Our Leadership

Blair A. Jobe, MD
Director, Esophageal Institute

Kirsten Newhams, MD, MPH
Associate Director, MIS (Foregut) Fellowship

Shahin Ayazi, MD
Director, Clinical Research

Ali Zaidi, MD
Director, Esophageal Institute Research

Meredith Schwarz, MSN, RN
Manager, Clinical Research

Allegheny Health Network Multidisciplinary Medical Team:

General Surgery

Blair Jobe, MD
Kirsten Newhams, MD, MPH
Shahin Ayazi, MD
Yoshihiro Komatsu, MD

Radiation Oncology

Steven Anolik, MD
Athanasios Colonias, MD
Patrizia Guerrieri, MD
Alexander Kirichenko, MD
David Parda, MD

Otolaryngology

Brittany Weber, MD

Voice and Speech Pathology

Leah Nestlerode, MA CCC-SLP

Dietary

Rachel McGurk, RD, CSG, LDN
Ann DeWitt, RD, LDN,