Our Team: Center for Esophageal Diseases
The University of Chicago Center for Esophageal Diseases is a multidisciplinary program that brings together the combined expertise of physicians who have the knowledge, perspective and experience to address all aspects of esophageal disease.
Surgery
John C. Alverdy, MD
Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Professor of Surgery
Marco G. Patti, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases
Mitchell C. Posner, MD
Thomas D. Jones Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of General Surgery
Chief, Surgical Oncology
Vivek N. Prachand, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Gastroenterology
Marc Bissonnette, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Jennifer Chennat, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Irving Waxman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Pulmonology
Sangeeta Bhorade, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Edward Garrity, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Associate Director, Transplantation Services
Imre Noth, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Bronchoscopy
Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Cardiology
Savitri E. Fedson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Radiology
Arunas E. Gasparaitis, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Ear, Nose & Throat
Elizabeth Blair, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Louis de Guzman Portugal, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Oncology
Philip C. Hoffman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Thoracic Oncology Research Program
Victoria M. Villaflor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Bruce Minsky, MD
Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Chief Quality Officer
Pathology
John Hart, MD
Professor of Pathology
Amy E. Noffsinger, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
