department of medicine

SECTION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Faculty

The following physicians on our GI faculty were recognized as "Best Doctors in America" 2007-2008:  Paul Bandini, MD; Martin Black, MD; Robert Fisher, MD; Frank Friedenberg, MD; Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH; Larry Miller, MD; Henry Parkman, MD; Joel Richter, MD.

Dr. Joel Richter was named "Top Doctor" in the 2006 Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors issue.  To compile the list, doctors are asked which local physicians they would send their family members to for health care.

Four faculty in the Section of Gastroenterology were included in the "Best Doctors in America" database for 2005-2006.  The faculty included are Dr. Robert S. Fisher, Dr. Benjamin Krevsky, Dr. Larry S. Miller, and Dr. Joel Richter.

The May 2003 issue of Philadelphia Magazine listed the Section of Gastroenterology at Temple University Hospital as one of the "Top Hospitals" in their special article on "Where to get the best care" in the Philadelphia region.  Temple's Section of Gastroenterology was rated the best in Philadelphia in the category of "Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disease".

To view biography information for each of our doctors, click on their names below:

Robert S. Fisher, MD

Chief, Section of Gastroenterology

Professor, Medicine

 

Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH

Associate Chief, Section of Gastroenterology

Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Professor, Medicine

 

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Paul J. Bandini, Jr., MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

 

Martin Black, MD

Professor, Medicine

Professor, Pharmacology

Head, Liver Unit

 

Frank Friedenberg, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

 

Brenda Horwitz, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program

 

Vikas Khurana, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

 

Harvey Licht, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

 

Larry S. Miller, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

Director, Endoscopic Research

 

Henry P. Parkman, MD

Director, GI Motility Laboratory

Director, Clinical Research Unit

Chair, Research Committee, Department of Medicine

 

Joel Richter, MD, FACP, MACG

Chairperson, Department of Medicine

Richard L. Evans Professor of Medicine

 

Marianne T. Ritchie, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

 

Contact Information:

Gastroenterology Section

Temple University Hospital

3401 N. Broad St.

Philadelphia, PA  19140

T: 215-707-9900

F: 215-707-2684

greenbhk@tuhs.temple.edu