Medical Team - Digestive Disease Specialists & GI Surgeons

With a nationally-recognized medical staff of digestive disease specialists and GI surgeons, the Temple Digestive Disease Center team has earned a reputation for excellence and innovative care, due in part to its successful treatment of unusual and difficult cases.

Gastroenterology

 

Paul J. Bandini, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Inflammatory bowel disease; liver and biliary tract problems; peptic ulcer disease
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, St. Peter’s College; medical degree, Hahnemann Medical College
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Temple University Hospital
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

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Martin Black, M.D.
Director, Liver Unit;
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Program
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Diagnosis and treatment of liver disease; drug-induced disease; chronic viral hepatitis; chronic active hepatitis; interferon therapy; non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis
EDUCATION: St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London
TRAINING: Hepatology fellowship, Royal Free Hospital, London, under the aegis of Dame Sheila Sherlock; fellowships at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Robert S. Fisher, M.D.
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal motor function — especially the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and gallbladder; acid/peptic disorders such as GERD and peptic ulcer disease; adaptation of scintigraphic techniques to study gastrointestinal motor function; functional gastrointestinal diseases, including functional dyspepsia; irritable bowel syndrome; noncardiac chest pain; biliary dyskinesia
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Princeton University; medical degree, University of Pennsylvania
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Frank K. Friedenberg, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Inflammatory bowel disease; gastroparesis; functional dyspepsia; colon cancer screening; therapy for pseudomembranous colitis
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Albright College; medical degree, Temple University School of Medicine
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Albert Einstein Medical Center
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Brenda J. Horwitz, M.D.
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Functional gastrointestinal disorders, especially irritable bowel syndrome; women’s issues in gastroenterology; acid/peptic disorders; viral hepatitis
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Bucknell University; medical degree, Jefferson Medical College
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Temple University Hospital
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Benjamin Krevsky, M.D.
Associate Chief, Section of Gastroenterology; Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal malignancies, especially esophageal and colon cancers; motor disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, especially constipation and fecal incontinence; capsule endoscopy; endoscopic laser therapy and ablative therapy for Barrett’s esophagus; hemorrhoid therapy
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Yale University; medical degree, University of Cincinnati
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Temple University Hospital
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Harvey M. Licht, M.D
CLINICAL INTERESTS: General gastrointestinal diseases; gastroesophageal reflux disease; inflammatory bowel disease; colon cancer screening
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, State University of New York at Stony Brook; medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, DC
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Larry Miller, M.D.
Director, Endoscopic Research
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal tumors; acid/peptic disorders; pancreatic disease; endoscopic ultrasound; therapeutic endoscopy
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, University of Illinois; medical degree, University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Georgetown University/Washington VA-NIH; clinical nutrition fellowship, Education and Research Foundation in Chicago; therapeutic endoscopy fellowship, Wellsley Hospital, University of Toronto
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Santiago J. Munoz, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Director, Clinical Hepatology
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Care of patients with chronic and acute liver failure; medical aspects of liver transplantation; chronic hepatitis C and B; primary liver cancer (hepatoma); and fatty liver
EDUCATION: University of Chile School of Medicine, Valparaiso, Chile
TRAINING: Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University; Medicine, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore; Internal Medicine Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
CERTIFICATION: Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Internal Medicine
LANGUAGE IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH: Spanish
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Henry P. Parkman, M.D.
Director, GI Motility Laboratory;
Director, Clinical Research Unit President, American Motility Society
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Neuromuscular control of gastrointestinal motor function; motor disorders of the esophagus, stomach and small intestine; muscles of the GI tract; the effect of autonomic dysfunction on the GI tract; gastroparesis; functional dyspepsia; achalasia; noncardiac chest pain; gastroesophageal reflux disease; irritable bowel syndrome; chronic constipation
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Harvard University; medical degree, Case Western Reserve University
TRAINING: GI fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; GI research fellowship, Mayo Clinic; research training, Johns Hopkins Hospital
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Vishal Patel, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Chronic hepatitis B and C; complications of portal hypertension; and acute liver failure
EDUCATION: St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
TRAINING: Hepatology fellowship, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 2008; Internal Medicine residency, Lehigh Valley Hospital, 2007
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine

