Dr. Shirish Poudyal holds a BA in Physics from Williams College, graduating cum laude in 2010. He earned his MD at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Poudyal completed a Digestive and Liver Disease Fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 2020 to 2023, and he also served as an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Michigan. His research portfolio encompasses various medical domains, including analyzing trends in Peptic Ulcer Disease mortality, studying anthropometrics in MSM networks in Southern India, and investigating the long-term effects of anti-VEGF injections on intraocular pressure. Dr. Poudyal is affiliated with professional organizations such as the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, he returned to Colorado in 2023 to join the Centers for Gastroenterology.