Our Digestive and Liver Disease Program provides personalized care through a team of gastroenterologists, hepatologists and endoscopists who specialize in treating a wide spectrum of digestive and liver disorders.
Ramnik J. Xavier, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Celiac disease, Hepatitis, Autoimmune disorders of the GI tract, Gastrointestinal cancers
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6007
Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Colon cancer screening, Lynch syndrome, Hereditary colon cancer, Familial adenomatous polyposis / Gardner syndrome, Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, Familial pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, Carcinoid tumor
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3544
Diane Renee Abraczinskas, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, Disorders of the esophagus, Eosinophilic esophagitis, Celiac sprue, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Hepatology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6044
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, General gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6005
Karin L. Andersson, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Transplant Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Liver disease, Viral hepatitis
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3524
Bernard Ralph Aserkoff, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-5995
Jakob Begun, MD, PhD
Clinical Interests: Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
William Robert Brugge, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Pancreatic cancer, Therapeutic endoscopy, Endoscopic ultrasound, Pancreatic cystic lesions, Esophageal cancer, Barrett's esophagus, Gastric (stomach) cancer, Gastrointestinal malignancy, Pancreatic biliary disorders, Stromal cell tumors
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-0578
Cheryl Jean Bunker, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Disorders of the esophagus, General gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-0578
Peter J. Carolan, Jr, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-0397
Brenna W. Casey, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Endoscopic ultrasound, Therapeutic endoscopy, Gastrointestinal malignancy, Pancreatic biliary disorders
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-1685
Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Cancer prevention, General gastroenterology, Colorectal cancer, Hereditary colorectal cancer, Gastrointestinal cancers
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3212
Jennifer Y. Chen, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Liver disease, Viral hepatitis, General gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-643-0826
Michael Yoon-Suk Choi, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, Colorectal center, Colon cancer screening
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3544
Raymond T. Chung, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Transplant Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Liver Disease / Hepatology, Viral hepatitis, Liver cancer, Liver transplant
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6006
Francis P. Colizzo III, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-7933
Kathleen Corey, MD, MPH
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Cholestatic liver disease, Liver transplant
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-1685
Andrew S. deLemos, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General GI, metabolism and obesity
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6006
Jules Leonard Dienstag, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Viral hepatitis, Chronic liver disease, Liver transplant
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-7450
David G. Forcione, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography), Endoscopic ultrasound, Disorders of the pancreas and bile ducts, Pancreas cysts, Pancreatitis, Barrett's esophagus, Endoscopic ablation of Barrett's esophagus (EMR, RFA, Cryo), Endolumenal stenting (esophageal stents, gastric stents), Complex colon polyps and colonic stents, Cyanoacrylate glue injection for varices
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-0607
Manish Gala, MD
Clinical Interests: Familial cancer syndromes
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6004
John Garber III, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General GI, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, GI cancer
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6005
Cosmas Chris Giallourakis, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, General gastroenterology, Hepatology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-2026
Stephen Edward Goldfinger, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Familial mediterranean fever, Carcinoid syndrome, Zollinger ellison syndrome, Other GI neuroendocrine disorders, Abdominal pain, Celiac sprue, Diarrhea
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6004
Nitin Gupta, MD
Clinical Interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Chin Hur, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett's esophagus, Gastrointestinal cancer screening, Cancer chemoprevention, Eosinophilic esophagitis
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3544
Allen Hwang, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Pancreaticobiliary disease, Pancreatic cysts, Barrett's esophagus, Endoscopic mucosal resection, Pancreatic cancer
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone:617-724-0578
Lee Michael Kaplan, MD, PhD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Hepatitis, Liver disease, Obesity, GI endocrine tumors
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6007
Peter Baker Kelsey, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Bleeding of unknown origin, Disorders of the biliary and pancreas, Therapeutic endoscopy
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6044
Hamed Khalili, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Risk factors for development of IBD, Identifying subgroups at highest risk for poor outcomes
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6005
Lindsay King, MD
Clinical Interests: General hepatology, transplant hepatology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Gauree Gupta Konijeti, MD, MPH
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, General hepatology, Endoscopy, Inflammatory bowel disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Braden Kuo, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Esophageal disease, General gastroenterology, GI motility, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6038
Jay Luther, MD
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Sriram Machineni, MD
Clinical Interests: Obesity Medicine
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-4400
Daniel L Motola, MD, PhD
Clinical Interests: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Abnormal liver function tests, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Autoimmune hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver failure, Liver transplantation, Celiac disease, General gastroenterology, Diagnostic endoscopy
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Alan C. Mullen, MD, PhD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Viral hepatitis, Chronic liver disease, General GI, Abnormal liver function tests
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6066
Barbara Joyce Nath, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Biliary manometry, Esophageal motility, Swallowing disorders, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3505
Deanna Diemanh Nguyen, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Celiac sprue, Microscopic colitis
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-2047
Norman Shizuaki Nishioka, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Barrett's esophagus, Esophageal cancer, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-4422
Joanna M. Peloquin, MD
Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, health care quality and delivery of care
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Lee Fu Peng, MD, PhD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Liver disease, Endoscopy - EGD and Colonoscopy, Viral Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Metabolic liver disease, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Cholestatic liver disease, Acute Liver Failure
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6004
Daniel Stephan Pratt, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Autoimmune hepatitis, Autoimmune liver disease, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma, Abnormal liver function tests, Liver tumors
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3313
Ruma Rajbhandari, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, Hepatology
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-643-0826
James Michael Richter, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Colon cancer and polyps, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Inflammatory bowel disease, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-0397
Jenny S. Sauk, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Microscopic colitis, Celiac disease, Gastrointestinal cancer
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-2047
Esperance Schaefer, MD, MPH
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Viral hepatitis, Autoimmune hepatitis, End stage liver disease / cirrhosis, General gastroenterology, Inflammatory bowel disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6007
Robert Harris Schapiro, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Gastrointestinal bleeding, Interventional endoscopy, Pancreatic and biliary disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3524
Amandeep Singh, MD, PhD
Clinical Interests: Obesity, General gastroenterology, Liver disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-643-0826
Gitanjali Srivastava, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Metabolism and obesity, Gastric bypass, Energy expenditure, Pediatric obesity
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-4400
Kyle Staller, MD
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, GI motility
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-643-0826
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH
Clinical Interests: Adult and pediatric obesity, Physical activity, Nutrition, Exercise patterns, Ethnic disparities in obesity, Public health, Health policy
Accepting New Patients: yes
Phone: 617-726-4400
Jayant Talreja, MD
Clinical Interests: Interventional endoscopy, Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic ultrasound, Endoscopic management of biliary strictures
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepting New Patients: yes
Phone: 617-724-0578
Michael Thiim, MD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Autoimmune hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Liver failure, Liver transplant, Portal hypertension, Diagnostic Endoscopy
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-726-3212
Harry J. Thomas, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
C. Giovanni Traverso, MB, BChir, PhD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General gastroenterology, Hereditary colon cancer, Lynch syndrome, Familial adenomatous polyposis
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Debra F. Weinstein, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Screening and Detection of Colon Cancer, Surveillance for colonic polyps
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-5995
Ying Wu, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Liver disease / hepatology, Health care quality and delivery of care
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6113
Vijay Yajnik, MD, PhD
Board Certification: Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, Microscopic colitis, Immune diseases affecting GI tract, Celiac disease, Gastrointestinal cancers
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Phone: 617-724-6005
Sonia Yoon, MD
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: GI Motility, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Accepting New Patients: yes
Phone: 617-724-6038
Nurse practitioners
Judith Bloom, NP
Program: Liver
Phone: 617-726-0628
Lindsay Farragher, NP
Program: Interventional
Phone: 617-726-0607
Kevin Knoblock, NP
Program: Inpatient
Phone: 617-724-6113
Christopher Shaw, NP
Program: Motility
Phone: 617-643-6491
Kathleen Sullivan, NP
Program: Inflammatory bowel disease
Phone: 617-724-4728
Andrea Thurler, NP
Program: Research/Motility
Phone: 617-724-6038
Janet Zardas, NP
Program: Liver
Phone: 617-724-6006

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