Titles and Roles
- Associate Professor, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Director of Endoscopy
- Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
- Program Director, Digestive Diseases Fellowship Program
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Gastroenterologist
- Colorectal Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Research Program
- Cancer Prevention and Control
Biography
Saurabh Chawla, MD is Associate Professor in the Division of Digestive Diseases of the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Chawla serves as director of endoscopy at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital. He is actively involved in medical school teaching, resident and fellow training in gastroenterology as the Program Director of the Digestive Diseases Fellowship Program in the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.
A board certified gastroenterologist, Dr. Chawla specializes in the endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of pancreaticobiliary diseases and gastrointestinal malignancies.
Dr. Chawla is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Winship Cancer Institute. He holds professional memberships with American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Georgia Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Society.
Education
Dr. Chawla earned his Medical Degree and completed his surgical residency at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He completed his internal medicine residency and his gastroenterology fellowship training at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He completed additional training in interventional endoscopy at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
Research
Through his research, Dr. Chawla looks to further synthesize novel genetic markers that will help diagnose and differentiate early pancreatic cancer from other pancreatic diseases.
Publications
Dr. Chawla has several original publications, including research studies, review articles, and book chapters and has presented at several national and international conferences. He serves on the editorial boards of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology.
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