Gastroenterology Administrative Staff

Administration

• Anil K. Rustgi, MD
  Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
• David C. Metz, MD
  Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs, Division of Gastroenterology
  Clinical Director, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine (PCAM)
• Jesse Green, MD
  Clinical Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC)
• David L. Jaffe, MD
  Clinical Director, Penn Medicine at Radnor (PMR)
• Nabeel Khan, MD
  Director of GI, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
• Jan-Michael Klapproth, MD
  GI Fellowship Director
• Frederick A. Nunes, MD
  Clinical Director, Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH)
• Gary Wu, MD
  Associate Chief of Research

Endoscopy Leadership & Administration

• Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD
  Executive Director, Endoscopic Services
• Nuzhat A. Ahmad, MD
  Associate Medical Director of Endoscopy, HUP and PCAM
• Jesse Green, MD
  Medical Director of Endoscopy, PPMC
• David L. Jaffe, MD
  Medical Director of Endoscopy, PMR
• Frederick A. Nunes, MD
  Medical Director of Endoscopy, PAH

Program Directors

• Nuzhat Ahmad, MD and Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP
  Co-Directors, GI Quality (QUIDS) 

• Gary W. Falk, MD, MS and David C. Metz, MD
  Co-Directors, Esophogology, Swallowing and GI Physiology Center

• Laurel Fisher, MD
  Co-Director, Women in GI Committee

• Kimberly Forde, MD, MHS
  Co-Director, Women in GI Committee

• Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD
  Director, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) Center

• James Lewis, MD, MSCE
  Associate Director, IBD Center
  Director, Gastroenterology/Hepatology Clinical Research Program

• Mark T. Osterman MD, MSCE
  Associate Director, IBD Center Translational Research

• K. Rajender (Raj) Reddy, MD
  Director of Hepatology
  Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
  Director, Viral Hepatitis Center

• Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD, MHS
  Director of the GI nutrition, Celiac Sprue and Obesity program (NCOP)

• Christina Twyman-St.Victor, MD
  Director, Diversity in GI Committee

Clinical Staff

Mary Ipri
Clinical Division Administrator, Division of Gastroenterology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
215-349-8222
215-349-5915 (fax)
mary.ipri@uphs.upenn.edu

Chenda Neth
Division Program Mananger, Division of Gastroenterology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
215-349-8222
215-349-5915 (fax)
chenda.neth@uphs.upenn.edu

Monica Rollerson
Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
215-349-8222
215-349-5915 (fax)
monica.rollerson@uphs.upenn.edu

Research Staff

Michele Fitzpatrick
Staff Assistant to Anil K. Rustgi, MD Chief of Gastroenterology
Faculty Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology
421 Curie Boulevard
950 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-0154
215-573-5412 (fax)
mfitzp@upenn.edu

Kim Meyers-McCombs
Manager, Administration & Finance, Division of Gastroenterology and The Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases
954 Biomedical Research Building II/III
215-573-4264
215-898-0573 (fax)
kimmeyer@upenn.edu

Vincent Simonetti
Grants Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology
918 Biomedical Research Building II/III
215-898-9881
215-898-0573 (fax)
jvince@upenn.edu

April Weakley
Penn CHOP Microbiome Program
Program Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology
918 Biomedical Research Building II/III
215-573-4970
215-573-2024 (fax)
aweakley@upenn.edu

Marielle Kent
Administrative Assistant, Division of Gastroenterology
950 Biomedical Research Building II/III
215-898-0850
215-573-5412 (fax)
makent@upenn.edu

Nicholas Crivaro
Research Administrative Assistant to Gary D. Wu, MD
Division of Gastroenterology
914 Biomedical Research Building II/III
215-573-4117
215-573-2024 (fax)
ncrivaro@upenn.edu