Dr. Pineau graduated magna cum laude and received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario. He completed his gastroenterology residency in Canada. He then attended the University of Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, where he completed his fellowship in advanced endoscopy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Pineau served as the associate professor of medicine at Wake Forest University while he also completed an additional year of specialized training in interventional endoscopy. In 2004, Dr.

Dr. Joseph completed his residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida. He has been in private practice since 1991. Dr. Joseph has a special interest in new endoscopic techniques in the management of esophageal reflux disease and is actively developing the new endocinch program at the Durbin Crossing Office.

Dr. Phillips graduated from Indiana University with dual degrees in biology and political science. He studied language and international law in France prior to earning his Juris Doctor from the Indiana University School of Law. After he completed his medical degree at Indiana University, he began his career in medicine as a resident in radiology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. His clinical training included a year as chief resident at the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He trained in gastroenterology at the Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr.

Dr. Ibach is a 2nd generation physician, whose father, Dr. John Ibach, was a local cardiothoracic surgeon in Jacksonville. Dr. Ibach attended high school at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, before receiving his bachelor's degree in biology from Tulane University in New Orleans. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree in Tampa at the University of South Florida and completed his residency program for internal medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sandra Hoogerwerf graduated cum laude with a Doctorate of Medicine from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She subsequently completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland and her clinical gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. In addition, she completed a gastroenterological research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Herman received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of Florida, Master of Science in neuroscience from Florida State University and his medical degree at Nova Southeastern in Davie, Florida. After completing his training in internal medicine at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, he was stationed at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville for four years where he served as an internist and the department head of consultative medical services. Dr. Herman was discharged as a Lt.

Dr. Ketul Patel attended the University of Florida where he enrolled in the premedical sciences and completed a Bachelor of Science in business administration. He then entered AUC School of Medicine, from which he received his Doctorate in Medicine. Dr. Patel completed his internal medicine residency, as well as his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship, in Southfield, Michigan. Upon completing his fellowship, he joined Borland Groover in August 2012. 

Dr. Patel served as assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florida Shands Hospital in Gainesville before joining Borland Groover. After receiving a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland, Dr. Patel completed his internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He then went on to complete his fellowship in gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at the University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.

 

Dr. Gopal is a rare Jacksonville native. He was born and raised on Jacksonville’s Westside. After graduating from Stanton College Preparatory School, Dr. Gopal attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for his Bachelor of Science in Biology. In the summer of 1996, Dr. Gopal was one of four inductees into the Emory University College Hall of Fame, the highest honor bestowed upon an Emory graduate. He continued on to Emory University’s School of Medicine. While in medical school, Dr. Gopal was selected for the 2000 Evangeline T. Papageorge Award for outstanding service to his class.

Dr. Foody is a military veteran that has served in both the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force. While serving in the U.S. Navy, Dr. Foody was active duty on the USS Iowa BB-61, in Norfolk, Virginia, and served in the Navy Reserve until 1989, when he joined the Health Professions Scholarship Program in the U.S. Air Force at the Medical College of Virginia.