Dr. Charles Kahi is Professor of Clinical Medicine at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine and Gastroenterology Section Chief at the affiliated Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. His clinical and research interests are colorectal cancer prevention, colonoscopy quality assessment and improvement, serrated polyps, and screening in geriatric populations. Dr. Kahi received his MD from the American University of Beirut Medical School in Lebanon in 1996. He subsequently completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine, then a fellowship in gastroenterology at the IU Medical Center, during which he obtained a master’s degree in clinical research from IU.

Since 2004, Dr. Kahi has been an active member of the IU faculty and is involved in direct patient care, teaching, research, and administration as leader of the gastroenterology group at the Roudebush VA Medical Center. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and gastroenterology and a recipient of several teaching awards, including the Distinguished Teacher Award and Trustees Teaching Award from Indiana University. Dr. Kahi served two terms as Indiana Governor for the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and has directed regional and national ACG postgraduate gastroenterology courses. He has maintained continuous research funding since 2005 from the National Cancer Institute, gastroenterology professional societies, and Department of Veterans Affairs, including VA Merit Review Grants.

Dr. Kahi has published multiple peer-reviewed research papers, including in high-impact journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. His work also includes multiple reviews, book chapters, and invited editorials, and he has edited colorectal cancer screening books and Clinics of North America issues. He is first author of U.S. Multi-society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer clinical practice guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after colorectal cancer resection. He is a frequently invited speaker in national and international scientific gastroenterology meetings. Dr. Kahi currently serves as Associate Editor for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. He was an Associate Editor for NEJM Journal Watch Gastroenterology from 2018 to 2020, and was a Consulting Editor for NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine from 2020 to 2022.

Information about Dr. Kahi was up to date at the time of his last affiliation with NEJM Journal Watch.