Gastroenterology

Doctor Gastroenterology

Jose Aponte-Pieras, MD
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Jose Aponte-Pieras, MD, completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and went on to complete his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV where he served as chief fellow. Dr. Aponte-Pieras’s research has been published in numerous journals including American Journal of Case Reports, Cancer Letters, and ACG Case Reports Journal.

Doctor Gastroenterology

Vignan Manne, MD
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Vignan Manne, MD, who specializes in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine.

A graduate of the Ross University School of Medicine in Florida, Dr. Manne completed a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology from the Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium in Las Vegas, Nevada, and an advanced/transplant hepatology fellowship from the Swedish Medical Center-First Hill in Seattle, Washington.

Doctor Gastroenterology

Gordon Ohning, MD
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Photo: Gordon Ohning, MD

Dr. Gordon Ohning, a professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa and a fellowship in gastroenterology from UCLA. 

After 30 years as a professor at UCLA — he also was a prolific researcher with the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center there — Ohning said the opportunity to help create the new UNLV School of Medicine was too good to pass up. 

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