James H. Tabibian MD, PhD, FACP, FASGE, FACG, AGAF - Licensed Member

James H. Tabibian

Specialty: Gastroenterology, Interventional Endoscopy

Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology


James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, FACP, FASGE, FACG, AGAF

Address:
1505 Wilson Terrace, Suite 300
Glendale, CA 91206

Phone Number: 818-630-8653

Website:
https://doctors.adventisthealth.org/provider/James+H+Tabibian/2615622
https://profiles.ucla.edu/james.tabibian

Dr. James Hagop Tabibian is a Gastroenterologist and Advanced Endoscopist at Adventist Health Glendale and the Medical Director of Interventional GI. Prior to joining Adventist Health in 2023, he was a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Director of Endoscopy at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Tabibian grew up in Central California, where he attended UC Davis as an undergraduate. He received his MD degree at UCLA, wherefrom he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed Residency training in the 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 Gastroenterology training, he completed a PhD through Mayo Graduate School, Center for Clinical and Translational Studies (CTSA). Following his training at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Tabibian joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Instructor and Advanced Endoscopy Fellow. At the terminus of his year at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Tabibian moved back to California to join the faculty at UC Davis Medical Center as an Assistant Professor and Director of Fellow Research. Family needs brought Dr. Tabibian back to Southern California in 2017, where he’s practiced ever since.

Dr. Tabibian is experienced in endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and luminal stenting, among other advanced procedures. He is highly published in the medical literature, the author of the book “Digestive Problems Solved: A Patient\’s Guide to Expert Insights and Solutions”, a biomedical consultant nationally and internationally, and an expert medical reviewer in Gastroenterology for the Medical Board of California.