Ronnie Fass, MD, FACP, FACG

Ronnie Fass, MD, FACP, FACG is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the GI Motility Laboratory at the University of Arizona, Tucson. In addition, he is head of the Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, also in Tucson. Dr. Fass earned his medical degree at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, in Beer-Sheva, Israel. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he focused on gastrointestinal motility and functional bowel disorders. Dr. Fass is a 2004 recipient of the American Gastroenterological Association/Janssen Award for Digestive Sciences in Clinical or Basic Research and also was named the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2004 Investigator of the Year. He is actively involved in several professional organizations. A frequent lecturer and presenter, Dr. Fass is a reviewer for more than 40 journals and has published more than 250 abstracts, editorials, letters and articles in journals such as Gastroenterology, Gut, American Family Physician, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Archives of Internal Medicine.