Professional Bio
Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is also the Assistant Dean for Simulation in Medical Education, the Director of the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA), and the Director of the Science and Technology Of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab USA at Vanderbilt.
He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering and received his MD degree from Northwestern University Medical School in 2004. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. While completing his fellowship, he also earned his MPH degree from Harvard University School of Public Health, also in Boston.
Dr. Obstein is an active clinician with focus on endoscopic services, hemorrhoids and mucosal resection of large/complex polyps. Board certified in gastroenterology, he is a Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE), a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF). He conducts research in the areas of robotics, new technologies, device development, endoscopic training, and health care quality improvement.
His work has been funded by the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE), the Vanderbilt University Discovery Grant Program, the Broad Medical Research Program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Cancer Research UK (CRUK), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Obstein has served as Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program at Vanderbilt (2015-2023), was recently honored as the 2023 Vanderbilt Innovator of the Year, and currently serves on the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Education Council. He also chairs the ASGE eLearning and AGA GI Training Exam (GTE) committees.
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Education
MD - Northwestern University, 2004
Internship - IM - University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Residency - IM - University of Pennsylvania, 2007
MPH - Harvard University, 2010
Fellowship - GI - Brigham & Women's Hospital, 2010
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
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2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307