Dr. Hanu Ancha obtained his Doctorate in 1995 in India. He completed training in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx, New York in 2011. Upon completion of residency, he completed a three year Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After completion of fellowship, he worked as an attending gastroenterologist serving the veterans at the Veterans Administration hospital in Pittsburgh. Subsequently, he completed an Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at St Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI, in 2016.

Dr. Hanu Ancha has performed both basic science and clinical research to understand and improve digestive health and published several articles in peer reviewed journals and presented his work at both local and national meetings. He holds memberships at local and national gastroenterology associations and also serves on several patient safety committees at the local hospitals.

Dr. Hanu Ancha is board certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine. He is accomplished with EGD, diagnostic and screening colonoscopy, wireless capsule endoscopy, endoscopic removal of large polyps, ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound procedures. He provides care for his patients at Waco Gastroenterology Associates, Providence hospital and Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco.

He joined Waco Gastroenterology in July 2016 and his extensive training and experience makes him a valuable addition to Waco Gastroenterology Associates. He is married and has three children.