James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, FACP, FASGE
Physician Specialist, GI-Invasive
Director of Endoscopy
Department of Medicine
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Health Sciences Clinic Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, FACP, FASGE is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Geffen School of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Tabibian grew up in Central California and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from UC Davis. He received his MD degree at UCLA, wherefrom he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Wanting to explore the country, he moved to the East Coast, where he completed Internal Medicine Residency in the prestigious Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program at Johns Hopkins. Thereafter, Dr. Tabibian became the first joint NIH-ABIM Subspecialty Research track Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic Rochester. During his Fellowship training, he also earned a PhD through Mayo Graduate School, Center for Clinical and Translational Studies (CTSA). Following his time at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Tabibian joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Advanced Endoscopy Fellow and Instructor of Medicine. At the terminus of his year at Penn, Dr. Tabibian moved back to California to join the faculty at UC Davis Medical Center. Family needs brought Dr. Tabibian back to Southern California in 2017, where he has been ever since.
As part of his ongoing professional responsibilities, Dr. Tabibian is intricately involved in the training and research activities of medical residents and gastroenterology fellows. He has authored over 200 articles across the spectrum of research, from basic laboratory science to clinical trials and outcomes research, and on topics including preventive care, telehealth, and novel technology. Dr. Tabibian has been the recipient of numerous honors and extramural grants and holds several Editorial positions for leading peer-reviewed biomedical journals. Additionally, Dr. Tabibian serves as an expert advisor nationally and internationally and is a consultant in Gastroenterology for the Medical Board of California.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Tabibian’s interests include languages, cultural anthropology, history, and theology. His hobbies include spending time with family, gardening, weightlifting, and continuously learning.