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Tuba Esfandyari, M.D, M.Sc.

Tuba Esfandyari portrait
Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Motility

Director of GI Motility Group, Director of GI Motility Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Motility

tesfandyari@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Dr. Esfandyari completed her Internal medicine internship, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, July 2000 - June 2001and internal medicine residency training, University of Massachusetts, July 2001 - June 2003. Gastroenterology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester July 2003 - June 2006.
She completed advanced training in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and Endoscopic Surgery and Bariatric Endoscopy in 2019.
She holds Master Degree (M.Sc.) in Gastrointestinal and Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, CANADA, January 1997- June 1999 and Master Degree (M.Sc.) in Clinical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, July 2004 - May 2008.
She is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS. She is Director of GI Motility Group at University of the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, actively participating in clinical research and cutting edge endoscopic techniques in the field of gastrointestinal motility (gastroparesis, achalasia, reflux and ...).

Education and Training
  • MD, M.D., Tabriz University of Medical sciences (Combined Degree, 7 years Medical school, 2 yrs pre clinical, 3 yrs clinical and 2 yrs postgraduate training), Tabriz, Tabriz
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland , OH
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts,, Worcester, MA
  • Clinical Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
  • Other, Clinical Research and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
  • Other, Gastrointestinal and Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Licensure, Accreditations & Certifications
  • Kansas Medical License , Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
Professional Affiliations
  • Associates of Women Endoscopist, Member, 2020 - Present
  • American Gastroenterological Association, Member, 2003 - 2020