Ronnie Fass, MD

Dr. Ronnie Fass, MD, is the Medical Director of the Digestive Health Center, chairman of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and head of the Esophageal and Swallowing Program at the MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio. He is also a tenured professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Fass did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, where he later became a Chief Resident. He then completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California in Los Angeles where he focused on GI motility and functional bowel disorders. Subsequently, Dr. Fass completed training in Neurogastroenterology and Motility at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota. 

Dr. Fass has served in leadership positions in many societies. He has served as the treasurer of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society for 4 years as well as the chair of the education committee. In addition, he has served as a member of the Nominating Committees of the Upper GI Section and Neurogastroenterology and Motility of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).  He has served as the chair of the Functional Esophageal Disorders committee for Rome IV, Membership committee of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society, Practice Parameter Committee and Audio Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the Publication Committee of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). He has also served as a member of the management committee of the journal Neurogastroenterology and Motility. In addition, Dr. Fass has served as a member of many committees in different GI societies. He is currently a member of the publication committee of the ACG and the World Gastroenterology Organization.

Dr. Fass is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and he is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Dr. Fass is a frequent lecturer and presenter and is a reviewer for more than 70 journals. He has served over the years on the editorial board of 40 journals.

Dr. Fass is the recipient of the American Gastroenterological Association Award for Digestive Sciences in Clinical Research, the VA Investigator of the Year Award, and the International Foundation of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Senior Clinical Investigator Award. He has received the University of Arizona Dean’s Research Award, the Glaxo Institute of Digestive Health Clinical Research Award twice, the American College of Gastroenterology Research Award three times, the American Medical Association Resident-Mentor Award twice, and the American Journal of Gastroenterology Outstanding Reviewer Award. Dr. Fass has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in Arizona between 2004 and 2011 and Northern Ohio between 2012 and 2016. He was named as one of America’s top doctors by Castle Connolly from 2017 – 2019. Dr. Fass was named World’s Leading Expert in the research and treatment of GERD by Expertscape.com (press release 11/2013) and World Expert (top 0.1%) in esophageal motility disorders by Expertscape.com (press release 07/2019)

Dr. Fass has published more than 500 articles, editorials, commentaries in journals such as Gastroenterology, Gut, American Family Physician, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Archives of Internal Medicine. He has published three books and has written 54 book chapters.

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Terms of Appointment: September 2019 - August 2021