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Fouad El-Zaatari, Ph.D.
Division of Physiological and Pathological Sciences

Scientific Review Officer
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (IDM)
Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens (HIBP)

NIH/CSR
Center for Scientific Review, Room 3186
6701 Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD 20892

Email: elzaataf@csr.nih.gov

Phone Number: 301-435-1149

Dr. El-Zaatari has more than 25 years of experience in biomedical research and has been a member of several national and international scientific societies. After receiving his NIH-supported Ph.D. in biological sciences, he held NIH postdoctoral positions at the University of Southern California, University of Minnesota and UT-Southwestern Medical School. He then joined Baylor College of Medicine as an assistant and associate Professor for 14 years before he came to the NIH. Dr. El-Zaatari’s research concentrated on the etiology and molecular immune response to gastrointestinal infections in Crohn’s disease, sarcoidosis and peptic ulcers. He has more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He received an NIH R01 award and the “2002 Researcher of the Year Award” from Houston Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Dr. El-Zaatari served, in CSR, as the Scientific Review Officer (SRO)for small business applications in the area of infectious diseases for the past 6 years. He currently serves as the SRO for CSR’s HIBP study section.