Florida Division Chair, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Florida Region Director of Endoscopy
Cleveland Clinic
Tolga Erim, DO is the Florida Division Chair of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Florida Region Director of Endoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic. He holds the Lynda and Marlin Younker Endowed Chair in Developmental Endoscopy.
He is a graduate of Vassar College where he completed his undergraduate education. He continued his medical education at New York College of Osteopathic medicine where he received his medical degree. Dr. Erim carried out his postgraduate medical training first through a traditional osteopathic internship at Palmetto General Hospital. He continued his postgraduate training at Cleveland Clinic Florida with a residency in internal medicine as the Chief Resident of internal medicine. He also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic Florida as well. Dr. Erim ended his postgraduate training with a fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in advanced therapeutic endoscopy.
Dr. Erim's areas of clinical interests revolve around pioneering and teaching complex endoscopic procedures as well as developing tools and techniques for advanced endoscopic procedures which minimize risk, discomfort, and recovery time for patients. As such, he was part of the first team to perform third space endoscopy/intramural endoscopic surgery procedures, such as POEM, GPOEM, ZPOEM, STER, in South Florida. He devotes his clinical practice exclusively to referrals for complex endoscopic procedures.
EMR, ESD and Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection
Thursday, September 26, 2024
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Disclosure(s): Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing); Neptune Medical: Board Member/Advisory Panel (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing)