Fadi F. Francis, M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  1. Eldesouki MH, Ibrahim A, Marey MM, Francis FF, Alsakarneh S, Ayala E, Shaukat A, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. Risk of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Impact on Outcomes: A Multi-Centre Matched Analysis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2026 Jul 3 Epub 2026 July 03
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  2. Olson CG, Francis FF, Yan IK, Nakhleh R, Tamim H, Camilleri M, Kurdi A, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. Abnormal MUC1 Expression as a Biomarker for Pouchitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2026 Jun; 71 (6):2211-2217 Epub 2025 Dec 21
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  3. Hashash JG, Beatty P, Yan IK, Nakhleh R, Camilleri M, Harnois D, Farraye FA, Francis FF. MUC1 as a biomarker in primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Gastroenterol. 2026 Jan-Feb; 39 (1):48-53 Epub 2025 Dec 05
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  4. Francis FF. Risk of Intestinal and Extraintestinal Malignancies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease With and Without Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Dec 2 Epub 2025 Dec 02
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  5. Sleiman J, Francis FF, Coelho-Prabhu N, Hashash JG. All you need to know about the overlap between primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Ann Gastroenterol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 38 (2):107-120 Epub 2025 Feb 25
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  6. Davis JPE, Lim JK, Francis FF, Ahn J. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients With Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Gastroenterology. 2025 Feb; 168 (2):396-404.e1 Epub 2024 Dec 20
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  7. Ghusn W, Mourad FH, Francis FF, Pasha S, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. The Use of Immunomodulators, Biologic Therapies, and Small Molecules in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Solid Organ Transplant. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2025 Jan 1; 59 (1):24-35 Epub 2025 Jan 01
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  8. Alsakarneh S, Ahmed M, Jaber F, Abuassi M, Mourad FH, Francis FF, Barada K, Tfayli R, Al-Bawardy B, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. Inflammatory bowel disease burden in the Middle East and North Africa Region: a comprehensive analysis of incidence, prevalence, and mortality from 1990-2019. Ann Gastroenterol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 37 (5):527-535 Epub 2024 Aug 19
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  9. El Hage Chehade N, Ghoneim S, Shah S, Pardi DS, Farraye FA, Francis FF, Hashash JG. Efficacy and Safety of Vedolizumab and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in the Treatment of Steroid-refractory Microscopic Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2024 Sep 1; 58 (8):789-799 Epub 2024 Sept 01
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  10. Alsakarneh S, Ahmed M, Jaber F, Zulqarnain M, Karagozian R, Francis F, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. Does Timing of Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Matter in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Orthotopic Liver Transplantation? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Crohns Colitis 360. 2024 Jul; 6(3):otae036. Epub 2024 Jun 21.
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  11. Sayegh LN, Haddad F, Bou Jaoude L, Fakhoury-Sayegh N, Heraoui GNHA, Nasrallah Z, Chidiac C, Nawfal R, Francis FF, Mourad FH, Hashash JG. Nutritional Profile, Disease Severity, and Quality of Life of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case-Control Study. Nutrients. 2024 Jun 11; 16(12).
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  12. Hayek ME, Francis FF, Mourad FH, Elbejjani M, Barada K, Hashash JG. Clinical characteristics of symptomatic young patients with colonic adenomas. Ann Gastroenterol. 2024 May-Jun; 37(3):341-347. Epub 2024 Mar 20.
