Harshit S Khara, MD, FACG, FASGE

Biography

Harshit S. Khara, MD is an Interventional Gastroenterologist based at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.

Dr. Khara is an Associate Professor of Medicine and serves as the Director of Endoscopy; System Director for the Division of Interventional Endoscopy; System Director of Bariatric & Metabolic Endoscopy; System Director of Research & Quality; Program Director for the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Core Faculty & Research Director for the GI Fellowship, and Director of the National Pancreas Foundation at Geisinger.

He is involved in multi-center clinical research and quality improvement projects. His clinical and research interests are in the field of interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ERCP, Barrett's esophagus, EndoHepatology, third space endoscopy, and bariatric endoscopy. Dr Khara is certified in Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a committee member for the WGO, ACG, ASGE, PSG, & FITE.

Dr. Khara earned his Medical Degree from India, completed Medicine Residency at Drexel University College of Medicine-Saint Peter's University Hospital, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Gastroenterology Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine-Norwalk Hospital, and Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center.