Dr. Reem Ghalib, MD

Expert Publications

• Hepatitis C: role of the advanced practice nurse.
• Assessment of the patient who failed treatment for chronic hepatitis C.
• Racial differences in hepatitis C treatment eligibility.

Clinical Trials

• Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Obeticholic Acid in Subjects With Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
• A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of EDP-305 in Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
• Randomized Global Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Impact on NASH With Fibrosis of Obeticholic Acid Treatment
• Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of LMB763 in Patients With NASH

Media Releases

Get to know Gastroenterologist Dr. Reem Ghalib, who serves patients in Arlington, Texas.

Dr. Ghalib is a fellowship-trained gastroenterologist at Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, seeing patients at the office in Arlington, Texas. She is committed to providing excellent medical care to all patients in a cost-effective, compassionate, and dignified manner.

Texas Digestive Disease Consultants is a professional association of exceptionally well trained gastroenterologists brought together as a single, organized entity in 1995. They provide the highest quality of care for patients with digestive problems in the states of Texas and Louisiana. Board-certified gastroenterologists, together with the support of an excellent staff, provide the full spectrum of care for patients with concerns involving the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, rectum, gallbladder, pancreas and liver. Inpatient and outpatient consultations, as well as a full range of endoscopic, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, are available by referral from the primary physician or can be self-directed.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after she earned her medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at Kuwait University Health Sciences Center in Kuwait in 1989. Upon relocating to the United States, she served her residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in 1993, followed by her fellowship in gastroenterology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in 1996.

An authority in her field, Dr. Ghalib is board-certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Having been in practice for over three decades, she is affiliated with Texas Health Arlington Memorial and Kindred Hospital Tarrant County – Arlington.

Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. A gastroenterologist is a physician who has extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders related to the esophagus, stomach, small intestines, colon, liver, pancreas, and biliary system.

On a more personal note, Dr. Ghalib speaks English and Arabic.

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