Prabhleen Chahal MD, MASGE, FACG

Dr. Prabhleen Chahal is the Steven Schenker Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Tenure)  and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. Previously, Dr. Chahal was at the Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where she served as the Director of Advanced Endoscopy Training and Lead for Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound. She completed her Internal Medicine residency, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship, and Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Her area of clinical expertise is Advanced Endoscopy with a particular focus on interventional endoscopic ultrasound and ERCP.

She has published widely (>150 publications) and is a sought-after speaker at national and international CME courses and as a visiting professor. She has chaired several committees of national societies, including ACG and ASGE. Currently, she is serving as the chair of the ASGE membership committee, Chair of the ERCP SIG, and a member of the AGA Endoscopy Council.  She is also recognized as an exemplary educator and is active at a national level on education committees for the ACG, AGA, and ASGE. She has published extensively on the development of core curricula for the training of GI fellows and advanced endoscopy fellows and has mentored more than 40 trainees, many of whom are national leaders in gastroenterology, over the course of her career. In 2025, she was named a Master Endoscopist by the ASGE.