Dr. Pradeep Bekal is a Board-Certified Gastroenterologist who practices at Ohio
Gastroenterology & Liver Institute (Ohio GI), where he currently serves as its President. He is an accomplished physician who is well-known within the local medical community and the national GI community for his proficiency with advanced endoscopic procedures and for his leadership roles. Dr. Bekal is the Director of Endoscopy at The Christ Hospital. He teaches medical students and Christ Hospital residents and also serves as a preceptor for undergraduate students at Miami University (Ohio). He is a Fellow of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Bekal was named to the board of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and serves as one of its Directors. Dr. Bekal served on the executive committee of the national Digestive Health Physicians Association and currently is a board member. He graduated from Madras Medical College in Chennai, India, and completed his Residency, Fellowship and Advanced Fellowship training at New York – Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York and Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
In addition to patient care, Dr. Bekal is also a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials at Ohio GI. His trials investigate the efficacy and safety of new drugs to treat IBD, IBS, GERD and various other gastrointestinal disorders. He is a Co–Founder of eMerge Health Solutions (a healthcare IT solutions company). Dr. Bekal is an active early-stage investor who is married with two children and is an avid world traveler.