As the son of engineer who worked with the U.S. government, Dr. Iwata lived in various parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, Cuba and northern Africa while growing up, but Colorado has always been his real home. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder before attending a year of dental school at Creighton University in Omaha. He returned to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver where he received his M.D. degree in 1979. 

Dr. Iwata completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Maricopa Medical Center in Arizona. He then attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque for his subspecialty fellowship training in gastroenterology. He moved his family back to Colorado Springs in 1984 and helped found Gastroenterology Associates of Colorado Springs in 1993.

Dr. Iwata has held numerous leadership positions in the medical community of Colorado Springs including Chief of Medicine at Memorial Health System. He has published several medical articles and participated in clinical research. His areas of special interests include acid reflux, motility disorders, advance techniques in colonoscopy and the “pill camera” or capsule endoscopy. His hobbies include fly fishing, golf, skiing, tennis, cycling, and traveling with his family. He has been married to Judy, one of our part-time GI Nurses, for over twenty-five years.

Education/Experience

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1970-1973

Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, NE 1974-1975

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 1975-1979

Internship / Residency: Maricopa Medical Center, Arizona 1979-1982

Fellowship: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1982-1984

Board Certifications

Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine

Diplomate of the Subspecialty of Gastroenterology / ABIM