Joseph J. Vicari MD, MBA, FASGE

Dr. Joseph Vicari joined Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd. in 1997 and has held a faculty appointment at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford since that time. He currently holds the academic rank of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. Dr. Vicari served as Managing Partner of RGA for 13 years. He is board-certified in Gastroenterology. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Practice Management Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and is a journal reviewer for the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

He completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Creighton University and completed his GI Fellowship in gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he became Chief Fellow in Gastroenterology from 1996-1997. Dr. Vicari has presented numerous lectures and presentations to students, and residents, and physicians both locally and nationally.