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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Sulfur-metabolizing Bacteria Linked to Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Long-term adherence to a dietary pattern associated with sulfur-metabolizing bacteria in stool is associated with increased risk of distal colon and rectal cancer, according to data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.
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Patients with Microscopic Colitis Are at Increased Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Based on histologic data and more than 20 years of follow-up, a nationwide registry study has demonstrated that patients with microscopic colitis are substantially more likely than those without to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
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Global Rise of IBD Should Prompt Changes in Care
Trends in the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease will require a two-pronged strategy of modulating environmental risk factors and improving delivery of health care to newly industrialized countries.
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Encapsulated Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Alters Gut Microbiome in Adults with Obesity
In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, fecal microbiota transplantation administered via capsules sustainably altered gut microbiome composition in adults with obesity, but there were no significant changes in most metabolic markers.
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Bowel Necrosis in a Patient with COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons have described a critically ill patient with COVID-19 who developed catastrophic bowel necrosis despite widely patent mesenteric vessels.
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-metabolizing Bacteria Linked to Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer
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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
Global Rise of IBD Should Prompt Changes in Care
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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
Resection Is Best Option for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Child–Pugh A Cirrhosis
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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
Addressing Disparities in Geographic Distribution of U.S. Obesity Medicine Physicians
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Patients with Microscopic Colitis Are at Increased Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit
Recent Article
Intermittent Fasting: Prescribed Nutritional Intervention
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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.
