Dr. Nirav Thosani is a renowned gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where he holds the Atilla Ertan MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. He is also the Director of the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology at UTHealth (iGUT).  Dr. Thosani’s clinical interests include pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, pancreatic cancer, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endoscopic ablation therapy. He has pioneered an EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation procedure to treat pancreatic cancer and has published over 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He is also chair of the ASGE standards of practice committee and has drafted multiple clinical practice guidelines in gastroenterology.