Physicians
Dr. Ponec graduated from Stanford University and earned his Medical Degree at the University of Southern California. His Internal Medicine training was at UCLA. He completed his Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1997. He specializes in advanced procedures – diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, Celiac plexus block and neurolysis, therapeutic ERCP, ERCP with Spyglass, electrohydraulic lithotripsy, luminal stenting, therapeutic colon polyp management, endoscopic mucosal resection.
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Makkalearn Em, M.D.
Board Certified Internal Medicine, Board Certified Gastroenterology
Dr. Em is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He did his residency and was chief resident in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. Em’s specialty is Gastroenterology, with emphasis on inflammatory bowel disease, therapeutic endoscopy and liver diseases.
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Patricia C. Kao, M.D.
Board Certified Internal Medicine, Board Certified Gastroenterology
Dr. Kao graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Vermont.
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Katherine Hoda, M.D.
Dr. Hoda was born and raised in the Willamette Valley, completed her undergraduate studies at Oregon State University, and earned her medical degree at Oregon Health & Sciences University. Following medical school she spent six years at Oregon Health & Science University completing an Internal Medicine residency followed by a Gastroenterology fellowship. Dr. Hoda’s clinical and research interests include quality outcomes in colonoscopy, diseases of the colon including colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and pancreatic and biliary disease.
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Nabil Choueiri, M.D.
Board Certified Internal Medicine, Board Certified Gastroenterology
Dr. Choueiri graduated from the American University in Beirut. His internal medicine training and gastroenterology fellowship were completed at Saint Louis University where he was named Intern of the year in 2005 and served as the Chief Medical Resident in 2007. Dr. Choueiri pursued further formal training in 2010 in advanced and therapeutic endoscopy (including: diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, celiac plexus block and neurolysis, therapeutic ERCP, ERCP with Spyglass, electrohydraulic lithotripsy, luminal stenting, deep small bowel single balloon enteroscopy, therapeutic colon polyp management, endoscopic mucosal resection) at the University of Maryland which is his area of focus.
Falguny Bhavan, M.D.
Retired 6/30/2021 – Lawrence K. Gates, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.
Dr. Gates graduated from Duke University School of Medicine, where he completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency. He completed a Gastroenterology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and was an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky.
Retired 12/31/2020 – Edward H. Schultheiss, M.D.
Board Certified Internal Medicine, Board Certified Gastroenterology
Dr. Schultheiss earned his Medical Degree from the University of Illinois. His Internal Medicine training was at Oregon Health & Sciences University. He completed his Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Utah in 1989. Dr. Schultheiss retired December 31st 2020. See Our News.
