Amjad N. Awan

Accomplished gastroenterologist with exceptional technical skills and cutting-edge knowledge in comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies. Pioneered the implementation of spyglass choledochoscopy and Endocinch procedures for GERD in a major suburban Dallas hospital, becoming the first board-certified gastroenterologist to do so. Throughout my career, I have successfully performed over 30,000 endoscopic procedures. Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with a swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.

• Fellow American College of Gastroenterology
• Texas Medical Association
• Denton County Medical Society

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 07/01/96 - 06/31/99, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 

Internal Medicine, 07/01/93 - 06/31/96, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 

Royal College of Surgeons of England, Gastrointestinal and biliary Surgery, 01/02/90 - 06/31/93, Manor Hospital and Wordsley Hospital, West Midland, England (UK), Doctorate in Medicine, 1986, Nishtar Medical College Pakistan

• Chief of Medicine, Denton Regional Medical Center, Denton, Texas
• Vice Chief Of Staff, Denton Regional Medical Center, Denton, Texas

• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
• Diagnostic and Interventional ERCP
• Endoluminal stent Placement and Spyglass choledochoscopy
• Endoscopic treatment of Post Bariatric surgery complications
• Capsule Endoscopy and Enteroscopy
• GI Motility
• Endoscopic Gastroplication (Endocinch and NDO Plicater)
• NOTES procedures (Animal Lab Studies at Baylor Univ. Dallas)

• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of the flat wide base gastric tumor with sutured wound closure, Awan/Swain, DDW 2000, San Diego
• Endoscopic repair of perforation using Endoscopic Sewing Machine, Awan/Swain, DDW 2000, San Diego
• Endoscopic Vertical Band Gastroplasty (EVBG) with outlet ring using Endoscopic Sewing Machine, Awan/Swain, DDW 2000, San Diego, Poster Presentation
• An expression and distribution of cytosolic Beta glucosidase in the human intestinal tract, DDW 1998, 05/01/98, New Orleans

• Endoscopic Vertical Band Gastroplasty for Obesity, Amjad N. Awan, C. Paul Swain, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 02/01/02, 55, 2, 254-6
• Gastric Outlet Obstruction with benign Endoscopic biopsy should be further explored for Malignancy, Amjad N. Awan, David E. Johnston, M Mazen Jamal, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 11/01/88, 48, 5, 497-500
• Aortoenteric fistula revisited. An Endoscopic Image, Anurag Soni, M Mazen Jamal, Michael R. William, Amjad N. Awan
• Barrett's epithelium in interposed colon post esophagectomy, Anurag Soni, Amjad N. Awan, Richard M Fedderson, David E Johnston et al, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 95, 7
• Radiation Induced bronchial stenosis. A new cause of Platypnea-orthodoxia, Raashid Ashraf, Amjad N. Awan et al, Southern Medical Journal, 07/01/99, 720-4
• Implantation metastasis of primary malignant rhabdoid tumor of the brain in an adult, Raashid Ashraf, Amjad N. Awan et al

• Dallas 'Give Back to the Community' Program, Free ethnic charity clinic
• Denton county indigent patient care, Provide pro bono procedures to uninsured patients, 01/01/10 - Present

• Expression and distribution of cytosolic Beta glucosidase in the human intestinal tract, A gut enzyme was shown to be present in high concentration in an area where most other digestive enzymes are present (Basic Sciences)
• Endoscopic Surgical techniques, Development of various endoscopic surgical techniques involving Endoscopic Sewing Machine (Clinical)