Specialty Digestive Health
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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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Researchers Chart the Course of Severe Checkpoint Inhibitor-related Colitis
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have charted the course of severe checkpoint inhibitor–related colitis, including the fact that it usually develops within three months, and that half of the patients require second-line immunosuppression.
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Addressing Disparities in Geographic Distribution of U.S. Obesity Medicine Physicians
The number of physicians certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine does not necessarily match the burden of obesity in each U.S. state.
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CT Identifies Which Patients Hospitalized for Ulcerative Colitis Need Rescue Therapy
In patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis, mural stratification seen on multidetector computed tomography predicts poor response to intravenous steroids and the need for inpatient medical or surgical rescue therapy.
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Q&A with Dr. Angela Fitch: Encourage Realistic Patient Resolutions for a Healthier New Year
New year's resolutions are notoriously difficult to maintain. Yet, year after year, patients seeking a life change look to this time of year as a fresh start in their weight loss journey. In this article, Dr. Angela Fitch shares advice on treating patients with obesity and crafting realistic, obtainable resolutions.
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Early Transplantation for Alcohol-associated Hepatitis Improves Survival
According to a mathematical model, offering liver transplantation with no minimum period of sobriety before surgery (i.e., early liver transplantation) for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis provides a fourfold increase in life expectancy compared with requiring a six-month period of sobriety before listing. having characteristics similar to patients in ACCELERATE-AH trial.
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
New Female-centric Research Provides Dietary Guidance for Preventing Diverticulitis
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Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Q&A with Dr. Angela Fitch: Encourage Realistic Patient Resolutions for a Healthier New Year
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
Recent Article
CT Identifies Which Patients Hospitalized for Ulcerative Colitis Need Rescue Therapy
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Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
Surgical Director of the Liver Program, Division of General Surgery
Recent Article
Staging Laparopscopy May Mean Longer Life for Pancreatic Cancer Patients found to have Metastases at the Time of Operation
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Obesity Medicine Physician for Adults, Adolescents, and Children, MGH Weight Center, Affiliated Faculty, MGH Mongan Institute of Health Policy and Associate, MGH Disparities Solution Center, Executive Committee Member, Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORCH) and MGH Midlife Women's Health Center Leadership Team
Recent Article
Addressing Disparities in Geographic Distribution of U.S. Obesity Medicine Physicians
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Research Highlights Intestinal Dysbiosis as Defining Feature of Microscopic Colitis
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit
Recent Article
Daily Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Risk of Fibrosis Progression in Nonalcholic Fatty Liver Disease
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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
IBD Multiomics Database May Be Rich Source of New Treatment Targets
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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
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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 Nonalcholic 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.
