Digestive Disease Care Team

Virginia Mason's Multidisciplinary Approach

Patients come to Virginia Mason from all over the world to receive care from our award winning digestive disease team, receiving outstanding outcomes in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, occult GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive diseases. Digestive disease patients are seen at Virginia Mason's Hospital & Seattle Medical Center, as well as our regional medical centers. If you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment, call (206) 223-2319.

Virginia Mason's digestive disease team is led by:

Richard A. Kozarek, MD, Executive Director of the Digestive Disease Institute
Jeffrey A. Hunter, MD, FACS, Program Director, Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
Donald E. Low, MD, Program Director, Esophageal Center of Excellence
Michael Chiorean, MD, Program Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center of Excellence
Jonathan Stoehr, MD, PhD, Program Director, Nutrition Center of Excellence
Scott Helton, MD, Program Director, Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Surgical Center of Excellence
Vincent Picozzi, MD, Program Director, Pancreatic Center of Excellence
Shayan Irani, MD, Associate Program Director, Pancreatic Center of Excellence
Asma Siddique, MD, Interim Medical Director, Liver Center of Excellence
Andrew Ross, MD, Program Director, Therapeutic Endoscopy Center of Excellence
Blaire E. Burman, MD, Director, Training & Education

These leaders work with Virginia Mason's digestive disease team, including physicians in cancer care, endocrinology, gastroenterology and hepatology, interventional radiology, pathology, radiation therapy and surgery.

Gut Instinct

To see activity and accomplishments of the Digestive Disease Institute team over time, view our national publication, Gut Instinct — 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.