OUR DOCTORS

I am blessed to love what I do, and being a doctor is the only job I ever really considered. Gastroenterology is a fascinating field, covering a wide variety of topics: nutrition and obesity, the various forms of food allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, and the delicate balance between the mind and the GI tract. My career as a Pediatric Gastroenterologist allows me to focus on the medicine about which I am passionate, diagnose and treat children, and perform procedures that greatly improve quality of life for my patients and their families.

My education began at UGA where I majored in Psychology and minored in Biology, while playing for the varsity baseball team. I went on to medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and Pediatric Residency at Emory University. I completed my Pediatric GI fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where I focused my research on making colonoscopies more tolerable for children.

I count myself equally blessed to be married to my wife, Rebecca (a lawyer and fellow UGA graduate), and we have two beautiful children, Charlie and Caroline. After more than a decade together and having lived in four different cities, we are thrilled to be putting down roots in Knoxville. We love SEC football, cooking and entertaining, and traveling whenever possible.

Fellowship

7/1/2013 – 6/30/2016: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/McGover (Houston, TX)

Residency

7/1/2009 – 6/30/2012: Emory University

Medical School

8/1/2005 – 5/1/2009: Medical College of Georgia

Undergraduate

8/1/2001 – 5/1/2005: University of Georgia