Program Leadership
Program Director

Haleh Vaziri, M.D.
Director, IBD Program
UConn Health
Associate Program Director

Houman Rezaizadeh, M.D.
Director, Esophageal Disease Center
UConn Health
Core Faculty
Site Director

John Birk, M.D.
Chief of Gastroenterology
Director of Endoscopy
UConn Health
Site Director

Joseph Cappa, M.D.
Chairman, Connecticut GI
Medical Director, Endoscopy
Hartford Hospital
Site Director

Lisa Rossi, M.D.
GI Clinic Director
St. Francis Hospital
Teaching Faculty
UConn Health

Murali Dharan, M.D.
Director, Advanced Endoscopy Program

Joel Levine, M.D.
Founding Director (Clinical)
Colon Cancer Prevention Program
Hartford Hospital
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center
The Hospital of Central Connecticut



































