Our talented leadership team in the UAB Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology is dedicated to providing comprehensive clinical care, education, and research for all digestive and liver-related diseases. Our division director, clinic, and center directors bring incredible expertise and passion to their roles.

Meet Our Division Director

Doug Morgan, MD, MPH

Doug Morgan, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, is the Division Director for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UAB. His top priorities include expanding the division's clinical, educational, and research programs to meet the needs of Alabamians and beyond. His central career interest is cancer epidemiology and prevention in Hispanic-Latino populations in Latin America and the US. Dr. Morgan served as a Peace Corps engineer in Central America. This guided him to research gastric adenocarcinoma in the low resource settings of Central America, as well as Colombia and Puerto Rico.

Meet Our Clinic and Center Directors

Kondal Kyanam, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Basil I. Hirschowitz Center of Excellence in Endoscopy
Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program

Brendan McGuire, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, UAB Liver Center

Shajan Peter, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, The Kirklin Clinic Endoscopy
Director, Small Bowel and Mucosal Therapeutics Programs

Kirk Russ, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic

Fayez Sarkis, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, The Kirklin Clinic Outpatient Clinic

Mohamed Shoreibah, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Hepatology Section