Department: Medicine

Division: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

• Faculty (29)
• Postdocs (9)
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• 
  Ahmed, Aijaz 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology (Liver)
  • Liver Transplantation
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  Ayoub, Walid 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Hepatology (Liver)
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  Dr Ayoub research interests include management of Chronic Hepatitis B, Chronic Hepatitis C, recurrence of hepatitis C post liver transplantation, hepatocellular carcinoma in addition to autoimmune liver disease.

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  Banerjee, Subhas 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  Dr. Banerjee is the Co-Director of Endoscopy at the Stanford University Medical Center. His research interests include evaluation of advanced endoscopic procedures (ERCP, choledochoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound) in the diagnosis and management of benign and malignant pancreatic and biliary disease. Additional interests include the eveluation of biophotonics methodologies in the diagnosis of colon cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers and the development of new endoscopic devices and inst..

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  Becker, Laren Seth
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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  Cartwright, Christine 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  Research Interest

  Molecular mechanisms of intestinal cell growth control; function and regulation of the Src family of tyrosine kinases in normal cells, and their deregulation in cancer cells.

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  Chen, Ann 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Endoscopic Ultrasonography
  • pancreatic cancer
  Research Interest

  Dr. Chen's research focus includes various advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures with focus on premalignant and malignant gastrointestinal diseases. Specifically, she is interested in early detection and treatment of pancreatic-biliary and gastrointestinal diseases utilizing interventional procedures such as endoscopic ultrasound, radiofrequency and cryoablation therapy, confocal microscopy, and small bowel enteroscopy.

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  Cheung, Ramsey 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology (Liver)
  Research Interest

  Dr. Cheung's research interests focus on liver diseases, with emphasis on viral hepatitis. His past research include investigating the mechanism of viral neutralization of hepatitis B virus at the molecular level and immune response to hepatitis C virus. Dr. Cheung is studing various aspects of hepatitis C, both clinical and translational research.

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  Cooper, Allen 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Liver Transplantation
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  I have had a long standing interest in the liver's role in cholesterol and lipid metabolism. In the past this was focused on laboratory studies but currently involves human studies as part of my patient care responsibilities. In particular I am interested in the role of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in patients with Hepatitis C aand in post liver transplant patients.

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  Daugherty, Tami 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Hepatology
  • Transplant Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  Dr. Daugherty is a transplant Hepatologist with full-time clinical responsibilities. She is particularly interested in the natural course and management of recurrent Hepatitis C after liver transplant, and the effect of immunosuppression on HCV recurrence.

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  Fernandez-Becker, Nielsen Q
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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  Fogel, Michael R
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
• 
  Friedland, Shai 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Endoscopy
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  1. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy- Techniques and Outcomes 2. Development of new endoscopic devices 3. Diagnosis of intestinal ischemia 4. High risk endoscopic resection

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  Garcia, Gabriel 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Hepatology (Liver)
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  The natural history of common viral liver diseases of man is poorly understood, despite the fact that chronic liver diseases of man may result in death from liver failure or hepatocellular carcinoma.

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  Gerson, Lauren 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux
  • Esophageal Motility Disorders
  Research Interest

  Dr. Gerson's clinical expertise is in the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal motility disorders, and obscure GI bleeding using capsule endoscpy and double balloon enteroscopy. Her research interests include epidemiology and clinical trials in GERD and Barrett's esophagus; cost-effectiveness studies in the areas of Barrett's esophagus and new technology; and quality of life assessment for patients with GERD and BE.

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  Glenn, Jeffrey 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  Dr. Glenn's primary interest is in molecular virology, with a strong emphasis on translating this knowledge into novel antiviral therapies. Other interests include exploitation of hepatic stem cells, engineered human liver tissues, and new biodefense antiviral strategies.

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  Gray, Gary M
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Intestinal Malabsorption
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  Greenberg, Harry 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis; determinants of protective immunity; host range and tissue tropism in liver and GI tract pathogenic viruses and studies of vaccines in people.

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  Habtezion, Aida 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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  Keeffe, Emmet 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Hepatology (Liver)
  • Chronic Hepatitis B
  • Chronic Hepatitis C
  Research Interest

  My clinical research interest is currently focused primarily on antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C with nitazoxanide and antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, as well as application of hepatitis vaccines and selection and outcomes of liver transplantation in the recent past.

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  Lowe, Anson 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Associate Professor (By courtesy), Molecular & Cellular Physiology
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Barrett's esophagus
  • Pancreatic Diseases
  Research Interest

  Pancreatic and esophageal cancers are common and deadly cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Our laboratory is currently focused on the identification and characterization of candidate genes important in tumor growth. Such genes will also serve as potential therapeutic targets. An additional focus of the laboratory is the development of diagnostic assays for the early detection of pancreatic and esophageal disease.

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  Lutchman, Glen A
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Liver Transplantation
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  My primary research intesret is in metabolic liver disease primarily non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. I also have an interset in transplant outcomes for patients with chronic hepatitis C.

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  Mehta, Kshama R
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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  Nguyen, Linda B
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Esophageal Dysphagia
  Research Interest

  My research interests focus on disorder of gastrointestinal motility. Specifically, those related to nausea and vomiting with or without gastroparesis, reflux and swallowing disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome. My research focuses on understanding and characterizing the abnormal motility pattern(s) that are associated with these symptoms.

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  Nguyen, Mindie H
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology
  • Primary liver cancer
  Research Interest

  Epidemiology and treatment of primary liver cancer (transarterial chemoinfusion); Multicenter study of early diagnosis of primary liver cancer with novel tumor markers; Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans; Multicenter randomized controlled studies of treatment outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C and novel genotypes 6 , 7, 8, and 9; Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asians with viral hepatitis.

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  Park, Walter 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  • Acute Pancreatitis
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  Research Interest

  Dr. Park's research interests are in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cysts, acute and chronic pancreatitis. His approach incorporates methods in health services research including the use of observational datasets, cost-effectiveness studies, and the development of clinical cohorts.

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  Pasricha, Pankaj J
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Professor (By courtesy), Surgery
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Neurogastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Motility
  • Gastroparesis
  • Abdominal Pain
  Research Interest

  My laboratory is interested in molecular mechanisms of visceral pain, disordered gastrointestinal motility and restoration of enteric neural function with novel strategies including neural stem cell transplants and the translation of these efforts to patients in my clinic. Our lab has developed several unique animal models of functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, gastroparesis and chronic pancreatitis. I have also been active in developing new endoscopic procedures and devices.

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  Shah, Shamita 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  I joined Stanford after specialized training in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. I am the Clinical Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program. My clinical and research interests within IBD include the application of novel diagnostic tools, study of IBD-associated conditions, treatment of severe colitis, and prevention of post-operative recurrence.

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  Triadafilopoulos, George 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  My primary research interest concerns factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastro-esophageal reflux disease and its complications, such as Barrett's esophagus and the role of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in their management.

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  Van Dam, Jacques 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Gastroenterology
  Research Interest

  Dr. Van Dam's research focus involves the use of Raman and light-scattering spectroscopy for the early detection and screening of gastrointestinal cancer.