Education & Training:

B.A., Biopsychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1983
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1987
Internship/Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 1987-1990
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 1990-1991

Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1991-1996
Fellowship, Gastrointestinal Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992-1992
Masters in Public Health (epidemiology), University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995

Honors & Awards:

University of Tennessee College of Medicine Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2000
Fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), 2006-Present
Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association, (AGA), 2008-Present
Best Doctors in America, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
Edward J. Berk State of the Art Endowed Lecture, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), 2009

America’s Top Doctors, 2008-2011

Becker’s ASC Review, 75 of the best gastroenterologists in U.S. 2010

Portland Monthly top doctors 2011

Other Activities:

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE):

• Nurses’ Course Director, Digestive Disease Week (DDW), 2000
• Councillor, Governing Board, 2002-2005
• Postgraduate course director, DDW, 2005
• Public Relations Committee, 2005-2008
• Representative on American Medical Association physician consortium for performance improvement,
  GERD working group 2006-2007
• Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Taskforce, 2006-2009
• Task force for developing lexicon for adverse events, Co-chair, 2008-2009
• Publications Committee, 2009-Present
• Nominations Committee, 2010-Present

Co-director, Gastroenterology Research Group (GRG), Methodologies in Healthcare Outcomes in Gastroenterology,

 annual course, 1996-2009
Editor, Evidence-Based Gastroenterology, 2000-2008
Member, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), ERCP Technical Advisory Group, 2001
Associate Editor, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2005-2009
Member, Editorial Board, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2002-2007
Co-director, Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative (CORI), 2003-2010
Member, Organization Mondiale d'Endoscopie Digestive (OMED) Working Group for Minimal Standard Terminology,

 2006-Present

Chair, Imaging and Advanced Technology Section, AGA 2008-2010

GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQUIC) – director/secretary, 2009-

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), 2010-Present

Editor in Chief, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2010-2014