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Gastroenterologists in California

Browse Convene Health's public gastroenterology bench for California. Coverage is strongest around Redwood City, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood, and 17 more markets. Published profiles highlight focus areas including Hepatology (GI), Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Transplant Hepatology, and 8 more markets.

Paul Kwo

Paul Kwo, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant Hepatology
Sammy Saab

Sammy Saab, MD

Medical Director, Pfleger Liver Institute; Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant Program; Chief, Transplant Hepatology; Head, Outcomes Research in Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA10+ years
Transplant HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Melvin Heyman

Melvin Heyman, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program; Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Gastroenterology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Lin Chang

Lin Chang, MD

Vice-Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases; Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Director, Walter and Shirley Wang Center for Integrative Digestive Health; Program Director, UCLA GI Fellowship Training Program

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Gil Melmed

Gil Melmed, M.D.

Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Research, Co-Director of Clinical Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Joo Hwang

Joo Hwang, MD

Fortinet Founders School of Medicine Endowed Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Surgery; Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery; Director, Inpatient Gastroenterology Services

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA20+ years
GI Oncology
Uma Mahadevan

Uma Mahadevan, MD

Professor, Medicine; Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Alexander Kuo

Alexander Kuo, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Liver Transplantation

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA20+ years
Transplant HepatologyHepatology (GI)Clinical Hepatology
Steven-Huy Han

Steven-Huy Han, MD

Philip L. Palumbo Chair in Clinical Hepatology; Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship; Director, Hepatology Clinical Research Center; Director, UCLA Asian Liver Center

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
Transplant HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Jenny Sauk

Jenny Sauk, MD

Director, Clinical Care, UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Linda Anh Nguyen

Linda Anh Nguyen, M.D.

Chief of Gastroenterology, Hoag Digestive Health Institute; Clinical Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center

Gastroenterology

Newark, CA20+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Dermot McGovern

Dermot McGovern, M.D., PH.D., MRCP

Joshua L. and Lisa Z. Greer Chair, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics; Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Director of Translational Research, F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute; Director of Precision Health, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA30+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Natalie Torok

Natalie Torok, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology); Vice Chief of Research, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Clinical Hepatology
Walid Ayoub

Walid Ayoub, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Medicine; Associate Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Clinical Hepatology
Adarsh Thaker

Adarsh Thaker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA10+ years
Bariatric Endoscopy
Subhas Banerjee

Subhas Banerjee, MD

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology); Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
Advanced EndoscopyPancreaticobiliary
William Sandborn

William Sandborn, M.D.

Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Gastroenterology; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Medicine; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, UC San Diego Health

Gastroenterology

San Diego, CA30+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Venkataraman Muthusamy

Venkataraman Muthusamy, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Medical Director of Endoscopy, UCLA Health; Leon J. Tiber, MD, and David S. Alpert, MD, Chair in Medicine

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
Advanced EndoscopyPancreaticobiliary
Shai Friedland

Shai Friedland, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
Advanced Endoscopy
Gina Choi

Gina Choi, M.D.

Transplant Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA15+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant Hepatology
Francis Yao

Francis Yao, MD

Professor of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine; Medical Director, UCSF Liver Transplant Program; Director, UCSF Liver Transplant Outreach and Community Liaison Program

Gastroenterology

San Jose, CA30+ years
Transplant HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Kenneth J Chang

Kenneth J Chang, MD

Executive Medical Director, Hoag Digestive Health Institute; Professor and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Irvine

Gastroenterology

Newport Beach, CA30+ years
Advanced Endoscopy
Eric Esrailian

Eric Esrailian, MD

Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases; Director, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center; Lincy Foundation Chair in Clinical Gastroenterology; Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Thomas Savides

Thomas Savides, M.D.

Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine; Chief Experience Officer; Interim Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego

Gastroenterology

San Diego, CA30+ years
Advanced EndoscopyPancreaticobiliary
Ju Dong Yang

Ju Dong Yang, MD

Medical Director, Liver Cancer Program, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA20+ years
Transplant HepatologyGI OncologyClinical Hepatology
Walter Park

Walter Park, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA20+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Berkeley Limketkai

Berkeley Limketkai, M.D.

Director of Clinical Research, UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA15+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sean Spencer

Sean Spencer, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA10+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Mindie Nguyen

Mindie Nguyen, MD

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant HepatologyClinical Hepatology
Uri Ladabaum

Uri Ladabaum, MD

Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Prevention Program; Head, Clinical Service, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA30+ years
GI OncologyColorectal Cancer Screening
James Buxbaum

James Buxbaum, M.D.

Associate Professor (Clinical Scholar) of Medicine; Executive Director, Digestive Health Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Joel Hecht

Joel Hecht, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Director, UCLA Gastrointestinal Oncology Program; Holder, Carol and Saul Rosenzweig Chair for Cancer Therapies Development

Gastroenterology

Santa Monica, CA30+ years
GI Oncology
Ashish Atreja

Ashish Atreja, MD

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
James Ostroff

James Ostroff, MD

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Radiology; Director, Endoscopy Unit and Gastrointestinal Consultation Service, UCSF

Gastroenterology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Ke-Qin Hu

Ke-Qin Hu, MD

Professor — Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine; Director — UCI Health Hepatology Services

Gastroenterology

Orange, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Clinical Hepatology
Alireza Sedarat

Alireza Sedarat, MD

MD, Gastroenterology | Interventional Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Advanced Endoscopy
Stephen Kim

Stephen Kim, MD

Director, Career Development in Advanced Endoscopy

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA15+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Ramsey Cheung

Ramsey Cheung, MD

Professor - University Medical Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Palo Alto, CA20+ years
Hepatology (GI)
Lynn Connolly

Lynn Connolly, M.D.

