Prof. Richard Kozarek

Prof. Richard Kozarek

Dr. Kozarek completed his gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Arizona-Phoenix VA Medical Center in 1978. He has been a member of the Section of Gastroenterology at Virginia Mason Medical Center since 1983, serving as Chief of GI for 15 years and currently as the Executive Director of the GI Institute and Chair of GI Research there, as well as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington. In a career spanning 30 years, Dr. Kozarek has contributed almost 400 scientific papers, invited reviews, and editorials, and seven books to the medical literature on topics ranging from therapeutic endoscopy, inflammatory bowel diseases and practice economics. A past president of the ASGE (American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy), he is currently on the Executive Committee of the World Gastroenterology Organization and the 2005 recipient of the ASGE’s highest honor, the Schindler Award.