About Us
Our Leadership

Nirav Thosani, MD, MHA
Director, Center for Interventional Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine, UTHealth Houston
Atilla Ertan MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Director, Center for Interventional Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine, UTHealth Houston
Atilla Ertan MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Team Members
iGUT Faculty

Temini Ajayi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Meera B. Avila, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Jennifer M. Bailey, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

R. Tomás DaVee, MD, MSCI, FASGE
Associate Professor
Associate Professor

Mairin Joseph-Talreja, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Asha C. Kuruvila, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Kumar Pallav, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor

Bharat Puchakayala, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Pritesh R. Mutha, MD
Associate Professor and Director of Third Space Endoscopy
Associate Professor and Director of Third Space Endoscopy

Shahrooz Rashtak, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Monisha H. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Sruthi Subramanian, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Nirav C. Thosani, MD, MHA
Professor, Director of iGUT and Atilla Ertan MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professor, Director of iGUT and Atilla Ertan MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
iGUT Staff Physicians

Laith Numan, MD, MS
Staff Physician
Staff Physician

Yeshaswini Reddy, MD
Staff Physician
Staff Physician
iGUT Advanced Practice Providers

April M. Canaday
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner

Helen Jose
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner

Patricia A. Raff
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner

Cintia Rosenbaum
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner

Kimberly A. Guillory Sallier
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
Affiliated Multidisciplinary Care Team
UT Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty
UT MIST Surgery
UT Oncology
UT Pathology Faculty
UT Diagnostic Radiology Faculty
UT Interventional Radiology Faculty
UT Anesthesia Team