Irteza Inayat, MD
Medical Director Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Digestive Health and Surgery

Overview
Irteza Inayat, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and internal medicine physician who is fellowship-trained in hepatology, gastroenterology and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). He earned his medical degree at King Edward Medical College in Pakistan and completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale University, where he was recognized with a special award for his teaching ability. Dr. Inayat helps diagnose and treat a variety of digestive diseases, including chronic liver disease, advanced colorectal neoplasm and the pre-cancerous condition known as Barrett’s esophagus. Differentiators Residency and fellowship at Yale University; Medical Director, Center for Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders - only center of its kind in Central Florida. Most patients are referred from other gastroenterologists for management of diseases like difficulty swallowing, achalasia, refractory GERD (heartburn), Barrett’s esophagus, belching disorders, gastroparesis and rumination among many others. Highest volume for esophageal motility studies in Florida.
Articles
Thick Fibrous Septa on Liver Biopsy Specimens Predict the Development of Decompensation in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
2021
When the Benign Pneumatosis Intestinalis Becomes No Longer Benign: A Rare Case of Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis
CASE REPORTS IN GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICINE
2018
Long QT Syndrome and Duodenal Ampullary Adenoma: A New Association
ACG CASE REPORTS JOURNAL
2016
The Combination of Octreotide and Midodrine Is Not Superior to Albumin in Preventing Recurrence of Ascites After Large-Volume Paracentesis
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
2012
Sildenafil Has No Effect on Portal Pressure but Lowers Arterial Pressure in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
2010
In vitro and in vivo protection of stellate cells from apoptosis by leptin
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES
2006
Caspases 3 and 7: Key mediators of mitochondrial events of apoptosis
SCIENCE
2006
Kupffer cells required for high affinity peptide-induced deletion, not retention, of activated CD8+T cells by mouse liver
HEPATOLOGY
2004
Education & Training
Education
King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Residency
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Fellowship
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Specialty
Gastroenterology
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine