AdarshThakerMD

Summary

• Dr. Thaker completed his undergraduate training in chemical engineering at UCLA before attending medical school at New York Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA followed by gastroenterology fellowship training at UCLA. He then joined the faculty at UCLA as a gastroenterologist and a scholar for career development in advanced endoscopy.
  Dr. Thaker has published several research studies, literature reviews, and a textbook chapter related to the endoscopic management of complex gastrointestinal diseases. Topics include gastrointestinal bleeding, complications of acid reflux (GERD) such as Barrett’s esophagus, and the diagnosis of cancer in the biliary tract. His research has also focused on patient safety during advanced endoscopic procedures, such as anesthesia-assisted sedation during endoscopy and on preventing infections related to endoscopic instruments. Dr. Thaker’s current areas of interest include endoscopic eradication therapy of Barrett’s esophagus and early esophageal cancer, the elimination of procedure-related infections, and the evaluation of new and existing technologies in endoscopy. Dr. Thaker is board certified in internal medicine and a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy.