Areas of Interest

  • Colon Cancer Prevention and Screening
  • General Gastroenterology

Procedures

An Athens native, Dr. Person graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he received a bachelor’s degree in cellular biology. After earning a master’s degree in pharmacology from Tulane, he returned to Georgia to receive his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Dr. Person completed his internship and residency in internal medicine as well as an esophageal research fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology from the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

In addition to presenting at many national meetings, Dr. Person has been published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology for his research in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) prevention during a sleep study trial. He also received an award from the American College of Gastroenterology for his presentation on that same study.

Dr. Person’s clinical interests include esophageal motility disorders, GERD, and general gastroenterology. He lives in Athens with his wife and newborn daughter. In his free time, Dr. Person enjoys riding his vintage bicycle around town, playing his guitar, and of course, cheering for the Georgia Bulldogs.

In 2016, he joined Gastroenterology Associates of Athens.

University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 2016

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
Fellowship, Esophageal research, 2013
Internship/Residency, 2012

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga.
Doctor of Medicine, 2009

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La.
Master of Science, Pharmacology, 2005

Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
Bachelor of Science, 2004

Best Abstract Submitted by a Fellow, AGA Meeting 2013

I play guitar and love music.

Interested in diagnostic procedures, pathology and pathophysiology.