Ariel Aday, M.D.

Ariel Aday, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases. She serves as the Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program. Her research interest is medical education.

Originally from Bristol, Virginia, Dr. Aday holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina and earned her medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem. She completed internal medicine residency training at UT Southwestern, where she also served as Chief Medical Resident. She remained at UT Southwestern to complete her gastroenterology fellowship.

Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Aday initially joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015 as an Assistant Instructor during her tenure as Chief Medicine Resident. She rejoined the faculty in 2019 and quickly resumed her involvement as a GME leader. 

Dr. Aday has presented at numerous conferences and published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. She participates in several institutional committees, including the Graduate Medical Education Committee and the Resident Wellness and Wellbeing Committee. She also serves as Specialty Education Coordinator for Internal Medicine.

Dr. Aday is an active member in numerous professional societies, including the American College of Gastroenterology Training Committee, the American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators, and the Association of Specialty Professors Fellowship Education Committee through the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. She serves as Chair of the Resident Resources Subcommittee through the American College of Gastroenterology and is actively involved on the Abstract Review Committees for both Digestive Diseases Week and the ACG annual meeting. Dr. Aday spearheaded development of a society-agnostic Gastroenterology Program Director Workgroup to improve gastroenterology fellowship training programs supported by the ACGME Gastroenterology Review Committee Members.

In 2024, Dr. Aday was selected for the Rising Star Award by the Graduate Medical Education office for her significant contributions as a gastroenterology fellowship program director and other GME efforts.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Aday enjoys being a mother to her son and daughter, traveling, and reformer Pilates.