Rawad H. Mounzer, MD

Rawad Mounzer, MD

Rawad Mounzer, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and co-founder of Interventional Endoscopy Associates PLLC in Peoria, Scottsdale, and Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Mounzer received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon before moving to the United States in 2005 to pursue his dream of becoming a board-certified gastroenterologist. His journey began at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he completed a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship focusing on the role of inflammatory molecules in vascular development. He then completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

During his rigorous fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Mounzer developed a deep passion and appreciation for high-level endoscopy. This served as the driving force for his pursuit of advanced training in interventional endoscopy at the University of Colorado Denver, one of the premier interventional endoscopy fellowship programs in the country.

Prior to moving to Arizona in 2016, Dr. Mounzer served as an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and Teodor Pitea, MD, subsequently developed the Interventional Endoscopy Service at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, where Dr. Mounzer also served as Director of Clinic Operations and Director of the Center for Pancreaticobiliary Health at the Digestive Institute.

Dr. Mounzer has numerous peer-reviewed publications that have been published in high impact journals, and he has spoken at multiple national conferences. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Gastroenterology.