Donald Kirby, MD

Appointed
2008

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Gastroenterology
Chicago, IL
1984

Residency - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Internal Medicine
Chicago, IL
1982

Internship - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Internal Medicine
Chicago, IL
1980

Medical Education - The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Washington, DC
1979

Undergraduate - The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
with Special Honors in Zoology
Washington, DC
1975

Professional Highlights

• Director, Center for Human Nutrition
• Medical Director, Intestinal Transplant Program
• Fellowship Director, Nutrition Support Fellowship
• Professor of Medicine

Certifications

• Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Internal Medicine

Specialty Interests

Celiac disease, constipation and fecal incontinence, eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal motility disorders, gastrointestinal endoscopy, gastroesophageal reflux disease, GI motility disorders, H. pylori infection, inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease, intestinal transplantation, insulin resistance, malabsorption, management of enteral and parenteral nutrition, medical school education and education of fellows/residents, metabolic syndrome, motility disorders, nutritional problems as they relate to the GI tract, obesity, peptic ulcer disease, short bowel syndrome, therapeutic endoscopy including difficult colonoscopy and polypectomy

Awards & Honors

• Cleveland Magazine "Top Doctors" - Gastroenterology 2011 -2021
• Best Doctors in America 2011-2021
• Richmond Magazine "Top Specialist in Gastroenterology" 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008

Memberships

• American College of Physicians - Fellow
• American College of Nutrition - Fellow
• American College of Gastroenterology - Fellow
• American Gastroenterological Association - Fellow
• American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - Member

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Kirby receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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