Leadership at UH Digestive Health Institute

Jordan Winter, MD

Administrative Director of the Digestive Health Institute

Chief of Surgical Oncology
Executive Vice Chair Department of Surgery
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Director of Surgical Services
Jerome and Joy A. Weinberger Family Master Clinician in Surgical Oncology
John and Peggy Garson Family Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Research
UH Seidman Cancer Center

Co-Director Developmental Therapeutics Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Sapna Thomas, MD

Medical Director, West Region
UH Digestive Health Institute
Medical Director, North Ridgeville Endoscopy Center LLC

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

John Dumot, DO, FASGE

Medical Director, East Region
UH Digestive Health Institute

Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer, University Hospitals Digestive Health Institute
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Hermann Menges, Jr. Chair in Internal Medicine, University Hospitals

Director, Digestive Health Research Institute
Director, Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Center
Associate Dean for Program Development, and Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Andrew Catanzaro, MD

Medical Director Endoscopy and Senior Attending Physician
UH Digestive Health Institute

Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Gregory Scott Cooper, MD

Fellowship Program Director, UH Digestive Health Institute
Program Director, Gastroenterology
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Co-Program Leader for Cancer Prevention and Control
UH Seidman Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Ashley Litton Faulx, MD

Program Director for the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
UH Digestive Health Institute

Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Leena Khaitan, MD

Director, Esophageal and Swallowing Center
UH Digestive Health Institute
Division Chief, General and Gastrointestional Surgery
Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Nutrition Center
Associate Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program and Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
UH Regional Hospitals Geauga Campus

Professor of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Carine Bou-Abboud Matta, MD

Associate Program Director for the GI fellowship
Pierre Gholam Medical Director, Liver Center of Excellence
UH Digestive Health Institute

Clinical Senior Instructor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Saleem Chowdhry, MD

Medical Director, Gastroenterology
UH St John Medical Center

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Michael Koehler, MD

Medical Director
UH Bainbridge Health Center and UH Suburban Health Center

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Zachary Kwasnicka, MD

Medical Director, Gastroenterology
UH Portage Medical Center

Vu Quang Nguyen, MD

Medical Director, UH Ambulatory Infusion Centers 

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Brian Putka, MD

UH Elyria Medical Center

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Dany Amine Raad, MD

Division Chief, Gastroenterology
Medical Director, UH Digestive Health Institute
UH Parma Medical Center

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Kim Sanders, BSN, MBA

Director of Administration, UH Digestive Health Institute

Steven Myers, MBA

Administrator, UH Digestive Health Institute

Ashley Mathews, BSBA

Manager of Patient Access Services, UH Digestive Health Institute

Richard Buchta, RN, BSN

Nursing Director