Gastroenterology Fellowship - Phoenix VA Health Care Center Gastroenterology Faculty

Yasmin Alishahi, MD, FACG, AGAF

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix

Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Chief Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
GI Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center
Specialties: Diagnosis and disease activity assessment of inflammatory bowel disease, medical therapy of inflammatory bowel disease, health preventive measures in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease, in particular in patients on immunosuppressive therapy

Stacie Vela, MD, FASGE

Chief, Gastroenterology Section, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix

Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: University Hospitals/Case Western University
GI Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina
Specialties: Endoscopic teaching, pancreatic diseases, gastrointestinal cancers and advanced endoscopic techniques, such as endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic mucosal resection  

Hugo Pinillos, MD, FACG

Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix

Medical School: Francisco Marroquin University, Guatemala 
Residency: Michael Reese Hospital /University of Illinois at Chicago 
GI Fellowship: St Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center/Columbia University
Clinical Hepatology Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Specialties: Functional GI disorders, infectious GI diseases and capsule endoscopy

Aaron Goldberg, MD, FACG

Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix

Medical School: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
GI Fellowship: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix (Formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center)
Specialties: Endoscopic ultrasound, liver disease, Barrett’s esophagus and colorectal cancer prevention

Rakesh Nanda, MD, FACP, FACG

Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix

Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi
Residency: Pune University
GI Fellowship: Delhi University, followed by training at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England and Completed training at Kansas University Medical Center
Specialties: Endoscopic eradication of Barrett’s esophagus, nutrition

Camron Kiafar, DO, AGAF, FACG

Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences
Residency and GI Fellowship: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix (Formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center)
Specialties: Endoscopic eradication of Barrett’s esophagus, colorectal cancer prevention and GI malignancies

Prianka Chilukuri, MD

Staff Gastroenterologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix