Amit Patel

Dr. Amit Patel, MD, AGAF, FACG is Professor of Medicine at Duke University, and Director of Endoscopy and Associate Section Chief of Gastroenterology at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. At Duke University, he has been awarded the prestigious Paul Killenberg Faculty Teaching and Malcolm Tyor Faculty Scholar Awards. Dr. Patel’s clinical and academic interests focus on Gastroenterology, particularly the Esophagus. He has served as invited faculty and lecturer for ACG, AFS, AGA, ANMS, and ASGE conferences and courses, including the Tachi Yamada Lecture at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW). He has authored over 60 manuscripts in journals such as Gastroenterology, AJG, CGH, NGM, JNM, DOTE, DDS, JCG, APT, and JAMA, as well as chapters across multiple textbooks.

Dr. Patel also actively contributes to the Gastroenterology community through education, mentorship, and clinical guidance development. He has served as Program Co-Chair for the prestigious AGA Future Leaders Program, and serves as Co-Director for the flagship AGA-ASGE Postgraduate Course at DDW. He has co-authored the ACG Clinical Guidelines on Esophageal Physiologic Testing, the AGA Clinical Guidelines on the Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia, the AGA CPU on the Integration of P-CABs into Clinical Practice, the joint AGA-ACG Clinical Guidelines on the Pharmacologic Management of Constipation, the AGA CPU on Endoscopic Lifting Agents, and the AGA CPU on Incorporating FLIP into Clinical Practice. He has served on the AGA Clinical Guidelines Committee, the ACG Education Universe Editorial Board, the ANMS Curriculum Task Force, the ASGE Annual Scientific Program Committee, the ACG Research Committee, the AGA Government Affairs Committee, the ACG Practice Parameters Committee, the AFS Education Committee, and the AGA Clinical Practice Updates Committee. Dr. Patel has been selected as an ACG Young Physician Leadership Scholar and AGA Future Leader. He has been awarded Fellowship in the AGA and the ACG, served on the Editorial Board of Gastroenterology, and elected to the Nominating Committee of the AGA EGD Section.