Dr. Saab received his BS, MD, and MPH from UCLA. He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of California at San Diego Medical Center and a fellowship in gastroenterology/hepatology at UCLA Center for Health Sciences. He is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology.
Dr. Saab is active on many local, national, and international committees, including the Medical Advisory Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, Morbidity and Mortality Committee for the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Liver Transplant Executive Committee of the UCLA Division of Transplantation. He was on the Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Transplantation (2006–2008) and the Educational Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2004–2007). He has been an investigator in numerous clinical trials, a frequently invited speaker worldwide and leads a continuously annual patient education seminar. Dr. Saab has been awarded one of the “Best Doctors in America,” received the Distinguished Achievement Award from his Division of Digestive Diseases and was awarded an honorary fellowship degree from the American Gastroenterological Association.
Dr. Saab has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles. He has also authored more than a 100 book chapters, editorials, abstracts, and poster presentations. Dr. Saab is on the editorial board of over a dozen journals.

Dr. Saab's Research Interests include:

• Liver Transplantation studies
• Gastrointestinal diseases