Biography
Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE, FACP, FACG is Professor of Medicine and 
Director of the GI Fellowship Program at the University of Kansas School of 
Medicine. He is also the Elaine Blaylock Endowed Professor at the Kansas 
University Cancer Center. He completed his internal medicine residency at the 
Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and his gastroenterology 
fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr. Sharma has been at the 
forefront in improving diagnosis and management of GI diseases and cancer, 
specifically esophageal diseases, GERD, Barrett’s esophagus, imaging, 
artificial intelligence, digital health, sustainable healthcare and endoscopic 
treatments. He is a world-renowned physician, teacher, and educator.
Dr. Sharma has been interviewed by CNN, the Wall Street Journal,
and Newsweek. He has over 500 publications, including guidelines and book 
chapters, and is regularly invited to present at major national and international 
meetings. He has published several important textbooks in medicine. Dr. 
Sharma continues to publish in several high-profile international journals, 
including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal
Medicine, Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology and
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Sharma is currently the President of the 
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). He has recently 
been named as the chair of the Artificial Intelligence Institute for 
Gastroenterology and a member of the United Nations' Internet Governance 
Forum (Coalition on Digital Health). He is the past President of the 
International Society of Diseases of the Esophagus. Dr. Sharma has received 
several international awards including the World Endoscopy Organization 
(WEO) Master Educator Award, the American Gastroenterological Association 
(AGA) Research Mentor Award, and the ASGE Distinguished Endoscopic 
Mentoring Award