Medical Education: Government medical college, Amritsar, Punjab
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
Advance Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Research: Interventional Endoscopy – EUS, ERCP, Third space endoscopy ( POEM, ESD), Endobariatric Device development, Meta-analysis, Evidence based medicine
Fun facts: Played cricket at zonal level, Coding, hiking, eating out at different vegetarian restaurants
Gastroenterology Department Leadership
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Patrick Okolo, MD - Chief of Division
Medical Education: University of Nigeria
Residency: Indiana University Medical Center,, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. (GN advanced therapy endoscopy)
Research/Interests: Medical decision-making, utilization. Small bound, endoscopy. Obesity and metabolism.
Fun Facts: Loves sports; cricket, soccer, long distance running and Taekwondo. Possibly a foodie.
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Vivek Kesar, MD - Medical Director of Endoscopy, Program Director Advanced Endo
Medical Education: VMMC, Delhi, India
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Stony brook university Hospital, NY
Advanced Fellowship: Yale University Hospital
Research/Interests: Interventional Endoscopist interested in Pancreatic-biliary endoscopy, Endoscopic suturing and bariatric Endoscopy, Complex Polypectomy, and POEMS procedure and advance minimally invasive endoscopy!
Fun Facts: loves to travel, likes high-speed cars, craft cocktails, life-long learner
Roanoke Comprehensive Gastroenterology Faculty
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Anthony Baldoni, MD
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Kevin Dye, MD
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Bara El Kurdi, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan
Residency: East Tennessee State University - Quillen College of Medicine
Fellowship: UT Health - San Antonio, TX
Hometown: Amman, Jordan.
Research or field of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Pancreatology, Innovation.
Fun Facts: I like to run, bike and kayak. I host a podcast on innovation and technology in GI. I'm always up for a soccer match!
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Klaus Monkemuller, MD
Medical Education: Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Facultad de Medcinia
Residency: University of Tennessee Memphis
Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Hometown: Kronach, Bavaria
Research/Interests: Interventional gastrointestinal endoscopy, extreme endoscopy, gastrointestinal infections Co-editor Endoscopy, Member of scientific committee of ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy), SIED (Sociedad Interamericana de Endoscopia Digestiva)
Hobbies: travel, photography, bicycle, kayaking, EndoCollab
Professor in USA, Ecuador, Uruguay, Croatia, Serbia and Germany
Newsletter: The Practicing Endoscopi
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Robert Moylan, MD
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Kerry Whitt, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Memphis, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Field of Interest: hepatology, IBD, ERCP
Fun Facts: loves basketball, reads nonfiction regularly, bikes to work, loves good sushi
Roanoke Interventional Gastroenterology Faculty
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Varun Kesar, MD - Program Director
Medical Education: Government medical college, Amritsar, Punjab
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
Advance Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Research: Interventional Endoscopy – EUS, ERCP, Third space endoscopy ( POEM, ESD), Endobariatric Device development, Meta-analysis, Evidence based medicine
Fun facts: Played cricket at zonal level, Coding, hiking, eating out at different vegetarian restaurants
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Vivek Kesar, MD - Medical Director of Endoscopy, Program Director Advanced Endo
Medical Education: VMMC, Delhi, India
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Stony brook university Hospital, NY
Advanced Fellowship: Yale University Hospital
Research/Interests: Interventional Endoscopist interested in Pancreatic-biliary endoscopy, Endoscopic suturing and bariatric Endoscopy, Complex Polypectomy, and POEMS procedure and advance minimally invasive endoscopy!
Fun Facts: loves to travel, likes high-speed cars, craft cocktails, life-long learner
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Patrick Okolo, MD - Chief of Division
Medical Education: University of Nigeria
Residency: Indiana University Medical Center,, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. (GN advanced therapy endoscopy)
Research/Interests: Medical decision-making, utilization. Small bound, endoscopy. Obesity and metabolism.
Fun Facts: Loves sports; cricket, soccer, long distance running and Taekwondo. Possibly a foodie.
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Paul Yeaton, MD
New River Valley Gastroenterology Faculty
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Anand Kishore, MD - Site Director
I am a senior general Gastroenterologist with interest in GI Motility disorders as well as capsule endoscopy. I have in practice over 34 years in the New River Valley area.
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Mark Anthony Ringold, MD
Salem VA Medical Center
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Marieth Rubio, MD
Medical Education: University of Chile, Santiago
Residency: AHEC, Wilmington, NC (UNC affiliated)
Fellowship (Gastroenterology and Hepatology): Tulane University
Hometown: Puerto Montt, Chile
Research/Interests: Liver, Colon Cancer, and IBD
Fun facts: Happily married to wonderful man who is a great interventional pulmonologist/critical care and sleep doctor. Two wonderful twin daughters, Christiana, who is in IM residency, and Catalina who planning her wedding and applying to psychiatry residency
Mohammed Sageer, MD
Chief VA Medical Center
Hometown: Guruvayur, India
Field of interest: Wide range of interests ranging from Inflammatory bowel disease care and colorectal cancer screening to management of patients with advanced liver disease and post liver transplant care.
Fun facts: Father of a teenage daughter and a total sports buff- crazy about soccer and English Premier League.
Hepatology
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Marieth Rubio, MD
Medical Education: University of Chile, Santiago
Residency: AHEC, Wilmington, NC (UNC affiliated)
Fellowship (Gastroenterology and Hepatology): Tulane University
Hometown: Puerto Montt, Chile
Research/Interests: Liver, Colon Cancer, and IBD
Fun facts: Happily married to wonderful man who is a great interventional pulmonologist/critical care and sleep doctor. Two wonderful twin daughters, Christiana, who is in IM residency, and Catalina who planning her wedding and applying to psychiatry residency
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Kerry Whitt, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Memphis, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Field of Interest: hepatology, IBD, ERCP
Fun Facts: loves basketball, reads nonfiction regularly, bikes to work, loves good sushi