Ansley S. Tharpe, M.D.

Dr. Tharpe grew up in Americas, GA and Macon, GA. She received her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences and Mathematics from Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, VA. She attended medical school at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and went on to complete her Internal Medicine residency at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN. She was also fellowship-trained in Gastroenterology at University of University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, FL.

She started her career at Gastro Savannah over 15 years ago and continues to enjoy caring for her patients in Savannah and around the Southeast. Dr. Tharpe enjoys all aspects of treating GI conditions, but her particular interests include colonoscopy screenings, Irritable Bowel Disease and liver disease.

She is married and lives with her sweet dog, Cassie. She relaxes by listening to music and as well as exercising, boating, and watching football.

“I think what initially drew me to Gastroenterology was inflammatory bowel disease.  Someone close to me was significantly affected by ulcerative colitis when I was a child. As there were limited options for therapy back then, it is wonderful that there are now multiple effective therapies/biologics to treat both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. I also love the fact that Gastroenterology is such a diverse field, encompassing diagnosing and treating infection, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, pancreatic and biliary disease, cancer, and other disorders.  I also love doing procedures, which also drew me to the field,” she says.