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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 -
Associate Clinical Professor
pbarman@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation -
Assistant Clinical Professor
mtbender@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
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 -
Emeritus, Professor
crboland@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
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 -
Professor
Co-Director, UCSD LJI Program in Immunology
jtc007@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
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 -
Assistant Clinical Professor
kac050@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Professor in Residence, Medicine
Staff Physician, San Diego Veterans Medical Center
mchojkier@health.ucsd.edu
mario.chojkier@va.gov
Specialty: Hepatology -
Clinical Professor
necopurdahi@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Associate Clinical Professor
s2dave@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation -
Assistant Adjunct Professor
ddhar@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology -
Clinical Professor
mdocherty@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Professor In Residence
Co-Director, San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center
Director, GI Research Fellowship
leckmann@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
Professor, Pathology
Adjunct Professor, Medicine
pernst@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
Clinical Professor
Program Director, Advanced Endoscopic Preceptorship Program
sfehmi@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Interventional Endoscopy, POEM -
Assistant Clinical Professor
kmgeary@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
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 -
Professor In Residence
Co-Lead, Cancer Control Program, Moores Cancer Center
s1gupta@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
Assistant Adjunct Professor
c6hsu@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology -
Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Dean of School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
bhjung@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
Clinical Professor
Division Vice Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Program Director, GI Fellowship Program
dkalmaz@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
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 -
Clinical Professor
mkrinsky@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, GI Cancer, Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts -
Associate Clinical Professor
dkunkel@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: GI Motility -
Assistant Clinical Professor
sekuo@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology -
Associate Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Endoscopy
wtkwong@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: GI Cancer, Interventional Endoscopy/Pancreas & Bile Ducts -
Assistant Adjunct Professor
allorenteizquierdo@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology -
Assistant Clinical Professor
eelow@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology -
Emeritus Professor
mmendler@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation, Hepatology -
Professor
rmittal@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, GI Motility -
Clinical Professor
drpatel@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, General Gastroenterology -
Clinical Professor
GI Section Chief, VA San Diego
hpatton@health.ucsd.edu
Heather.Patton@va.gov
Specialty: Hepatology -
Adjunct Professor
jriveranieves@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Associate Clinical Professor
j4rubin@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Recall/Emeritus
wsandborn@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -
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 -
Professor, Medicine
Director of Research, GI Division
Director, San Diego Digestive Disease Research Center
beschnabl@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology -
Associate Clinical Professor
s6shah@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
Associate Clinical Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor, DBMI
Director, UCSD IBD Center
sis040@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -
Assistant Clinical Professor
mtincopa@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation, Gastroenterology -
Assistant Clinical Professor
matsai@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Subspecialty: General Gastroenterology -
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 -
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 -
Assistant Clinical Professor
aly009@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: Liver Transplantation -
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

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Director, UCSD MASLD Research Center
Professor of Medicine
roloomba@health.ucsd.edu
Specialty: Hepatology
Subspecialty: MASLD, Liver Transplantation