Dr. Chennat is an Associate Professor of Medicine whose research investigates such conditions as Barrett’s esophagus neoplasia, endotherapies for pancreatitis, novel imaging techniques such as confocal endomicroscopy, and endoscopic devices and product designs related to guided visualization and targeted tissue ablation. Dr. Chennat's clinical focus involves patients who require advanced endoscopic evaluation for disorders such as complex pancreatitis, Barrett's esophagus, and gastrointestinal lumen and pancreato-biliary cancer staging.
Dr. Chennat is a nationally recognized interventional gastrointestinal endoscopist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of various benign and malignant disorders of the gastrointestinal luminal and pancreaticobiliary tracts through minimally invasive advanced endoscopy techniques. She focuses on clinical conditions such as pancreatitis, biliary tract disorders, esophageal disorders, and luminal neoplasia endoscopic management.
Endoscopic educational instruction of Gastroenterology fellows and resident house officers in various therapeutic endoscopy techniques, indication, complications, and pertinent disease managements. She is the director of the Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship training program, and oversees the curriculum development, certification, and endoscopic training in this program.
- BS, Six-Year Accelerated Medical Program, Pennsylvania State University, 1999
- MD, Jefferson Medical College, 2001
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, 2004
- Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2007
- Fellowship, Interventional Endoscopy, University of Chicago Medical Center, 2008
Education & Training
- Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2004-present
- Member, American College of Gastroenterology, 2004-present
- Editorial Board Member, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal, 2009-present
- Editorial Board Member, Digestive Diseases and Sciences Journal, 2009-present
- ACG Governor's Award of Excellence, Oral Presentation, Complete Barrett's Esophagus Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - An American Experience, ACG Conference ,2008
- Pittsburgh Best Doctors 2021-22 (Pittsburgh Magazine & Castle Connolly), 2021
Ohio State University GR137625, Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Acute Pancreatitis-Associated Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: the PERT-AP Trial, Site PI, 2024-2027.