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Joel E. Richter, M.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Esophageal motility disorders including achalasia, noncardiac chest pain and dysphagia; atypical and typical GERD; extraintestinal manifestations of GERD; Barrett’s esophagus; post fundoplication problems; and esophageal motility disease
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Texas A&M University; medical degree, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School
TRAINING: GI fellowship, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Malini Sahu, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Endoscopic ultrasound and gastrointestinal oncology
EDUCATION: Boston University School of Medicine
TRAINING: Internal Medicine residency, New York University Medical Center; Gastroenterology fellowship, New York University Medical Center
CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (board eligible)

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Michael S. Smith, M.D., M.B.A.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Diagnosis and treatment of Barrett's esophagus, including BARRX® radiofrequency ablation, cryo-ablation, complex endoscopic mucosal resection, narrow band imaging and endoscopic ultrasound
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, Princeton University; medical degree, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; M.B.A. degree, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
TRAINING: Internal medicine residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases fellowship, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Campus

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Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery

 

Daniel Dempsey, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgery
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal surgery; gastrointestinal cancer; surgery of the esophagus and stomach; laparoscopic surgery; bariatric surgery; reoperative surgery
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Princeton University; medical degree, University of Rochester
TRAINING: Surgical residency, University of Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATION: Surgery
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Colleen B. Gaughan, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); Barrett's esophagus; achalasia and esophageal motility disorders; lung cancer; mediastinal tumors; tracheal tumors and tracheal stenosis
EDUCATION: Temple University School of Medicine
TRAINING: General Surgery residency, Temple University Hospital; Thoracic and Foregut Surgery fellowship, University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Hospital; Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
CERTIFICATION: General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (board eligible)

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Sean P. Harbison, M.D.
Vice Chair, Surgical Education
CLINICAL INTERESTS: General surgery, surgical oncology
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, LaSalle University; medical degree, Temple University School of Medicine
TRAINING: Surgical residency, Graduate Hospital; Surgical Oncology fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CERTIFICATION: Surgery
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Amit Khanna, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Director, Rectal Cancer Program
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Minimally invasive/laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery; colorectal oncology; diverticular disease; inflammatory bowel disease; anorectal disease; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis
EDUCATION: Medical degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; master of public health degree, Health Policy and Management, Columbia University School of Public Health
TRAINING: Surgery residency, University of Rochester Medical Center; Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship, Cleveland Clinic - Florida Campus, Weston, FL
CERTIFICATION: General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery

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John Meilahn, M.D.
Director, Bariatric Surgery, Temple University Hospital
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Bariatric surgery including laparoscopic and open gastric bypass, LapBand® and revisional surgery; advanced laparoscopic surgery; gastrointestinal surgery; general surgery
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, Drexel University; medical degree, University of Pennsylvania
TRAINING: Surgical fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Certification: Surgery
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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John Rombeau, M.D.
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Colon/rectal surgery; colon/rectal cancer; sphincter saving procedures; diverticular disease; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-anal J pouch; anorectal disease including fistulae, abscesses, fissures and hemorrhoids; intestinal fistulas
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, LaSierra College; medical degree, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
TRAINING: Surgical residency, Los Angeles County U.S.C. Medical Center; Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship and Research Surgical fellowship, Cleveland Clinic; Nutrition and Metabolism fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University Medical School
CERTIFICATION: Surgery
PUBLICATION LISTING: PubMed

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Ian S. Soriano, M.D.
Bariatric Surgeon
CLINICAL INTERESTS: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding and revisional bariatric surgery, advanced laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery
EDUCATION: University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines
TRAINING: Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery fellowship, Cleveland Clinic - Florida Campus; General Surgery residency, Albert Einstein Medical Center
CERTIFICATION: Surgery

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