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Muddasir Ayaz, M.D.
Dr. Ayaz grew up in Southern California and completed his undergraduate education from Amherst College (cum laude) and then graduated from NYU School of Medicine.
He completed his Internal Medicine residency from UNC Chapel Hill (Alpha Omega Alpha). Following the completion of his residency, Dr. Ayaz spent two years working as a general internist and internal medicine teaching attending at the University at Buffalo.
He completed his Gastroenterology fellowship from the University at Buffalo. His clinical interests include inflammatory bowel diseases and nutrition.
Ari Chodos, M.D.
Dr. Chodos completed his undergraduate training at the University of Rochester and continued on to attend medical school at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Chodos is a Board Certified Gastroenterologist who performs all basic diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures including colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and flexible sigmoidoscopy. He also performs advanced endoscopic procedures including ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) and EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound).
Surinder Devgun, M.D.
Dr. Devgun completed his undergraduate education in Electrical Engineering with honors from Iowa State University. He graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical Center (Alpha Omega Alpha) and completed General Internal Medicine training as well as advanced training in GI Motility and small bowel transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Devgun was in practice as a General Internist for two years prior to entering into a GI Fellowship.
Dr. Devgun completed his general Gastroenterology Fellowship with a focus on advanced endoscopy in ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) and EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound), as well as inflammatory bowel Disease at the Albany Medical Center under the direction of Program Director, Dr. Richard McDermott.
Dr. Devgun’s clinical interests focus on general gastroenterology, pancreatobiliary diseases as well as inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Devgun volunteers as teaching faculty at Unity Health System’s Medicine Residency Program as well as an attending Gastroenterologist at Unity and Rochester General Hospital. Dr. Devgun established the EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound) Program at Unity Hospital in 2006.
Prasad Penmetsa, M.D., M.R.C.P, F.A.C.G.
Dr. Prasad Penmetsa graduated from Rangaraya Medical College, in India with his M.B.B.S. He trained in Internal Medicine and gastroenterology in England and obtained his MRCPI, Membership of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
Dr. Penmetsa completed his gastroenterology Fellowship at the University Hospital of Cleveland in Ohio and also at the University of Rochester in New York. He served as Attending Gastroenterologist Faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center for two years before joining RGA.
Dr. Penmetsa is board certified in gastroenterology and is well trained in GI procedures including ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography). His clinical interests focus on esophageal disorders, pancreatobiliary diseases, VCE, viral hepatitis as well as inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Penmetsa volunteers as teaching faculty at Unity Health System’s Medicine Residency Program as well as an attending Gastroenterologist at Rochester General Hospital.