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Veeral Ajmera, MD, MAS

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
v1ajmera@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation

Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Program Director, GI Fellowship Program
Director of Endoscopy, VA Medical Center San Diego
gsanand@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts, GI Cancer

Pranab Barman, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
pbarman@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation

Matthew T. Bender, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
mtbender@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Brigid Boland, MD

Associate Adjunct Professor
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Biorepository
Director, Translational Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research
Co-Director, San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center Human Translational Core
bboland@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, General Gastroenterology

Clement Richard Boland, MD

Emeritus, Professor
crboland@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

David Brenner, MD

Recall Faculty
dbrenner@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

John Carethers, MD, MACP, FAACR

Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Public Health
jcarethers@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology and Hereditary GI Cancers Syndrome

John Chang, MD

Professor
Co-Director, UCSD LJI Program in Immunology
jtc007@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Michael Chang, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Endoscopy
Clinical Service Chief, Hillcrest Endoscopy
mac063@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts, GI Cancer

Kay Chen, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
kac050@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Mario Chojkier, MD, FAASLD

Professor in Residence, Medicine
Staff Physician, San Diego Veterans Medical Center
mchojkier@health.ucsd.edu
mario.chojkier@va.gov
Specialty: Hepatology

Nedret Copur-Dahi, MD

Clinical Professor
necopurdahi@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Shravan Dave, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
s2dave@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation

Debanjan Dhar, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
ddhar@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Michael Docherty, MD

Clinical Professor
mdocherty@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Lars Eckmann, MD

Professor In Residence
Co-Director, San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center
Director, GI Research Fellowship
leckmann@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Peter Ernst, PhD, DVM

Professor, Pathology
Adjunct Professor, Medicine
pernst@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Syed Abbas Fehmi, MD, MSc

Clinical Professor
Program Director, Advanced Endoscopic Preceptorship Program
sfehmi@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Interventional Endoscopy, POEM

Kyle Geary, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
kmgeary@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Pradipta Ghosh, DVM, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Founding Director, Institute of Network Medicine
prghosh@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Andres Gottfried Blackmore, MD, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology
andresg@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS, AGAF

Professor In Residence
Co-Lead, Cancer Control Program, Moores Cancer Center
s1gupta@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Cynthia Hsu, MD, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
c6hsu@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Barbara Jung, MD

Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Dean of School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
bhjung@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Denise Kalmaz, MD, AGAF

Clinical Professor
Division Vice Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Program Director, GI Fellowship Program
dkalmaz@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Hiroshi Kiyono, DDS, PhD

Adjunct Professor
hkiyono@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Yuko Kono, MD, PhD, FAIUM, FAASLD

Clinical Professor, Medicine
Clinical Professor, Radiology
ykono@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation

Mary Lee Krinsky, DO

Clinical Professor
mkrinsky@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, GI Cancer, Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts

David C. Kunkel, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
dkunkel@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: GI Motility

Selena Kuo, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
sekuo@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Wilson Kwong, MD, MS

Associate Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Endoscopy
wtkwong@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: GI Cancer, Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts

Cristina Llorente, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
allorenteizquierdo@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Eric Low, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
eelow@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Michel Mendler, MD, MS

Emeritus Professor
mmendler@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation, Hepatology

Ravinder Mittal, MD

Professor
rmittal@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, GI Motility

Derek Patel, MD

Clinical Professor
drpatel@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, General Gastroenterology

Heather Patton, MD

Clinical Professor
GI Section Chief, VA San Diego
hpatton@health.ucsd.edu
Heather.Patton@va.gov
Specialty: Hepatology

Jesus Rivera-Nieves, MD

Adjunct Professor
jriveranieves@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Joshua Rubin, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
j4rubin@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

William Sandborn, MD

Recall/Emeritus
wsandborn@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Thomas Savides, MD

Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief Experience Physician Liaison
GI Clinical Service Chief
tsavides@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts, GI Cancer

Bernd Schnabl, MD

Professor, Medicine
Director of Research, GI Division
Director, San Diego Digestive Disease Research Center
beschnabl@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Shailja Shah, MD MPH

Associate Clinical Professor
s6shah@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Siddharth Singh, MD, MBBS, MS

Associate Clinical Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor, DBMI
Director, UCSD IBD Center
sis040@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Monica Tincopa, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
mtincopa@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation, Gastroenterology

Matthew Tsai, MD, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor
matsai@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology

Guillaume Urtecho, PhD

Assistant Professor
gurtecho@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Niels Vande Casteele, PharmD, PhD

Associate Adjunct Professor
nvandecasteele@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Irine Vodkin, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
ivodkin@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology

Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FACG, FAFS

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases
Director, GI Motility Lab
ryadlapati@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, GI Motility

Alexander Yang, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
aly009@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation

Fady Youssef, MD, MS

Associate Physician
fayoussef@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD, ABOM, AGAF

Associate Professor
azarrinpar@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Ali Zifan, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc

Assistant Adjunct Professor
azifan@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology & Hepatology Faculty at UC San Diego