Joshua French, M.D., is a native of East Tennessee, and spent most of his youth in the Knoxville area. He received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Maryville College and his M.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, as well as fellowships at Wake Forest in Gastroenterology and at the University of North Carolina in Advanced Endoscopy. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

 Dr. French lives in Memphis with his wife, Dottie, and their two children.