Michel Kahaleh MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE

Dr. Michel Kahaleh is the Clinical Director of Gastroenterology in New Jersey. He trained in Erasme Hospital, University of Brussels. He became the leader of the Pancreatico-Biliary group at the University of Virginia before joining Weill Cornell in July 2011 as the Chief of Endoscopy until December 2017.

He is a world-renowned endoscopist who has worked in Europe and the United States. He is fluent in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Dr. Kahaleh's research focuses on interventional endoscopy and the use of new devices to diagnose and treat biliary and pancreatic diseases. Using the adjunction of both Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) has permitted his group to successfully treat pancreatic collections and perform newly described procedures that have had a major impact on patient management.