Clinical Chief, Community Practices, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center

Gastroenterology

Santa Monica, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Joseph Pisegna

Joseph Pisegna, MD

Professor of Medicine at UCLA and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
GI Oncology
Huy Trinh

Huy Trinh, M.D.

Gastroenterology

San Jose, CA30+ years
Clinical HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Andrea Shin

Andrea Shin, MD

Director, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Biorepository Core; Co-Director, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Clinical Studies and Database Core; Director of Education, Walter and Shirley Wang Center for Integrative Digestive Health

Gastroenterology

Torrance, CA15+ years
Motility & Functional GINeurogastroenterology
Aparna Goel

Aparna Goel, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant Hepatology
Maria Abreu

Maria Abreu, M.D.

IM Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA30+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mona Rezapour

Mona Rezapour, M.D.

Assistant clinical professor of medicine

Gastroenterology

Santa Monica, CA10+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Renumathy Dhanasekaran

Renumathy Dhanasekaran, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA20+ years
GI OncologyTransplant HepatologyClinical Hepatology
Brennan Spiegel

Brennan Spiegel, MD

Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System; Professor of Medicine and Public Health, UCLA; Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Gastroenterology; Director, Cedars-Sinai Master's Degree Program in Health Delivery Science; Director, Cedars-Sinai Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CS-CORE)

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA20+ years
Motility & Functional GIColorectal Cancer Screening
Christopher Bowlus

Christopher Bowlus, M.D.

Lena Valente Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UC Davis School of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Sacramento, CA30+ years
Clinical HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Robert Gish

Robert Gish, M.D.

Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine; Medical Director, Hepatitis B Foundation

Gastroenterology

Folsom, CA30+ years
Hepatology (GI)Clinical Hepatology
Barham Abu Dayyeh

Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD

Director of Interventional Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai; Director of System Integration in Advanced Endoscopy, Academic Affairs, Cedars-Sinai; Executive Director and Associate Dean for Innovation, Cedars-Sinai; Professor, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA20+ years
Bariatric EndoscopyPancreaticobiliary
David Shields

David Shields, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Gastroenterology

San Mateo, CA30+ years
GI Oncology
Shahab Mehdizadeh

Shahab Mehdizadeh, M.D.

Attending Physician and Gastroenterologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Gastroenterology

Beverly Hills, CA20+ years
Advanced Endoscopy
Charles Frankel

Charles Frankel, M.D.

IM Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Santa Monica, CA30+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Danny Issa

Danny Issa, MD

Gastroenterologist and Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA15+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Kenneth Park

Kenneth Park, M.D., M.SC.

Co-Director of Bariatric Endoscopy

Gastroenterology

West Hollywood, CA15+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Ronald Hsu

Ronald Hsu, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Roseville, CA30+ years
Advanced Endoscopy
Monique Barakat

Monique Barakat, MD, PHD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) and of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology); Associate Director of Pediatric Endoscopy, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA10+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Tahereh Ghaziani

Tahereh Ghaziani, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA20+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant HepatologyClinical Hepatology
James Lin

James Lin, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Emergency Medicine

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA20+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Afrin Kamal

Afrin Kamal, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Andres Yarur

Andres Yarur, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Bruce Wang

Bruce Wang, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine

Gastroenterology

San Francisco, CA15+ years
Transplant HepatologyHepatology (GI)
Quang Phan

Quang Phan, M.D.

General Internal Medicine

Gastroenterology

Garden Grove, CA30+ years
Clinical Hepatology
Marc Makhani

Marc Makhani, M.D.

IM Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Motility & Functional GI
Sundeep Singh

Sundeep Singh, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Inflammatory Bowel Disease Specialist

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nikki Duong

Nikki Duong, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA10+ years
Hepatology (GI)Transplant Hepatology
Robert Huang

Robert Huang, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
GI Oncology
Samer Eldika

Samer Eldika, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA20+ years
Pancreaticobiliary
Christian Jackson

Christian Jackson, M.D.

Chief Financial Officer

Gastroenterology

Loma Linda, CA15+ years
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Anson Lowe

Anson Lowe, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Emeritus

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA20+ years
Hepatology (GI)
Allison Kwong

Allison Kwong, MD

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and, by courtesy, of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantati

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA10+ years
Transplant Hepatology
Sidhartha Sinha

Sidhartha Sinha, MD

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Gastroenterology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Deborah Kado

Deborah Kado, MD

Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population H

Gastroenterology

Stanford, CA20+ years

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this gastroenterology bench built?
This page includes physicians in Convene Health's public directory whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology and whose listed practice state is California.
Which parts of California are represented here?
Current directory coverage is strongest in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood, and 17 more markets. Coverage can change as profiles are added or updated.
What should I compare when choosing a gastroenterologist in California?
Start with clinical fit. On this page, published profiles mention focus areas such as Hepatology (GI), Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Transplant Hepatology, and 8 more markets. Then compare location, credentials, affiliations, years of experience, and whether the profile includes meaningful background detail.