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 Fellow
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Margaret Wheless, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Mitanshu Pandya, BS
Research Assistant I
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Anna Brooke Harris
Undergraduate Student
Vanderbilt University
Andrew Michael, BS
Medical Student
Meharry Medical College