Dr. Chey received his BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania and medical degree and training in internal medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Following fellowship, Dr Chey has remained at the University of Michigan, where he is currently the Timothy T. Nostrant Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology, Director-GI Physiology Laboratory, Co-Director-Michigan Bowel Control Program, and Director-GI Nutrition & Behavioral Wellness Program. In 2011, Dr. Chey was named as an H. Marvin Pollard Institute Scholar at the University of Michigan.  His research interests focus on the diagnosis & treatment of functional bowel disorders, acid-related disorders, and H. pylori infection. Dr. Chey has been funded by federal and private sources. He is a medical innovator and holds 4 patents. He co-founded My Total Health, a company developing novel health information technology solutions for persons with GI problems. 

 He has participated in or directed numerous national and international continuing medical education programs and has been elected to Best Doctors since 2001 and America's Top Doctors since 2009. In 2014, Dr. Chey was named as one of the 160 Gastroenterologists to Know by Becker's ASC. In 2014, Dr. Chey was inducted into the Clinical Excellence Society of the Department of Medicine, received the Dean's Outstanding Clinician Award, and was inducted into the League of Research Excellence at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he was inducted into the League of Clinical Excellence at UM and received the Distinguished Clinician Award from the American Gastroenterological Association.