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Esophageal Diseases Center – Faculty

Team Leads

Kerry Dunbar, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Internal Medicine

  • Advanced Endoscopic Imaging and Esophageal Motility/Reflux Testing

Chunfa Jie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Biostatistics
  • Des Moines University

Shelby Melton, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Pathology

Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pathology

  • Genomics

Thai H. Pham, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Surgery

David H. Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Oncology

Affiliated Faculty

Todd Aguilera, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Radiation Oncology

Nonyelum Ebigbo, M.D.

Instructor

  • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Benjamin Elsbernd, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Sravanya Gavini, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Markus Goldschmiedt, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Aakash Goyal, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Kemp Kernstine, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

  • Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Nisa Kubiliun, M.D.

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Rozina Mithani, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Scott Reznik, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Nina Saford, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Service

Rinarani Sanghavi, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Tarek Sawas, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Shawn Shah, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Anna Tavakkoli, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Roopa Vemulapalli, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

Hendrikus "Dutch" Vanderveldt, M.D.

Assistent Professor

  • Division of Digestive and Liver Disease

John Waters, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery