Max A. Shapiro, M.D
Dr. Max A. Shapiro received his B.S. degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. His internship and residency were completed at Emory University, and his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Georgetown University and Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Shapiro has specific interests in colon cancer screening and patients with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and Barrett’s esophagus. He has also published a review article on the assessment of medication-related liver injury. (Shapiro, MA and Lewis, JH. Causality assessment of drug-induced hepatotoxicity: promises and pitfalls. Clinics in Liver Disease, Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 477-505.)
In addition to routine endoscopic procedures, Dr. Shapiro performs ablation therapy for Barrett’s esophagus (BARRX) and endoscopic ultrasound.
Dr. Shapiro is on staff at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, both main and east campus. His primary office is at the Peachtree Dunwoody location but he also sees patients at the Cowles Clinic.
Dr. Shapiro moved back to Atlanta with his wife in 2008 and currently lives in the Dunwoody area with his young family.
