Patient Care

Abdo Saad, MD, FACG

Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology

Program Director, Fellowship in Gastroenterology

Dr. Saad completed his medical degree at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon in 2004. To complete his medical training, he moved to the United States: residency in Internal Medicine at Indiana University-Indianapolis, then the Geriatric fellowship at University of Wisconsin in Madison, followed by the Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Additionally, he completed an advanced fellowship dedicated to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at the University of Chicago, Illinois. Before joining us, his clinical practice was at Presbyterian Healthcare System, a statewide system in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., where he also served as medical director for the gastroenterology (GI) specialty group for two years.

Dr. Saad is specialized in inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease) and in esophageal diseases, specifically reflux disease and dysphagia, in addition to GI motility and functional disorders. Dr. Saad’s specialized training in this field was obtained at the Northwestern University in Chicago. In addition to carrying on his clinical GI practice with a focus on IBD, he is also specialized in esophageal diseases and esophageal and anorectal motility disorders. He also serves as the GI fellowship program director, and actively involved in academic activities at the medical school and within the medical training programs at the hospital.

Selected Publications

  1. Saad A. Toxicity of maintenance drugs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Open J Pathol Toxicol Res. (2021 Sept) 1(1) OJPTR.MS.ID.000502.
  2. Saad AM, Czul F, Sakuraba A, Rubin DT, Cohen RD. Age of Diagnosis is Associated with Disease Presentation and Therapeutic Complications in Crohn’s Disease Patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis. (2016 May) 22(5):1027-31
  3. Ho IK, Cash BD, Cohen H, Hanauer SB, Inkster M, Johnson DA, Maher MM, Rex DK, Saad A, Singh A, Rehani MM, Quigley EM. Radiation exposure in gastroenterology: Improving patient and staff protection. Am J Gastroenterol. (2014 Aug) 109(8):1180-94.
  4. Saad AM, Kahn SA, Rubin M, Rubin DT. Advances in inflammatory bowel diseases 2012. Clin. Invest. (2013) 3(4):323-327.
  5. Saad AM, Choudhary A, Bechtold ML. Effect of Helicobacter pylori treatment on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Scand J Gastroenterol. (2012 Feb) 47(2):129-35.
  6. Saad AM, Fogel E, McHenry L, Watkins J, Sherman S, Lazzell-Pannell L, Lehman GA. Pancreatic duct stent placement prevents post-ERCP pancreatitis in patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction but normal manometry. Gastrointest Endosc. (2008 Feb) 67(2):255-61.
  7. Saad A, Rex DK. Colonoscopy-induced splenic injury:  report of 3 cases and literature review. Dig Dis Sci. (2008 Apr) 53(4):892-8.
  8. Saad A, Rex DK. Routine rectal retroflexion during colonoscopy has a low yield for neoplasia.  World J Gastroenterol. (2008 Nov) 14(42):6503-5.
  9. Saad A, El-Husseini N, Nader GA, Gharzuddine W. Echocardiographically detected mass “in transit” in early amniotic fluid embolism. Eur J Echocardiogr (2006 Aug) 7(4): 332-5.

View Dr. Saad’s publications on Pubmed 

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Keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroenterointestinal diseases in the elderly, gallbladder diseases, liver disease, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer screening, FIT testing