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  13. Nammour T, El Jamal L, Hosni MN, Tamim H, Kerbage A, Hashash JG, Shaib YH, Daniel F, Francis F, Mourad FH, Soweid A, Sharara AI, Makki M, Rockey DC, Barada K. Development and Validation of a Novel 1-year Mortality Risk Score That Includes the Use of Antithrombotic in Patients With Overt Gastrointestinal Bleeding. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 Aug 1; 57 (7):700-706 Epub 2023 Aug 01
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  14. El Hage Chehade N, Ghoneim S, Shah S, Chahine A, Mourad FH, Francis FF, Binion DG, Farraye FA, Hashash JG. Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trials. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 May 2; 29 (5):808-817
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  15. Hashash JG, Squire J, Francis FF, Binion DG, Cross RK, Farraye FA. An Expert Opinion/Approach: Clinical Presentations, Diagnostic Considerations, and Therapeutic Options for Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Common Variable Immune Deficiency. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Nov 1; 117 (11):1743-1752
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  16. Saade MC, Wehbe H, Mourad FH, Hosni M, Francis FF, Makki M, Binion DG, Tamim H, Farraye FA, Malik T, Hashash JG. Significance of granulomas in the outcomes of Crohn's disease patients. Ann Gastroenterol. 2022 Sep-Oct; 35 (5):503-508 Epub 2022 July 11
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  17. Tarhini H, Alrazim A, Ghusn W, Hosni M, Kerbage A, Soweid A, Sharara AI, Mourad F, Francis F, Shaib Y, Barada K, Daniel F. Impact of sedation type on adenoma detection rate by colonoscopy. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022 Aug-Sep; 46 (7):101981 Epub 2022 June 19
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  18. Mhanna J, Francis FF, Sabatto BZ, Tawil A, Hashash JG. An Unusual Gastric Polyp: Brunneroma. ACG Case Rep J. 2021 Nov; 8 (11):e00681 Epub 2021 Nov 19
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  19. Aoun R, Jabak S, Mourad FH, Francis FF, Regueiro M, Hashash JG. First or Second Biologic in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Combination Therapy or Monotherapy? J Clin Gastroenterol. 2021 Oct 1; 55 (9):740-746
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  20. Hashash JG, Francis FF, Farraye FA. Diagnosis and Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Colitis. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2021 Aug; 17 (8):358-366
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  21. Hashash JG, Jabak S, Francis FF, Regueiro M. Should We Be Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in IBD Patients Before Initiation of Biologic Therapy? Inflamm Bowel Dis 2021 Jan 19; 27 (2):291-294
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  22. Jabak S, Abdallah R, Francis FF, Kfoury HM. Colon Mass and Liver Lesions: What Else Could it be? Journal of Gastroenterology Research. 2020; 4(1):112-114.
  23. Francis FF, Kulich S, Hashash JG. Duodenal Scalloping Indicate Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Aug; 17 (9):A17-A18 Epub 2018 Apr 13
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  24. Francis FF, Frye R, Hashash JG. Cholelithiasis and Biliary Cirrhosis in a 28-Year-Old Man. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 May; 15 (5):A31-A32 Epub 2017 Jan 24
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  25. Francis FF, Kulich SM, Hashash JG. Diarrhea, Ascites, and Eosinophilia. Gastroenterology. 2016 Apr; 150 (4):e6-8 Epub 2016 Feb 28
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  26. Hashash JG, Habib-Bein N, Francis FF. MALT Lymphoma Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction. ACG Case Rep J. 2015 Jan; 2 (2):70-1 Epub 2015 Jan 16
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  27. Hashash JG, Habib-Bein N, Khalid A, Francis FF. Recurrent bladder cancer presenting as rectal linitis plastica. Endoscopy. 2015; 47 Suppl 1 UCTN:E102-3 Epub 2015 Mar 03
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  28. Hashash JG, Francis FF. An unusual cause of melena. Gastroenterology. 2013 Dec; 145 (6):e3-4
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  29. Hashash JG, Nasr JY, Francis F. Education and Imaging. Gastrointestinal: mucinous and signet cell adenocarcinoma of the appendix. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jun; 28 (6):903
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  30. Akoad M, Wagener M, Francis F, Ahmed J, Ulizio D, Cacciarelli TV. Outcome of imported liver allografts and impact on patient access to liver transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2006 Dec; 38 (10):3564-6
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