Current Fellows

Gastroenterology Fellows

Third Year Fellows

Ishani Shah, MD

Chief Fellow

Hometown: Ahmedabad, India
Medical School: C. U. Shah Medical College, India
Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: Medical Pancreatology, Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis, Screening for Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Individuals
Hobbies: Hiking, Travelling, Wine and Cheese Tasting

Gregory Toy, MD

Hometown: Yorktown Heights, NY
Medical School: SUNY Downstate
Residency: University of Utah
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: Hepatobiliary disease and advanced therapeutic endoscopy techniques
Hobbies: Hiking, skiing, traveling, playing tennis, watching sports

Second Year Fellows

Andrew Kent Fuller, MD

Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Medical School: University of Utah SOM
Residency: UT Southwestern
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: General GI. Alcohol-related liver disease
Hobbies: Hiking, sports, Time with family and friends.

David Jonason, MD

Hometown: Detroit Lakes, MN
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy
Hobbies: Skiing, hiking/camping, traveling, golfing, playing tennis, weightlifting, going to concerts, and trying new restaurants/breweries.

Zachary C. Warner, MD, MPH

Hometown: Saint George, UT
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona, Tucson
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: Online health information seeking in hepatology and nutrition
Hobbies: Hiking, running, backpacking, fly fishing, board games, and having adventures with my kids.

First Year Fellows

Kim Kucharski, MD

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Med school: Wake Forest School of Medicine
Residency: University of Utah
Clinical interest/research interest: IBD
Hobbies: trail running, skiing, hosting dinner parties

Benjamin Gow-Lee, MD

Hometown: Pasco, Washington
Medical school: Loma Linda University
Residency: University of Utah
Clinical/research interests: general GI and underserved populations/global health
Hobbies: hiking, backpacking, skiing, and reading

Nakul Bhardwaj, DO, MPH

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM)
Residency: Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus
Fellowship: Obesity Medicine at Johns Hopkins
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: Multidisciplinary pathway building and management of general GI conditions; Obesity Medicine; Endoscopic bariatric procedures; Nutrition; Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
Hobbies: Soccer (avid Arsenal fan), Exploring new restaurants/foods/bars in the city, Cooking, Live music

Mehul Trivedi, MD

Hometown: San Ramon, CA
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: UC San Diego
Clinical Interest/Research Interests: High-Risk Hereditary GI Syndromes, Therapeutic Endoscopy
Hobbies: Biking, cooking, trying out new breweries

Program Administration

Kathryn Byrne, MD
Program Director
Email: kathryn.byrne@hsc.utah.edu

Deborah Ilankgikwa, M.Ed

Administrative Program Coordinator

Email: Deborah.ilangikwa@utah.edu

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