Faculty
Host Faculty

Banke Agarwal, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Giuseppe Aliperti, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Midwest Therapeautic Endoscopy Consultants, PC
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Midwest Therapeautic Endoscopy Consultants, PC

Timothy Brady, MD
St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants, PC
St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants, PC

David Cort, MD
Digestive Diseases Medical Consultants, PC
Digestive Diseases Medical Consultants, PC

Steven Edmundowicz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology
Washington University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology
Washington University School of Medicine

Shaun M. Falvey, J.D.
Brown & Crouppen
Brown & Crouppen

Steven Fern, DO
Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC
Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC

Todd Howard, MD
Suburban Surgical Associates, PC
Suburban Surgical Associates, PC

Ira Kodner, MD
Solon & Bettie Gershman Professor of Surgery
Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Solon & Bettie Gershman Professor of Surgery
Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine

Eric Lederman, MD
Colorectal Surgery
Suburban Surgical Associates, PC
Colorectal Surgery
Suburban Surgical Associates, PC

David Linehan, MD
Professor and Chief, Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Professor and Chief, Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine

Keith Naunheim, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Gary Ratkin, MD
Medical Oncology
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Medical Oncology
Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Friedrich G. Schuening, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division Director of Hematology & Oncology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division Director of Hematology & Oncology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Erik Thyssen, MD
Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Guest Faculty

Joel V. Brill, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Predictive Health, LLC,
Phoenix, AZ
Chief Medical Officer, Predictive Health, LLC,
Phoenix, AZ

John DeWitt, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

John Dumot, DO
Medical Director, Digestive Health Institute
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Medical Director, Digestive Health Institute
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Douglas Faigel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ

Gary Falk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

David Ilson, MD, PhD
Attending physician, MSKCC
Professor of medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Attending physician, MSKCC
Professor of medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

Brian Jacobson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Michael Levy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD
Digestive Health Specialists of Tacoma
Seattle, WA
Digestive Health Specialists of Tacoma
Seattle, WA

Andrew Schlafly, JD
General Counsel
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
General Counsel
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY

Jeff Segal, MD, JD
CEO and Founder, Medical Justice
Greensboro, NC
CEO and Founder, Medical Justice
Greensboro, NC

Janak N. Shah, MD
Director of Pancreatic and Biliary Endoscopy
Interventional Endoscopy Services – California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Director of Pancreatic and Biliary Endoscopy
Interventional Endoscopy Services – California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Margaret Tempero, MD
Doris and Donald Fisher Distinguished Professorship in Clinical Cancer Research
Professor of Medicine
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA
Doris and Donald Fisher Distinguished Professorship in Clinical Cancer Research
Professor of Medicine
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA

Douglas Rex, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University
Indianopolis, IN
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University
Indianopolis, IN

Cameron D Wright, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard University
Boston, MA
Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard University
Boston, MA



