Saurabh Chawla,
MD

Doctor's Bio

Dr. Saurabh Chawla, MD completed his medical school and surgical residency in New Delhi, India at the University of Delhi, which is recognized as one of the top medical universities in India.

After coming to the United States, he completed his internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where he won numerous awards for academic and clinical excellence. He then went on to become the chief medical resident at Cook County. He stayed in Chicago to complete his gastroenterology fellowship training at Cook County. He then came to Emory University for additional training in interventional endoscopy.

Dr. Chawla is an academic gastroenterologist actively involved in medical school teaching, resident and fellow training in gastroenterology, and clinical research. He is the Program Director for the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at Emory University School of Medicine.

He has several original publications, including research studies, review articles, and book chapters and has presented at several national and international conferences. He is on the editorial board of a gastroenterology journal and committees of various national and regional gastroenterology societies, including as the President of the Georgia Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Society.

His clinical and research interests include acute and chronic pancreatitis, early detection and management of gastrointestinal malignancies including esophageal, colon and pancreatobiliary cancers, and other biliary diseases.