After graduating Summa cum Laude from Semmelweis University Medical School in 1972 in Budapest, Hungary,  Robert Hardi, MD spent four years in basic science, finishing with a post-doctoral fellowship at the State University of New York/Roswell Park Cancer Research Center in Buffalo, N.Y.  Dr. Hardi completed his training in Internal Medicine at Semmelweis University Medical School, Hungary, Hannover University Medical School in Germany, and the University of New Mexico Medical School in Albuquerque. He also completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of New Mexico Medical School, and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Cornell Medical College/The New York Hospital in New York, NY.  

Dr. Hardi has been in the private practice of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine since 1984, and is on the Clinical Faculty of George Washington University and Georgetown University. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and is a Certified Physician Investigator.  His principal professional interests are inflammatory bowel diseases (he has served on the National Board of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America), clinical research, procedural sedation, colon cancer surveillance, and pancreatic and biliary disorders. He serves as Medical Director of Chevy Chase Clinical Research for the Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group division of Capital Digestive Care.

In his spare time, Dr. Hardi enjoys reading, music, and travel.