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Dr. Sheharyar Merwat's practice is focused on the treatment of liver disease and managing the medical complexities of patients needing a liver transplant. For him, it is important that my patients have an understanding of their disease process. The more patients understand their disease process, the better equipped they are to make decisions about their healthcare. Liver disease is often a lifelong process, and it is important that my patients feel involved and informed about the care that UTMB has to offer.

Dr. Akshata Moghe obtained her medical degree from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in 2007 and earned her Master’s and PhD at the University of Louisville in 2010 and 2012, respectively. She began her work with the human porphyrias in 2013 before joining the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for her residency in Internal Medicine in 2014. After her residency, she went on to complete two fellowship programs: first in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and then in Advanced/Transplant Hepatology. She was voted Chief Fellow in her final year of Gastroenterology fellowship. She has obtained both her American Board Certification in Internal Medicine and American Board Certification in Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology.

Dr. Moghe joined the University of Texas Medical Branch as an Assistant Professor in August 2021. Her clinical and research interests lie in liver diseases, with a focus on the human porphyrias and hepatocellular carcinoma. She is involved in clinical trials in porphyria and recently received an award from the NIH and Porphyrias Consortium for her project titled “Effects of Intravenous Heme and Placebo on Gene Expression in Patients with Acute Attacks of Hepatic Porphyria”. She is also a member of the United Porphyrias Association Scientific Advisory Board, a national organization aiming to advance porphyria awareness, research, and therapies.

Dr. Annie G. Goodwin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Goodwin received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from Brown University. She attended medical school at the University of Connecticut and completed her residency in general pediatrics at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She completed her Pediatric GI Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Goodwin treats patients from birth through adolescence with a variety of gastroenterological disorders including reflux, failure to thrive, constipation, encopresis, abdominal pain, and vomiting. She has a special clinical interest in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and has conducted research in the intestinal microbiome in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

Dr. Goodwin is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.

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Kashif Jameel Khan, M.D., received his Medical Degree in 2001 from The Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Dr. Khan completed his internal medicine training at Indiana University in Indianapolis in 2007. In 2008, he completed fellowship training in Transplant Hepatology at Indiana University in Indianapolis. Dr. Khan received his Gastroenterology and Hepatology training at Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA in 2018. During his Gastroenterology fellowship, he was chief fellow in his final year of training.

Dr. Khan worked at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, LA from 2008 to 2015 as a Staff Hepatologist. He joined the faculty at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 2018 as Assistant Professor.

Dr. Khan is a member of ACG (American College of Gastroenterology) and ASGE (American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy).

He has an interest in various aspects of gastrointestinal and liver diseases. His main interests include viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, liver cirrhosis, colon cancer screening, GERD, Barrett's esophagus and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Richard Warneke is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. Dr. Warneke completed his undergraduate education at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology with honors. He subsequently attended Texas Tech University School of Medicine earning a Doctorate of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Warneke completed his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2005. In addition, he completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship at the University of Illinois in Chicago in 2006.

Dr. Warneke maintained a Gastroenterology private practice in the Southeast Houston/Clear Lake area for 16 years before joining the UTMB faculty in July 2022.

He is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, Texas Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Al-Saadi joined the UTMB Health Faculty in June 2022 as an Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology & Hepatology. She achieved a medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2010. Then completed her residency and fellowship with the UTMB Department of Internal Medicine and specializing in Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Dr. Al-Saadi is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of multiple professional organizations including the American College of Gastroenterology and General Endoscopy. Besides General Gastroenterology, she has a special interest in Hepatology.

Dr. Jose Aguirre is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston.

Dr. Aguirre earned his B.S degree in Biology in 2004 from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. After completing pre-doctoral research training at Massachusetts General Hospital, he obtained his M.D. degree in 2013 at the University of Texas Health Science Center-School of Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. At the University of Texas Medical Branch–Galveston he obtained a Masters in Medical Sciences in 2017 and completed the American Board of Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Subspecialty Research Pathway in 2019.

He is a member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's South Texas Chapter Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), and serves as a Co-Chair for the Patient Education Subcommittee.

Dr. Cohn completed his MD and PhD, medical residency, and gastroenterology fellowship training at Washington University in St. Louis after which he joined the faculty in the Gastroenterology at that institution. In 1998 Dr. Cohn was recruited to the University of Virginia Health System. He was appointed to the Paul Janssen endowed Chair in Medicine and Gastroenterology. In 2007 Dr. Cohn became Medical Director of the Digestive Health Center of Excellence. In this position he was responsible for overall medical direction of digestive health services at UVA including establishing programs to enhance clinical quality and safety, strategic planning, and operational management of inpatient Digestive Health services, the outpatient clinics, and endoscopy. Dr. Cohn was subsequently appointed Interim Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Medical Director of the Digestive Health Service Line at UVA. Dr. Cohn joined UTMB in 2017 as Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine. He holds the Bassel and Francis Blanton Distinguished Professorship in Medicine. Dr. Cohn directs the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship program. He was recently appointed to the UTMB MSRDP Board of Directors.

Dr. Cohn has served as a member of a number of NIH and Foundation study sections and has chaired several study sections for the National Institute of Health. He has published over 57 manuscripts and book chapters related to the biology of the intestinal track and intestinal inflammation. His clinical interest is in in treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.