Andrew Ukleja MD, AGAF

Dr. Andrew Ukleja has recently rejoined Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston as a Director of Center of Human Nutrition. He was previously a Staff Gastroenterologist and Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and BID-Milton Hospital for almost 5 years.

He finished his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida. He was previously a GI Staff member in the Department of Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic Florida for almost 17 years, serving as a Director of the Nutrition Support Team and also running short bowel program. He had prior appointments as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of South Florida, Tampa; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; and Affiliate Associate Professor of Medicine St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada.

Dr. Ukleja has developed a national and international reputation based on management of patients with malnutrition, short bowel syndrome and gastric dysmotility. He has published a number of research papers, reviews, and chapters on these topics. His special areas of interest include: enteral and parenteral nutrition, intestinal failure, and gastrointestinal dysmotility.

Dr. Ukleja has published more than 40 scholarly articles in the peer-reviewed literature. Most of his publications are focused on his areas of clinical expertise: gastroparesis, dumping syndrome, bariatric surgery, and nutritional support. Dr. Ukleja has been invited frequently to deliver scholarly lectures on these highly-specialized GI topics.