Dr. Gary Falk

Dr. Falk is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his internship and internal medicine residency at George Washington University. Dr. Falk completed a clinical fellowship and research fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. In addition, he completed a master of science in clinical research at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Before coming to Penn Medicine, Dr. Falk practiced medicine for more than 20 years at the Cleveland Clinic department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology where he was the head of the Center for Swallowing and Esophageal Disorders. Dr. Falk is nationally and internationally recognized for treating esophageal diseases, including achalasia, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, swallowing disorders and Barrett’s esophagus. He has served as President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and is a member of multiple national societies. He has published extensively in leading journals with over 100 original manuscripts and his research has received NIH funding. Dr. Falk has been recognized by Best Doctors in America regularly since 1996.

• Residency
• University of Michigan Health System

• Medical School, 1980
• University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
• Rochester, NY