Karen Xiao

Karen Xiao received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Connecticut after graduating from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She completed her internal medicine training with a focus in medical education at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and completed her gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Yale University, where she also served as chief fellow. She specializes in treating a variety of gastrointestinal illnesses and symptoms including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), difficulty swallowing, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome. She performs colonoscopies and endoscopies for diagnosis and management of these diseases. She believes in partnering with her patients to address their individual gastrointestinal needs and working closely with the rest of their medical team to ensure high-quality care. She is interested in medical education and in improving health care access and outcomes for underserved communities. She serves as the Director of Digestive Diseases for the Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers where she works with fellows to advance equitable care.