Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, is associate director of the Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also serves as director of endoscopic ultrasound and advanced endoscopy training at the center.
Dr. Siddiqui's clinical interests include general gastroenterology, endoscopic ultrasound, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, Barrett's esophagus, pancreatic cancer and rectal cancer, among others. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters on endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, pancreatic cancer and palliative care for gastrointestinal malignancies. She is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Siddiqui earned her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed her residency at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She underwent a gastroenterology fellowship at New York University in New York City and an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.