Our USC Digestive Health Center team of specialists provides state-of-the-art diagnoses, management and treatment for the full spectrum of disorders of the esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, liver, intestines, colon, rectum and anus. Whenever possible, our experts choose minimally invasive or non-surgical options to minimize complications and reduce your recovery time. A sampling of the disorders we treat and procedures in which we specialize include:

Bariatric Surgery
Barrett’s Esophagus
Capsule Endoscopy
Cirrhosis
Colitis
Colon Cancer
Complex Polyectomy
Crohn’s Disease
Defecatory Dysfunction
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (UES)
Esophageal Cancer
Fatty Liver
Gallbladder Disease
Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Gastric Cancer
Gastro Paresis
Hemorrhoids
Ileal Pouch
Incontinence
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Liver Cancer
Liver Transplantation (conventional, living-donor, transfusion-free)
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatitis
Polyposis
Radiofrequency Ablation
Rectal Prolapse
Small Bowel Bleeding
Sphincter-sparing and Re-operative Procedures for the Rectum and Colon

USC Digestive Health Center

Physicians

Our Physicians

Afsaneh Barzi, MD, PhD

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Shelly X. Bian, MD

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Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, MD

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James L. Buxbaum, MD

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Kyle G. Cologne, MD

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Kiran K. Dhanireddy, MD

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Adrian Dobrowolsky, MD

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD

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Yuri Genyk, MD

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Kurt Hong, MD, PhD, FACN

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Caroline Hwang, MD

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Andrew Ippoliti, MD

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Syma Iqbal, MD

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Jeffrey A. Kahn, MD

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Andreas M. Kaiser, MD, FACS, FASCRS

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Namir Katkhouda, MD

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Saro Khemichian, MD

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Michael M. Kline, MD

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Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD

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John C. Lipham, MD

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Dilip Parekh, MD

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Omar Ragab, MD

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Ara Sahakian, MD

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Kamran Samakar, MD, MA

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Kulmeet Sandhu, MD

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Robert R. Selby, MD

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Anisa Shaker, MD

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Sarah Sheibani, MD

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Edy Soffer, MD

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Maria Stapfer, MD

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Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD

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