Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Associate Director of Endoscopy, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Nuzhat A. Ahmad is a Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as Vice Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Ahmad joined the faculty after completing her fellowship and advanced endoscopy training at Penn. During her career at Penn, Dr. Ahmad has held numerous leadership roles, including Director of the Penn GI Pancreas Program, Co-Director of the Penn Medicine Pancreatic Cyst Program, Associate Director of Endoscopy and has led numerous institutional initiatives in advanced endoscopy, quality improvement, and GI education.
Gastroenterology
Director, Endoscopic Services
Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Surgery
Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine where he is a member of the Gastroenterology Division, and the Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Ginsberg received his Medical Degree from the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center. He completed his Gastroenterology Fellowship at the Georgetown University/Washington DC VAMC/NIH program and formal training in Advanced Endoscopy at Georgetown University Medical Center. He has been Director of Endoscopic Services at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania since 1995 and is the Executive Director of Endoscopic Services for Penn Medicine.
Gastroenterology
Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program
Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
Member, Abramson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Bryson Katona, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in the United States, where he serves as the Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program and Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, and he also is a member of the Cancer Control Program of the Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Katona is a physician-scientist who is an expert in gastrointestinal cancer genetics, and his research program focuses on the diagnosis, risk assessment, management, and biology of hereditary gastrointestinal cancer predisposition syndromes, including pancreatic cancer. Through Penn’s Pancreatic Cancer Risk Management Program, Dr. Katona is the principal investigator for three ongoing pancreatic cancer early detection studies being run at Penn.
Michael L. Kochman, MD, AGAF, MASGE
Gastroenterology
Wilmott Family Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Dr. Kochman is the Wilmott Family Professor of Medicine and Professor of Medicine in Surgery in the Gastroenterology Division at the Perelman School of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kochman is a graduate of Northwestern University (BA, Economics, 1982) and the University of Illinois Medical School at Chicago (MD, 1986). He served his residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was Chief Resident at West Side VA under Dr. Clifford Pilz from 1989-90. Subsequently Dr. Kochman completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Clinics in Ann Arbor in 1993 under the direction of Drs. Chung Owyang and Tadataka Yamada. During that time Dr. Kochman also underwent training in interventional endoscopy and had specialized training in endoscopic ultrasound at Indiana University under the auspices of Drs. Robert Hawes and Maurits Wiersema. Subsequently he was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. Peter Traber, where he rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor.
Dr. Kochman is past Editor for Techniques and Innovation in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Kochman has published over 250 articles, chapters and videos. He has edited 19 published books: among them, the Clinicians Guide to Gastrointestinal Oncology (ed Kochman), Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (eds Ginsberg, Gostout, Kochman and Norton), and Endoscopic Oncology: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Cancer Management (eds Faigel and Kochman).
While at the University of Pennsylvania he has served in various capacities including as Vice-Chair for Clinical Services and as Development Officer for the Department of Medicine, on the School of Medicine Committee of Appointments and Promotions (COAP), the Physicians Billing Oversight Committee and numerous Departmental Review and Search Committees. Within the GI Division he has served as Fellowship Chairman and runs the regular endoscopy and advanced endoscopy training programs and directs the Wilmott Center for Endoscopic Innovation, Research, and Training. He has received several awards including the Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator and Special Recognition Patient Advocacy Awards from the Health System as well as the Sid Cohen, MD and Donald Martin, MD awards for the education of fellows and residents.
Dr. Kochman has served many local and national societies in a variety of positions. He was honored and inducted as a Fellow into the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The ASGE recognized him as the ‘Master Endoscopist’ in 2015 and the AGA recognized him as the ‘Distinguished Academic Clinician’ in 2018. His current major national commitments are to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) as a Vice-Chair of the Research Foundation, and a member of the finance and operations committee and the investment subcommittee. He was one of the drivers behind the formation of the AGA-Varia GI Opportunity Fund. He is a past AGA Governing Board Councilor and also served the AGA on the Education Committee, the Public Affairs Committee, was Chair of the Regulatory Workgroup and is a past Chair of the Center for GI Technology. Dr. Kochman also served as Chair of the GIE Editorial Board, treasurer of the ASGE Foundation, and was a Councilor of the ASGE Governing Board. He was co-chair of the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR).Additionally, for the ASGE Dr. Kochman has served on the Post-Graduate Education Committee, the EUS SIG, the Research Committee, the Program Committees and has directed post-graduate courses. He is a past president of the Delaware Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and was the Program Chairman for the Pennsylvania State Gastroenterology Society.
Dr. Kochman regularly speaks for various local GI societies and at SGNA meetings. He is a frequently a faculty member at national and international meetings as a lecturer, moderator and at Meet the Professor sessions on various topics including management of neoplasia, maintenance of luminal patency, EMR, EUS, and ERCP. He also serves as faculty for hands-on training courses held both nationally and internationally for EUS, ERCP, endoprosthetics, and hemostasis.