Dr. Bhardwaj graduated from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). He completed an Internal Medicine residency followed by a fellowship in hepatology as well as a second fellowship in gastroenterology at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, where he served as a faculty physician for several years before he and his family moved to Portland. Dr. Bhardwaj is a member of several medical organizations including the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American College of Gastroenterology.