Areas of Interest

  • Colon Cancer Prevention and Screening
  • General Gastroenterology
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Liver Conditions & Diseases

Procedures

Dr. Balistreri completed his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University and went on to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for medical school. He completed his residency and GI fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Balistreri has a special interest in the treatment and management of liver disease, including hepatitis, fatty liver, abnormal liver enzymes and cirrhosis. Dr. Balistreri oversees the hepatitis research.

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
Fellowship, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2003

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
Internship/Residency, 2000

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Doctor of Medicine, 1997

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Bachelor of Art, Psychology, 1993

Atlanta Magazine since 2020
Best of Jewish Atlanta – 4th Place, 2025
Castle Connolly since 2019

Running, traveling, spoiling my two rescue dogs, music trivia, and collecting music

American Board of Internal Medicine
American Gastroenterological Association

My father is a pediatric gastroenterologist, so I was very lucky to grow up with constant exposure to the field of GI.