Our Team

Principal Investigator

Yash Choksi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Yash Choksi, MD, is originally from Middle Tennessee and attended Vanderbilt for medical school, internal medicine residency, and gastroenterology fellowship as a member of the Physician Scientist Training Program (Harrison Society). 

His research interests include defining the role of eosinophils in esophageal cancers and the role of oxidative stress in eosinophilic esophagitis. He also works on the Williams Lab team to study different wound healing models in both the colon and the esophagus. 

Lab Members

Matthew Buendia, MD

Instructor

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jennifer Pilat, PhD

Research Instructor

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Prachi Agnihotri, PhD

Research Fellow

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Pritha Adhikary, PhD

Research Fellow

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Anna Brooke Harris, BA

Research Assistant I

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Shabna Mottemmal, MBBS

Research Assistant I

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Margaret Wheless, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Medical Oncology

University of Colorado

Jerry Fu, BS

Medical Student

University of Miami

Andrew Michael, BS

Medical Student

Meharry Medical College

Former Lab Members

Mitanshu Pandya, BS

Master's Student

University of South Florida