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Dr. Fadi Samir Braiteh, MD

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Overview

Specialties

100% Medical Oncology - 12 years experience
Board Certified

Procedures Performed

This doctor performs the following procedures:

Chemotherapy
Drug Therapy
High Dose Chemotherapy
Pain Management
PET Scan

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Payment Types

Cash, Check, Credit Card

Contact Information

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada

3730 S Eastern Ave

Las Vegas, NV 89169

Office: 702-952-3400
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Hospital Affiliation/ Privileges

Desert Springs Hospital (Las Vegas, NV)
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas, NV)

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Gender

Male

Languages Spoken

Arabic
English
French

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Résumé

License

8 years since Fadi Samir Braiteh was first licensed to practice.

State	License status	Year acquired	Last updated by Avvo
Michigan	Active	2009	11/22/2010
Nevada	Active	2010	02/09/2012
Texas	Active	2004	05/18/2010

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Board Certification

Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology - American Board of Internal Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

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Work Experience

Position	Duration
Translational Oncology Program at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada	2010–present
Instructor at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	2006–2009

Advanced Training

Training	Specialty	Hospital	Completed
Fellowship	Internal Medicine	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	2009
Fellowship	Medical Oncology	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	2006

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Education

School	Major	Degree	Graduated
Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine (Beirut, Lebanon)	Forensic Medicine	DUniv - Doctor of the University	2000
Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine (Beirut, Lebanon)	Medicine	MD - Doctor of Medicine	1998

Awards

Award Name	Granting Organization	Date
America's Top Doctors for Cancer	Castle Connolly	2012
Top Oncologists in Las Vegas	Castle-Connolly Americaâ€™s Top Doctors	2011

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Associations

Position	Association Name	Duration
Member	Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators	2008-present
Member	American Society of Clinical Oncology	2004-present

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Publications

Article	Publication	Date
Ultimate fate of oncology drugs approved by the us food and drug administration without a randomized Trial	Journal of Clinical Oncology	2009
Association of Age and Survival in Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer Undergoing Surgery With or Without Preoperative Therapy	Cancer	2009

Spontaneous haemopericardium with subacute cardiac tamponade in a patient with lung cancer receiving coumadin	QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians	2009
What was ahead of such a Head Injury?	Gastroenterology	2009
Right ventricular acrylic cement embolism: late complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty	Heart	2009
A Case of Chikungunya Fever Leading to the Diagnosis of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma	Acta Oncologica	2009
Pneumopericardium	Canadian Medical Association Journal	2008
Phase I study of epigenetic modulation with 5-azacytidine and valproic acid in patients with advanced cancers	Clinical Cancer Research	2008
Psoriasis remission after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma	Journal of Clinical Oncology	2008
richomegaly of the Eyelashes after Treatment with the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor Erlotinib for Lung Cancer with EGFR	Journal of Clinical Oncology	2008
Predictors of Access to Palliative Care Services (APCS) Among Patients Who Died at a Comprehensive Cancer Center	Journal of Palliative Medicine	2007
What does the rose nose disclose?	Gastroenterology	2007
Patients' characteristics and outcomes of palliative care inpatient consults at a comprehensive cancer center	Journal of Palliative Medicine	2007
Uncommon Tumors But Exceptional Therapies: Paradox or Paradigm?	Molecular Cancer Therapeutics	2007
Feeling Bloated	American Journal of Emergency Medicine	2007
CAT scan reveals â€œBat signâ€.	The Lancet	2007
Cryptogenic invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess	International Journal of Infectious Diseases : IJID	2007
â€œIâ€™ve got bad news. You have Cancerâ€	Journal of the National Medical Association	2006
Pulmonary embolism or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: one diagnosis does not exclude the other	Breathe	2006
Smiley Face	Clinical Anatomy	2006
Hemiparesis following sunbathing	American Journal of Emergency Medicine	2006
Refractory Hodgkinâ€™s lymphoma responds to pentostatin (2'-deoxycoformycin).	Leukemia and Lymphoma	2006
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Thyroid	Journal of Clinical Oncology	2006
Successful treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease, a non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis, with interferon-alpha	Blood	2005
Transient pneumobilia following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy	American Journal of Gastroenterology	2005
Liposome-Encapsulated Curcumin: In Vitro and In Vivo Effects on Proliferation, Apoptosis, Signaling, and Angiogenesis	Cancer	2005
Pain and terminal delirium research in the elderly	Clinics in Geriatric Medicine	2005

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Speaking Engagements

Presentation Name	Conference	Date
Xalkori for ALK-positive lung cancer	Grand Rounds	2012
Hereditary cancer Syndromes	Summerlin Hospital Tumor Board	2011

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