Specialty Digestive Health
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Featured
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Get an Update
With input from a Massachusetts General Hospital gastroenterologist, new colonoscopy guidelines update the ages to begin and end colorectal cancer screening.
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Monitoring Novel HBV Markers Worthwhile in HBeAg-positive Patients Coinfected With HIV
In a longitudinal study, Raymond T. Chung, MD, and colleagues in the Hepatitis B (HBV) Research Network demonstrated a clear relationship between the novel biomarkers HBV RNA and HBcrAg—and by inference HBV transcription status—in HBeAg-positive but not HBeAg-negative patients with HBV–HIV coinfection.
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New Course Fosters Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Management of Foregut Disease
Kumar Krishnan, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Charu Paranjape, MD, MBBS, of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, have created a new course called the Minimally Invasive and Novel Therapeutics (MINT), which focuses on the coordinated care of patients with foregut disease.
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Consider Emotional Barriers When Encouraging Physical Activity After Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery
Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry have identified unique emotional concerns about exercise among patients who have undergone metabolic/bariatric surgery, which may prevent them from adopting the high level of physical activity that's recommended to maintain weight loss and prevent cardiovascular disease.
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Answering Research Questions
In this video, Robert Goldstone, MD, of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses how he tackles research questions that are not easily answered—preferring to review retrospective databases in order to generalize data for the entire community.
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Molecular Signature Predicts Progression of Early-stage Liver Fibrosis
Raymond T. Chung, MD, vice chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and director of Hepatology and the Liver Center, and colleagues defined a molecular signature that predicts progression of early-stage liver fibrosis within five years in an etiology-agnostic manner, which can inform anti-fibrotic drug development.
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
Sulfur Microbial Diet Linked to Precursor of Early-onset Colorectal Cancer
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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 of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Mass General, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medicare Data Suggest Vedolizumab Safe, Effective in Older Adults with 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
Advances in Liver Surgery at the Mass General Liver Center
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Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit, Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic
Recent Article
Pilot Study: Virtual Reality Is a Feasible Alternative to Narcotics During Colonoscopy
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
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
Review: Weight Regulation in Menopause
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist | Internist
Recent Article
Frailty Assessment May Be Useful for Risk Stratification of Older Adults With IBD
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit, Associate 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
Multi-omics Approach Detects Gut Microbiome–mediated Metabolism Effects on Immunity
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Richard Aaron Hodin, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Improving Patient Outcomes with J-Pouch Surgery
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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.