Taddese  T. Desta, M. D. 
Education
Internship: Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Residency: Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship:  U.C. Davis, Sacramento, CA
                  
HONORS                                                                                                                  

Victory College, Alexandria Egypt – Certificate of Merit, 06/1980                                     

The American Institute of Chemists Student Research and Recognition Award EOSC
Dean’s Honor List, (most quarters attended)
Academic Honors, (most quarters attended)                                                                

The French Foundation for Education and Research Scholarship Award, 06/1992
Board Certification                                                                                      

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995
American Board of Gastroenterology, 1997- 2007
Recertified  2009-2019

Memberships                                                                                                     

National Medical Association,                                                            
San Diego Medical Society,                                                                
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy                         
American College of Gastroenterology                                          
American Gastroenterological Association                                         
American College of Physicians                                                           
American Institute of Physics                                                             
American Chemical Society                                                            

Cynthia L. Schaeffer, M. D.

Education:
Internship: Saint Louis University
Residency: Saint Louis University

Resident: Saint Louis University
Fellowship:  Saint Louis University

Board Certification:

UMSLE step 1:            July 1997
UMSLE step 2:            August 1998
UMSLE step 3:            April 2003
American Board of Internal Medicine, August 2002
American Board of Gastroenterology, November 2005

Coming soon

Carlton Wayne Thomas, Jr., MD
Education                                                                                                                

B.S., Biology: University of South Carolina Honors College
Columbia, SC                                                                                                        

M.D.Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Postgraduate Training                                                                                                

Intern and Resident, Internal Medicine                                                                       

 Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, MN                                                                                                          

Fellow, Gastroenterology Clinician Investigator Program                                        

Fellow, NIH Clinical Pharmacology
Courses in Statistics, Protocol Development, and Research Ethics
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Board Certification                                                                                                

 American Board of Internal Medicine                                                                           

ABIM Gastroenterology
Honors and Awards                                                                              

  Presidential Scholarship University of South Carolina                                                  

 Phi Beta Kappa Freshman 4.0                                                                                   

 USC Honors College/ University of Leeds Exchange Program
Leeds University, Leeds England                                                                                   

 Phi Beta Kappa   University of South Carolina                                                          

magna cum laude University of South Carolina Honors College                                 

Alpha Omega Alpha, Senior Member  Medical University of South Carolina                                                                                                    

NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award 

Professional Organizations                                                                          

American Gastroenterological Association                                                            

 Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
American College of Gastroenterology
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Medical Association
Southern California GI Association