Keith L. Obstein

Keith L. Obstein received the B.S. degree from the Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, the M.D. degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, and the M.P.H. degree from the School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. He completed Internal Medicine Residency with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and Gastroenterology (GI) Fellowship with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and of Mechanical Engineering with Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. He is also the Program Director of the Vanderbilt GI Fellowship Training Program and Director of the Science and Technology of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab USA, Vanderbilt University. He is an active clinician and conducts research in the areas of new technologies, robotics, device development, endoscopic training, and healthcare quality improvement. Dr. Obstein is the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Special Section Editor for the journal Gastroenterology. He is Board Certified in Gastroenterology and is a Member of the ASGE Recognized Industry Associate (ARIA) Task Force, and the ASGE Member Engagement and Diversity Committee, the ACG Public Relations Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE), the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF).