Specialty Digestive Health
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Featured
Pharmacotherapy as Adjunct Treatment After Bariatric Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians use weight-loss medications after bariatric surgery to help patients lose weight and control weight regain.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Evolution of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Vaccines, Treatment
On April 1, 2021, the Department of Medicine held a virtual Harvard Medical Grand Rounds on COVID-19. Richelle Charles, MD, physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Bruce D. Walker, MD, director of the Ragon Institute, and other members from the Boston medical community, discuss the evolution of the pandemic, including vaccines and treatment.
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Incorporating Advanced Practice Providers into GI Practice
Andrea H. Thurler, DNP, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, and Kristin E. Burke, MD, MPH, give pointers on how—and why—to integrate a nurse practitioner or physician assistant into a gastroenterology practice.
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Doctors Perform Novel POP Procedure to Treat Gastroparesis
Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital perform innovative, minimally invasive per-oral pyloromyotomy (POP) procedure to treat gastroparesis.
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Personalized Patient Care for the Treatment of Obesity
Personalized Patient Care for the Treatment of Obesity
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PET/MRI Superior to MRI Alone for Staging of Rectal Cancer
Compared with standalone MRI, hybrid PET/MRI enabled more accurate evaluation of tumor size, N status and external sphincter infiltration in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
Digestive Health contributors
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director for Cancer Epidemiology, Mass General Cancer Center, Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine
Recent Article
Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Liver Disease Mortality Risk
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Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Personalized Patient Care for the Treatment of Obesity
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
Recent Article
Weight Gain Is Modest Across Classes of Biologic Therapy for IBD
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Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
Surgical Director of the Liver Program, Division of General Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Using Minimally Invasive Liver Resection to Treat Liver Masses
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Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit, Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic
Recent Article
Screening for Pancreatic Cancer
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Obesity Medicine Physician for Adults, Adolescents, and Children, Mass General Weight Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Affiliated Faculty, MGH Mongan Institute of Health Policy and Associate, MGH Disparities Solution Center
Recent Article
Taking Stock of Diversity and Inclusion in the Health Care Workforce
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Greater Fruit and Vegetable Intake Linked to Lower Risk of Diverticulosis
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cardiovascular Disease Independently Associated with NAFLD in People with HIV
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Matthew M. Hutter, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
The Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery: Measuring and Improving the Quality of Surgical Care
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Ramnik Joseph Xavier, MD, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kurt Isselbacher Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Electronic Health Records Can Be Used to Validate Genetic Determinants of Treatment Response in IBD
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Richard Aaron Hodin, MD
Chief for Academic Affairs, Mass General Department of Surgery, Surgical Director, Mass General Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Tracey G. Simon, MD
Hepatologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Liver Disease Mortality Risk
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.
