Mariyam Hashmi is a pediatric gastroenterologist who received her medical degree from Dow International Medical College (DIMC) at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in Karachi, Pakistan in 2015. Upon graduating, Dr. Hashmi returned to the United States for pediatrics residency at Charleston Area Medical Center/West Virginia University in Charleston, West Virginia which she completed in 2020. She then completed a pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellowship at Connecticut Children’s/University of Connecticut in Hartford, Connecticut in 2023. During her fellowship at Connecticut Children’s, she completed additional training in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders with specialized training in esophageal and anorectal disorders. Dr. Hashmi joined the University of Kentucky Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology in August 2023 as the program lead in developing the Pediatric Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders Program.