Board of Editors
Berkeley N. Limketkai, MD, PhD
Editor in chiefDr. Limketkai serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research at the UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. He trained at the University of Cincinnati and Johns Hopkins University and is board certified in gastroenterology, clinical informatics, and as a physician nutrition specialist.
Sharad Hakimian, MD
Associate editorDr. Hakimian is a clinical gastroenterologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group specializing in the full spectrum of gastroenterology and hepatology. He previously served as an Assistant Health Sciences Professor at UCLA Health. He graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed his residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, where he was chief gastroenterology fellow. Dr. Hakimian has authored research articles, review papers, and a book chapter, and has served as a peer reviewer for several medical journals. He is an associate editor for GI & Hepatology News, focusing on general gastroenterology and practice management.
Robert Huang, MD
Associate editorDr. Huang is an assistant professor, therapeutic gastroenterologist, and clinical researcher at Stanford University who seeks to improve the prevention and early detection of digestive cancers. He has particular interest in gastric precancerous lesions, such as atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia, which give rise to stomach cancer. His research incorporates data science, cohort building, and biomarker development.
Brian Kim, MD, FACG, FAASLD
Associate editorDr. Kim is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and is a transplant hepatologist specializing in the treatment of patients with acute and chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Dr. Kim’s clinical research interests include liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, cardiac diseases in liver patients, and complications of portal hypertension. He has authored numerous chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals on various topics in liver disease, liver transplantation, and education. He currently serves as the Program Director for the ACGME-accredited Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship at USC and serves as the chair of the USC Keck School of Medicine GI/Liver Course.
Leila Neshatian, MD
Associate editorDr. Neshatian is a professor of clinical medicine in the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford University. She serves as medical director of the Stanford Pelvic Health Center and directs the Stanford Neurogastroenterology and Motility program. After graduating from medical school in Iran, she completed an internal medicine residency at Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Neshatian’s clinical and academic work focuses on neurogastroenterology, with particular expertise in pelvic floor disorders. She leads multidisciplinary clinical and research efforts within the Stanford Pelvic Health Center and Stanford Neurogastroenterology and Motility, with the goal of improving outcomes for patients with complex brain-gut axis and pelvic floor disorders.
Carolyn Newberry, MD, PNS, AGAF
Associate editorDr. Newberry is an associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine within the division of Gastroenterology and Director of Nutrition Services at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She completed her medical training at Temple University School of Medicine, residency and fellowship training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and advanced nutrition training with the Nestle Nutrition Institute. She is a board-certified gastroenterologist and physician nutrition specialist with clinical and research interests focusing on obesity and metabolic medicine, medical nutrition therapy, and intestinal failure. Dr. Newberry currently serves as an associate editor for GI & Hepatology News, where she is committed to translating hot topics in nutrition and obesity as they relate to the practicing gastroenterologist.
Alyssa Parian, MD
Associate editorDr. Parian is an associate professor of medicine, the medical director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and the co-medical director for the Multidisciplinary IBD-Spondyloarthritis clinic at Hackensack University Medical Center. She has a special interest in Crohn's perianal fistulizing disease, IBD extra-intestinal manifestations, especially spondyloarthritis, and IBD and nutrition. Dr. Parian is involved in clinical trials and investigator-initiated studies through her institution as well as multicenter studies with the goal to improve the care for all IBD patients and continue to work together towards a cure.
Marc Piper, MD
Associate editorDr. Piper is a gastroenterologist, research director, and associate program director at Huron Gastroenterology Associates. After graduating medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine, he completed his residency at University of North Carolina Hospitals and his fellowship at University of Michigan Health System. He joined the editorial board of GI & Hepatology News in 2024.