He earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston. His postdoctoral training includes an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Rush University in Chicago, IL, followed by a year as Chief Resident in the Department of Medicine at Rush. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. His clinical expertise focuses on complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease and recurrent C difficile infection. At the UM Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Dr Kerman sees patients from South Florida, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. He serves as Primary Investigator and Co-investigator on the latest clinical trials for patients with IBD.