Syed Thiwan, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow

Dr. Thiwan obtained his medical degree from India and came to the US for further training. He practiced Internal Medicine for a non-profit health care clinic near Charlotte, NC, before coming to UNC to specialize in Gastroenterology. After finishing two years of post-doctoral training under Dr. Whitehead, he started his GI Fellowship training in 2005. Dr. Thiwan is a co-investigator in Dr. Whitehead’s study of the psychophysiology of IBS, looking at the possibility of different etiolopathologic groupings among IBS patients. Dr. Thiwan has also developed and validated a questionnaire that measures the intensity of bloating, along with Dr. Palsson and Dr. Whitehead. Data from this study and on symptom reporting by patients on Tricyclic antidepressants were presented at DDW 2005, and he plans to present additional data from these projects during DDW 2006. His interests are the pathophysiology and treatment of functional GI disorders, EUS, and atypical GERD.