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(713) 572-8122

Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD

Gastroenterology

Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa earned his medical degree from Goa Medical College in Goa, India. He then completed his residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio and his gastroenterology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, Fla. He continued his medical education with an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at the Beth Israel...

Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa earned his medical degree from Goa Medical College in Goa, India. He then completed his residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio and his gastroenterology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, Fla. He continued his medical education with an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

He Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Wadhwa has been in practice since 2014. His primary clinical interests include pancreatobiliary interventions, third space endoscopy and endo-hepatology.

An assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Dr. Wadhwa is responsible for teaching current fellows, residents, medical students and newly hired nurse practitioners rotating through the gastroenterology and interventional gastroenterology services. He also trains general GI fellows at area hospitals in gastroenterology procedures and serves as an interventional endoscopist in the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology at UTHealth Houston (iGUT).

An avid researcher, his current research interests include pancreatic cancer screening, outcomes research, use of artificial intelligence in endoscopy and developmental and experimental endoscopy. Dr. Wadhwa has authored over 35 papers in all major journals of gastroenterology, with his cumulative work being cited over 800 times worldwide. Dr. Wadhwa has been recognized for his research throughout his training, including being awarded first place during the Residency Research Day in 2017 as well as during Research Week at Cleveland Clinic of Florida in 2018. Most recently, he received an international scholarship from Harvard to observe surgical and bariatric endoscopy at the prestigious IRCAD Institute in Strasbourg, France.

Dr. Wadhwa is an active member of numerous committees in American Gastroenterological Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology. He is a reviewer for abstracts for both DDW and ACG and actively serves on the board of AAGIO (American Association of Gastroenterologists of Indian Origin).

In his free time, Dr. Wadhwa likes to go on long drives, travel and explore new restaurants and places. He enjoys all sports and outdoor activities, as well as continuing to build a coin and stamp collection which he has been doing since childhood.

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Locations and Appointments

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Meet the Provider

Specialties
  • Gastroenterology
Medical Education

Goa Medical College 2012

Languages Spoken
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi
  • Urdu
Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Florida 2020, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2021

Affiliated Centers
  • Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
  • Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
  • Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
  • Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Gender

Male

Internship & Residency

Cleveland Clinic Foundation- Internal medicine 2017

Cities Served

Alief, Bellaire, Houston, Missouri City, Stafford

Zip Codes Served

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Insurance Accepted

  • AARP Medicare Complete
  • Aetna Most Benefit Plans
  • Aetna Medicare
  • Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
  • AHI Healthlink
  • Amerigroup Chip
  • Amerigroup Star
  • Amerigroup Star Plus
  • Amerivantage
  • BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO
  • Beechstreet
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas
  • Blue Medicare Advantage PPO
  • Cigna Most Benefit Plans
  • Cigna Healthspring
  • Cigna Healthspring Star Plus MMP
  • Coastal Comp Healthnetworks Work Comp
  • Community Health Choice
  • Community Health Choice Chip
  • Community Health Choice Marketplace Kelsey QHP
  • Community Health Choice Marketplace QHP
  • Community Health Choice Star
  • Coventry Health Care - PPO Network
  • Coventry Medicare Advantra
  • First Health - PPO Network
  • First Health - Worker's Comp
  • Galaxy Health Network
  • Healthsmart
  • Humana (Most Benefit Plans excl Medicare)
  • Humana HMOx QHP Exchange
  • Independant Medical Systems
  • Medicaid Traditional
  • Medicare Traditional
  • Medicus International - PPO Network
  • Memorial Hermann Advantage HMO
  • Memorial Hermann Advantage PPO
  • Memorial Hermann Solutions
  • Molina StarStar Plus
  • Multiplan
  • OccuNet PPO - PPO Network
  • Private Healthcare System
  • Reny Company Worker's Comp
  • Superior Foster Care Program
  • United Healthcare Most Benefit Plans
  • United Healthcare Chip
  • United Healthcare CHIP Perinate
  • United Healthcare Dual Complete
  • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
  • United Healthcare Medicare Complete
  • United Healthcare Star
  • United Healthcare TXMMP
  • US Family Health Plan
  • USA Managed Care Organization - PPO Network
  • Wellcare
  • WELLCARE TEXAN PLUS
  • WorkLink Worker's Comp

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