Dr. Max Goldman was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Emory University for his undergraduate degree. He subsequently completed a Fulbright Fellowship in a rural community in Thailand before returning to Emory University School of Medicine for his Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Goldman completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he remained on faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. He concurrently served as the Director of Patient Flow Operations at the San Francisco VA Hospital and as Lean Six Sigma Project Lead on a number of systemwide quality improvement initiatives, through which he worked to continuously enhance the care delivered to the patient populations that he serves. Dr. Goldman’s fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology occurred at Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, where he also completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Delivery Science.

Dr. Goldman has a strong interest in improving care delivery for his patients with chronic GI conditions. His commentaries and research manuscripts have been published in medical journals such as the American Journal of Medicine, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Hepatology Communications, Liver Transplantation, and the New England Journal of Medicine, and he has been an invited speaker at the largest international GI conference.

Dr. Goldman is a compassionate clinician who finds building longitudinal relationships with his patients to be exceptionally rewarding, and he is committed to providing the highest-quality, personalized care for every patient. Establishing a unique collaborative rapport with each person and helping them achieve their health goals is the best part of his job.

Outside Interests

Dr. Goldman enjoys spending his free time in the great outdoors with his friends and family, including camping, hiking, backpacking, and kayaking. He also loves exploring new countries and cuisines and is an avid reader.