Michael Vaezi MS, MD, PhD

Michael F. Vaezi, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, and Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is the Associate Chief and Clinical Director of the Division and Director of the Center for Swallowing and Esophageal Disorders and Director of Clinical Research. He is the immediate past Chair of the EGD Section of the AGA and the outgoing Associate Editor for Gastroenterology and a member of the AGA Research Council.

Dr. Vaezi received a BS degree in Chemistry at Birmingham-Southern College.  He then went to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and received his PhD in Bio-Organic Chemistry. From there, Dr. Vaezi went to the University of Alabama School of Medicine, where he received his MD degree in 1992. He completed a four-year academic residency in internal medicine in a program focused on clinical research at the University of Alabama Hospitals in Birmingham, Alabama.  Subsequently, he completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he was elected as the Chief Fellow. He also received a Master's in Epidemiology and Clinical Research from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Vaezi is an associate member of the American Gastroenterological Association and a Fellow member of the American College of Gastroenterology.