Ziad Kanaan
M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor FTA (Clinician-Educator), GI Staff Physician at John D. Dingell VA Medical Center / Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
313-576-1237 (fax)
Ziad Kanaan
Office Address
4646 John R Road
Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Office Phone
313-576-1467
Education Training
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physiology & Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2011
M.S. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2009
M.D. American University of Beirut-Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon 2006
B.S. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (Biology) 2001
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Fellow, Gastroenterology Division 2015-2018 Internal Medicine Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Resident 2013-2015 Internal Medicine Department, Wayne State University
Intern 2012-2013 Internal Medicine Department, Wayne State University
Honors and Awards
HONORS/AWARDS
• Abstract accepted for presentation at the North American Conference of GI Fellows (NACGF) among 31 abstracts accepted nationwide by The Educational Advisory Committee of ACG – March 2017.
• “Distinguished Achievement Award” for best research presentation - NACGF 27th Annual North American Conference of Gastroenterology Fellows.
• ACG Second Year Fellows Course Attendance (by nomination from the GI Program Director) – January 2017.
• Outstanding Resident of the Year for the Academic Year of 2015-2016
• First Prize Best Basic Science Award - “Association of VA Surgeons Meeting” - April 2011, Irvine, California
• Graduate Dean’s Citation – University of Louisville, 2010
• Second Prize Poster Award - “James Graham Brown Cancer Retreat”, University of Louisville –11/2010, Louisville, Kentucky.
• First Prize Poster Award - “Surgical Infection Society” 30th annual meeting - May 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Second Prize Poster Award - “Research Louisville!” - October 2008, Louisville, Kentucky
Other Information
Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Digestive Diseases and Sciences Reviewer (2009 - Current)
• Diseases of the Colon & Rectum Reviewer (2012 – Current)
• Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery Reviewer (2018 – Current)
• Carcinogenesis Reviewer (2009 - Current)
• Physiological Genomics Reviewer (2009 - Current)
• Cancer Reviewer (2009 - Current)
• Clinical Case Reports Reviewer (2009 - Current)