Mohamad Khaldoun Alnabelsi, MD

Dr. Alnabelsi came to the United States following his medical education at Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria, and undertook residency training and pathology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. He went on to do residency training in internal medicine at Griffin Hospital-Yale-New Haven Hospital, and then did fellowship training in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. While he was at Cornell, Dr. Alnabelsi co-authored (with the chief of endocrinology) a chapter in the medical textbook “Corticosteroids & the Endocrine System.”

Why endocrinology? “Endocrinology appealed to me because there is so much mental work involved,” he says. “It’s like putting together the pieces of a puzzle, correlating different hormone values with the patient’s symptoms…reviewing each lab value and coming up with a diagnosis and treatment plan. It’s so rewarding to correct patients’ metabolic diseases so they will feel healthy and can get back to their regular activities.”

Dr. Alnabelsi has been on staff at Eisenhower Medical Center since 1998 and has served as Section Chief of Endocrinology. In April 2009, Dr. Alnabelsi was awarded Physician of the Month at Eisenhower Medical Center. Additionally, he received recognition as one of the top 70 physicians in the Palm Springs area as chosen by his peers.