Brooks D. Cash

Brooks D. Cash, MD is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he is also the Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology and Endowed Director of the Chao-Ertan Directorship at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School. Prior to his arrival at UT Health in 2018, Dr. Cash was Chief of the Gastroenterology Division at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. He also served for 24 years in the United States Navy, retiring in 2013 at the rank of Captain. For 20 of those years he was stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington, D.C. area where he served as Chief of Gastroenterology, Chief of Medicine, and Deputy Commander for Medicine at both institutions. He also holds an appointment as a Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Cash received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration (Finance) with Honors from the University of Texas in Austin. He earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, and completed his internship, residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Cash is a Diplomat of the American Board of Gastroenterology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He has chaired numerous professional society committees as has served as course director for multiple national and regional scientific congresses. Dr. Cash has authored over 200 articles and book chapters on a wide variety of gastrointestinal topics including irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation, opioid induced constipation, colorectal cancer screening, CT colonography, acid-peptic disorders, Barrett’s esophagus, medical education techniques, and evidence-based medicine. He serves as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Editor of the British Journal of Gastroenterology, and is an editorial board member and reviewer for multiple internal medicine and gastroenterology medical journals. A sought-after lecturer at national and international medical education meetings, he was recognized as one of the best gastroenterologists in Houston by Houstonia magazine in August, 2019.