal Medicine
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Benjamin R. Hart, M.D.

Mona Hassan, M.D.
Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, Arabian Gulf University
Residency: Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowships: Gastroenterology at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Transplant Hepatology at Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Board Certified: Gastroenterology / Internal Medicine / Transplant Hepatology