Javier Parra, M.D.

Dr. Javier L. Parra is board-certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine and has been in academic practice since 2006.  Prior to joining Gastroenterology Care Center, Dr. Parra was Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Chief of Jackson Memorial Hospital’s GI Endoscopy Unit.  Dr. Parra is a national leader in small bowel endoscopy procedures and lectures frequently to other gastroenterologists on advanced endoscopy procedures such as ERCP and cholangioscopy.  Dr. Parra is a graduate of Universidad Nacional de Colombia.  Once he finished medical school, he joined the University of Miami as a volunteer researcher for two years.  He then completed his residency with honors at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and his Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Miami.