Vaibhav Wadhwa
Expertise in
13
conditions
Expertise in
13
conditions
1635 North Loop West, 
Houston, TX 

Overview

Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa earned his medical degree from Goa Medical College in Goa, India. He then completed his residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio and his gastroenterology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, Fla. He continued his medical education with an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. He Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Wadhwa has been in practice since 2014. His primary clinical interests include pancreatobiliary interventions, third space endoscopy and endo-hepatology. An assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Dr. Wadhwa is responsible for teaching current fellows, residents, medical students and newly hired nurse practitioners rotating through the gastroenterology and interventional gastroenterology services. He also trains general GI fellows at area hospitals in gastroenterology procedures and serves as an interventional endoscopist in the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology at UTHealth Houston (iGUT). An avid researcher, his current research interests include pancreatic cancer screening, outcomes research, use of artificial intelligence in endoscopy and developmental and experimental endoscopy. Dr. Wadhwa has authored over 35 papers in all major journals of gastroenterology, with his cumulative work being cited over 800 times worldwide. Dr. Wadhwa has been recognized for his research throughout his training, including being awarded first place during the Residency Research Day in 2017 as well as during Research Week at Cleveland Clinic of Florida in 2018. Most recently, he received an international scholarship from Harvard to observe surgical and bariatric endoscopy at the prestigious IRCAD Institute in Strasbourg, France. Dr. Wadhwa is an active member of numerous committees in American Gastroenterological Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology. He is a reviewer for abstracts for both DDW and ACG and actively serves on the board of AAGIO (American Association of Gastroenterologists of Indian Origin). In his free time, Dr. Wadhwa likes to go on long drives, travel and explore new restaurants and places. He enjoys all sports and outdoor activities, as well as continuing to build a coin and stamp collection which he has been doing since childhood.

Dr. Wadhwa is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Choledocholithiasis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Diverticular Disease, Endoscopy, and Gallbladder Removal.

He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 57 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Wadhwa is currently accepting new patients.

Specialties

Gastroenterology

Licenses

Internal Medicine in OH

Fellowships

Cleveland Clinic Florida 2020, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2021

Hospital Affiliations

Memorial Hermann Hospital System
Harris Health
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center

Languages Spoken

English
Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu

Gender

Male

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Locations

1635 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Wadhwa has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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While Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa is a Gastroenterology, they have specific expertise in Choledocholithiasis, Endoscopy, and Gallbladder Removal. MediFind analyzes a doctor's articles and referral patterns to identify their specific areas of focus within Gastroenterology.

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