Todd H. Baron MD, MASGE
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaDr. Baron received his M.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville (1986). He completed Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He then completed Gastroenterology fellowship training at UAB followed by pancreaticobiliary endoscopy training at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Baron was a faculty member at UAB from 1993-1998, where he became Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy. From 1998-2013 he was Professor of Medicine and Director of Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy a consultant at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota and, and was awarded the Henry S. Plummer distinguished clinician award. Since 2014, he has served as Professor of Medicine and Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Baron is nationally and internationally recognized for his skills in advanced therapeutic endoscopy. He is an active member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), which awarded him Master Endoscopist in 2010. He has published more than 680 articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, he is co-editor of the textbooks ERCP and Self-Expandable Stents in the Gastrointestinal Tract.