Awaida joined Dr. Naffah's practice in January 2008. Like Dr. Naffah, he is committed to a high level of care in gastroenterology. He went through a three-year internal medicine residency at the Staten Island University Hospital in New York, following which he was appointed chief resident for an additional year. In both capacities, he received the achievement award in medical research and scholarly activity. Then he completed a three-year fellowship in gastroenterology at the State University Hospital Health Science Center at Brooklyn in New York. In 2005, he went to Ashland, KY where he practiced gastroenterology for two years.
Gastroenterology