Jay Takata, MD

Jay Takata, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at UT Health Athens. “My philosophy of care is to provide my patients with quality care in an efficient and effective manner,” said Dr. Takata. Dr. Takata focused on gastroenterology because of the vast array of digestive diseases and issues that they can cause. He specializes in the medical and endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. Dr. Takata provides screenings for Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hepatitis and colon cancer.

Dr. Takata is employed as a clinical faculty physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler under the UT Tyler School of Medicine.