John Fang, MD, associate professor, is acting chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. His research interests at Huntsman Cancer Institute focus on possible genetic components of gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett’s esophagus (a precancerous condition), and esophageal cancer. His other research interests include esophageal and gastric motility disorders as well as enteral tubes. Fang also screens and treats adult patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Fang received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, completed a residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is currently medical director of the Endoscopy Laboratory at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.