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Brooks D. Cash, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained gastroenterologist. His clinical interests include disorders of brain-gut interaction, acid-peptic disorders, gastrointestinal bleeding, gut immunology and motility disturbances, and colorectal cancer screening alternatives. In his practice, he emphasizes the importance of compassion with patients and applies an evidence-based, humanistic approach to medicine.
Cash is a professor, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and the Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor in Clinical Gastroenterology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He’s also the endowed director of the Chao-Ertan Directorship at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center.
Cash received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1993. He completed his residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the National Naval Medical Center. He served 24 years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a captain.
Cash has authored over 250 articles and book chapters on various gastrointestinal topics. He has been recognized as one of the best gastroenterologists in Houston by Houstonia magazine since 2019 and a Texas Monthly super doctor since 2020. Cash is a Rome Foundation Fellow and Rome V Functional Bowel Disorders Committee member. He is also a senior associate editor for the American Journal of Gastroenterology. In October 2023, he was selected for the American College of Gastroenterology Board of Trustees membership.
1992 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
1992 Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
1996 Neil Holland Award for Excellence in Teaching and Humanitarianism, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
2001 Winner, ASGE Young Investigator Award/Best Oral Presentation, Monterey, CA
2002 Sparks Award: Outstanding Internist at a Naval Hospital, Navy Chapter of the American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine, San Diego, CA
2002 Winner, ACG/ Naomi Nakao Gender Based Research Award, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Session, Seattle, WA
2004-2005 Emerging Leaders in Gastroenterology, Goteborg, Sweden
2000, 2002, 2006 Winner, Research Competition (Staff/Fellow Category), National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, April
2006 Winner, Navywide Research Competition, Bethesda, MD
2010 2010 Robert A. Phillips Research Award, National Naval Medical Center
2011 Who’s Who in America (65th Edition)
2011 Best of DDW Abstract Award
2011 Award for “Outstanding CME Enduring Material” from the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
2011 Order of Military Medical Merit
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, USUHS Alumni Association
2014 Laureate Award, Navy Chapter, American College of Physicians
2016 William D. Carey Award, American College of Gastroenterology
2014-2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctor
2014-2024 America’s Top Doctors
2019-2024 Top Doctor (Gastroenterology) in Houston, Houstonia Magazine
2020 Rome Foundation Fellowship Award
2020-2024 Texas Monthly Super Doctor, Gastroenterology
2023 Outstanding Subspecialty Attending of the Year, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
All patient experience ratings and comments are submitted by actual patients and are received and validated by a leading independent survey company, NRC Health.
Went very well
Dr Cash had an attentive, supportive and reassuring bedside manner.
very good experience
At my first visit, I felt Dr.Cash was at a loss of what to do with my symptoms. He saw my case as just another person on too much pain medication. I expressed this to my PCP (of 36 years) who knows Dr.Cash personally. My next office visit with Dr.Cash was really different! His Fellow came in & listened intently asking me many questions as to help her understand my case specifically. Love her! Then, Dr Cash came in. He was very thorough. He had so many out of the box ideas. He answered all of my questions. He spent an ample amount of time discussing my symptoms & my input reiterated to me that he really did want to know so he could treat my specific case. I left my office visit feeling like I was heard & things were set in motion to get answers to my stomach pain. I am very hopeful that I will find answers with Dr.Cash. I absolutely LOVE his office staff. I was treated like I was the only patient there that day. Thank you Se.Cash & you incredible staff!
Absolutely amazing doctor and staff. He was kind and compassionate and really cared. The entire staff did.
Dr. Cash is great! Extremely thorough, compassionate, and up-to-date on everything gastro. He walked me through all the possible causes of my symptoms, and none of them were "it's all in your head/stress/anxiety". Truly caring and wants to find the root cause
It was a good location that was organized. The staff was very professional
Yeah, Dr. Cash is an excellent doctor, but I think that there were a lot of things missing in our conversation. For example, he doesn't know that I cannot take laxatives. He doesn't know that I have a neurological problem, that I have to take controlled medications because of Basel-Vagel syndrome. He doesn't know that. He doesn't know that many other things about the anesthesia for the EDD that he is going to do. Last time I had the anesthesia, I was a month in bed. So I don't want this to happen again. So I didn't have enough time to talk to him about this, sorry, but this is what I have to tell Dr. Cash. I'm a patient, cat 4. I've been treating neurologists and gastro at the same time, and I need to avoid cramps in my colon.
Dr. Cash is the BEST!
Dr Cash is very knowledgeable, has a very pleasant attitude, and very personable. Gives you an opportunity to communicate with open dialouge.
Dr. Cash did an excellent job not only explaining my next steps but educating me about my health in an understandable way.
He did a great job. I hope it all comes True with what he said .
I felt very fortunate to have found such a high caliber healthcare provider like Dr. Brooks D. Cash (M.D). The consultation visits with Dr. Cash were very conducive and hopefully, leading to the complete healing of the prolonged chronic issues I have been dealing with for decades. My experience visiting with Dr. Cash was very positive because the diagnostic provided helped pointing me to a specific direction to understand the issues and enable exploring numbers of options that could be considered for bringing the solution. Dr. Cash was very patient, knowledgeable, caring, and professional. These qualities are indeed essential for establishing the trust needed between patients and care providers for positive treatment outcome. Comparatively, what I found very significant and distinguishable was that he keeps up with current research and trends of issues and available treatment options in healthcare industry. Moreover, he has the ability to communicate very clearly and effectively: providing the diagnostic, the treatment option(s) available that could resolve the issues, the treatment planning, and the outcomes/progression anticipated from the completion of the treatment(s). These two significant and distinguishable traits were the keys that led me to feel confident and hopeful to the treatment outcomes. Thank you very much again. Long live to Dr. Cash!
TVs in waiting area would help the time pass.
I felt that I was listened to and valued. I am very comfortable with the treatment and fill like I am on the way.
Good experience
Dr. Cash's staff was very friendly and once I met Dr. Cash, he was very thorough in explaining everything to me, made sure I understood everything. He explained and made sure I understood the next steps that we were going to take and I really appreciate that because my previous GI specialist did not do that. He's a great doctor. I'm looking forward to finding the issues of concern. Thank you.
Very positive
Loved the new location people so friendly would highly recommend it
Dr Cash breaks the issue and solutions down in understandable terms.
My experience was very professional and kindness from everyone I'm very happy to have visit UT Health.Thanks
Happy to have found Dr. Cash.
I'm a patient of several UT doctors and they are all fantastic
Yes, Dr. Cash is very professional. He explained everything to me and he was so kind and patient and he gave me a great understanding of my procedure and I just really do appreciate that and I just love the UT Doctors of L.A. That's my favorite doctor.
I really wish I had met Dr. Cash sooner, I have faith he will help with my many years of digestive problems. His staff was very knowledgeable and caring and I'm grateful for the care I received.
Dr. Cash is the best doctor I have ever had. Every visit, he has a plan.
As you can tell from my responses, I was more than pleased and am glad to be able to consider Dr. Cash my primary care doctor. Thank you.
Had to wait an unacceptably long time after doctor left got nurse to come to discharge me.
The wait time was long, with my having to ask when I was going to be seen... I thought they had forgotten I was there (I wouldn't have minded as much if someone had communicated the linger wait time). My care was excellent and after getting put into a room, apologies were extended about it taking so long to be seen.
Excellent experience