Dr. Rockford G. Yapp is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and has performed over 20,000 endoscopic procedures in his career. His training includes medical school at University of Nebraska Medical Center, with training at Cornell University, Cook County Hospital, Shiprock, New Mexico, and Nairobi, Kenya. He completed his residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, then went to Yale University for his G.I. and Hepatology Fellowship. Dr. Yapp also earned his Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) in medical research and was and worked as an attending at Yale.

During his medical career, Dr. Yapp has published over 30 medical articles and abstracts, including a 2009 publication in the New England Journal of Medicine. Along with performing thousands of screening colonoscopies, Dr. Yapp is experienced in advanced endoscopies including ERCP, Anti-reflux Endoscopy, Barrett’s Ablation, and Bariatric Endoscopy.

Dr. Yapp is also an expert in Hepatology, serving as a leader for national liver organizations, on NASH/MASH and a national speaker on liver disease.

Dr. Yapp’s Experience

Dr. Yapp has been a principal investigator in numerous regional and national studies dealing with digestive diseases and have participated in several National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Conferences. He has also been honoured by the American Liver Foundation, the AGA, the Illinois State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association for his services. Because of his leadership in the medical community, Dr. Yapp works closely with all the major Universities in the Chicago area.

Dr. Yapp’s primary focus remains on communicating and understanding his patients’ needs to provide them with the best possible care.