Sophie Balzora MD, FACG

Sophie M. Balzora, MD, FACG, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a practicing gastroenterologist with a clinical interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Dr. Balzora is President and co-founder of the Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists (ABGH), founded in 2021. Balzora serves on the ACG Institute's Leadership, Ethics, and Equity Center Advisory Board. She is the former Chair of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)'s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Public Relations Committees, and co-founder of ACG's #DiversityinGI Social Media Campaign., the Color of Gastrointestinal Illness (COGI)'s Medical Advisory Board and Board of Directors, and on the Board of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA).

Dr. Balzora has published in high-impact journals and contributed to pieces in The New York Times and Washington Post, featured on Good Morning America and other media outlets for her health equity work. She has been recognized nationally for her contributions to the field as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and health equity, and her health equity advocacy has brought her to Capitol Hill and the White House to work with community, national, and political stakeholders in the advancement of health equity in the digestive disease space.

Balzora graduated cum laude from Princeton University, and earned her medical degree at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed her internal medicine residency training at Columbia University Medical Center and her gastroenterology fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.