Faculty and Staff - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Faculty

Gebran Abboud, MD Clinical Assistant Professor (520) 626-6119 gabboud@arizona.edu

Avin Aggarwal, MBBS Clinical Assistant Professor Medical Director, South Campus Endoscopy Services Associate Program Director, GI Fellowship Program (520) 626-6743 avin.aggarwal@bannerhealth.com

Rilwan Balogun, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track) (520) 626-3992 rilwan.balogun@bannerhealth.com

Bhaskar Banerjee, MD Professor of Medicine, Optical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship (520) 626-6119 bbanerjee@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Geoffrey D. Block, MD, MSc, FACP Clinical Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Liver Transplant Interim Director, Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute (520) 626-3005 gdblock@arizona.edu

James Patrick Dinning Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track) dinningmp1@msn.com

Susana Escalante-Glorsky Assistant Clinical Professor (520) 626-6743 susana.escalante-glorsky@va.gov

George Fantry, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track) Associate Professor, Gastroenterology/Hepatology (520) 626-6216 gfantry@arizona.edu

Steve Goldschmid, MD Professor Emeritus sgoldsch@arizona.edu

Oleh Haluszka, MD Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinical Professor, (Clinical Series Track) (520) 626-6119 ohaluszka@arizona.edu

Rolando J. Leal, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine (520) 626-3005 rleal@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Haripriya Maddur, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) (520) 626-6743 hmaddur@arizona.edu

Joshua Melson, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine jmelson@arizona.edu

Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD Regents Professor Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Research Member, Cancer Biology Program, University of Arizona Cancer Center Associate Director for Basic Sciences, University of Arizona Cancer Center Interim Director, University of Arizona Cancer Center (520) 626-3334 jmerchant@arizona.edu

Bhupesh Pokhrel, MBBS Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) (520) 626-6743 bhupesh.pokhrel@va.gov

Sasha Taleban, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship (520) 626-6119 staleban@arizona.edu

Kai Rou Tey, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (520) 626-3005 kairoutey@arizona.edu

Cameron Thompson, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track) (520) 626-3992 cameront15@arizona.edu

Research Staff

Suzann Duan, PhD Assistant Research Professor, Medicine - (Research Series Track) sduan@arizona.edu

Emilie Ginovker Research Associate (520) 626-2548 emilieginovker@arizona.edu

Erica A. Sontz Research Specialist sontz@arizona.edu

Staff

Tera Lynelle Bolton Administrative Operations Manager tbolton@arizona.edu

Mirna Cano Health Care Partner mirnacano@arizona.edu

Stephanie K. Clinch Administrative Associate stephanieclinch@arizona.edu

Joshua Gaddy Clinical Research Coordinator II jgaddy@arizona.edu

Rebecca Ru Griffin Health Care Partner griffin7@arizona.edu

Maria Rosario Longoria Program Coordinator, Senior (520) 626-3992 mlongoria@arizona.edu

Carmen Mendoza Health Care Partner Administrative Associate (520) 626-6743 carmen.ramos@bannerhealth.com

Gloria Schneider Health Care Partner gvschneider@arizona.edu

Jason E. Toone Clinical Associate Director (520) 621-1459 jason.toone@bannerhealth.com