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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Heartburn & COVID-19: A Q&A With Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, on Proton Pump Inhibitors and Patient Risk
Recent headlines highlight survey findings indicating an increased risk of COVID-19 among Proton Pump Inhibitors users. In this Q&A, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, disambiguates fact from hyperbole about the COVID-19–heartburn connection.
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Using Minimally Invasive Liver Resection to Treat Liver Masses
Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons are using laparoscopic and robotic liver resection as an alternative to open hepatic resection to treat complex liver conditions.
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Greater Fruit and Vegetable Intake Linked to Lower Risk of Diverticulosis
Data from a Mass General registry support a significant association between fruit and vegetable consumption and subsequent risk of diverticulosis.
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Frailty Is a Risk Factor for Immunosuppression-related Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Independent of age and comorbidities, pretreatment frailty doubled the risk of infection in the first year after immunosuppressive therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Healthy Lifestyle Tied to Lower Risk of All-cause Mortality in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
In this study, adherence to five key lifestyle factors is associated with lower mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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
MGH Research Scholars Respond to COVID-19
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Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Intermittent Fasting: Prescribed Nutritional Intervention
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
Recent Article
Frailty Is a Risk Factor for Immunosuppression-related Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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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
Review: Pathways of Colorectal Carcinogenesis
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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
Editorial: Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes by Body Weight and Race/Ethnicity
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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
Recent Article
Advanced Fibrosis Predicts Nonfatal CVD in NAFLD Patients
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Matthew M. Hutter, MD
Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
Recent Article
Surgeon Preference Is Strongest Influence on Choice of Bariatric Procedure
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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, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Daily Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Risk of Fibrosis Progression in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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.
