Dr. Berkeley Limketkai is Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research at the UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). He received his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati and subsequently completed his internal medicine residency, gastroenterology fellowship, and Ph.D. education at Johns Hopkins University.

His doctoral dissertation focused on the role of vitamin D in IBD pathogenesis and severity. Given his clinical and research interests in IBD and nutrition, Dr. Limketkai also pursued advanced training as the Theodore M. Bayless Fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Johns Hopkins University and clinical nutrition training through the Nestlé Nutrition Institute. Dr. Limketkai’s research program focuses on investigating the interaction between [mal]nutrition and IBD, identifying novel therapies for IBD, and applying technology (e.g., digital health, artificial intelligence) for nutrition and gastroenterology.