Dr. Fiman attended college and medical school at Boston University, graduating from with honors in 1986. He was elected to membership in both Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Societies. He then decided to leave the cold weather behind, and moved to Texas for the remainder of his training. His completed his internship, Internal Medicine residency, and three-year Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He has been board-certified in Internal Medicine since 1989, and became board-certified in Gastroenterology in 1993. He has maintained his certification continuously since 1993, obtaining a ten-year recertification in 2003.
    Dr. Fiman served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1983 to 1992, and then was on active duty status in the Navy from 1992 to 1995, when he served as the Chief of Gastroenterology at Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. During this time, he was also an instructor in the Gastroenterology section of the University of Florida Medical School, Jacksonville campus.
    Since 1992, Dr. Fiman has been in private practice in Gastroenterology in the Houston and Sugar Land areas. He is also a Clinical Instructor in Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. He has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology, and is the 2004 President of the Texas Gulf Coast Gastroenterological Society. Dr. Fiman's interests in Gastroenterology include colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diseases of the bile ducts and gall bladder, and endoscopy.
    Dr. Fiman feels that patient education is one of his most important jobs, and believes strongly that open and frank discussion with his patients is the best way to ensure that they receive the high-quality care that they deserve.
Outside of his medical practice, Dr. Fiman spends his time enjoying travel, sports, music, and reading.

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