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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Review: Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults
Trisha Pasricha, MD, and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, of the Division of Gastroenterology, provide practical guidance to geriatricians and other primary care clinicians about managing fecal incontinence in older adults.
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Prior Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of New Diverticulitis in Older Adults
By analyzing a large prospective cohort of women, Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS, and Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, of the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and the Division of Gastroenterology, and colleagues found that antibiotic use in mid- and late-adulthood, and recent antibiotic use regardless of age, were associated with subsequent development of diverticulitis.
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Five Sessions to See at Digestive Disease Week 2021
At Digestive Disease Week 2021, clinicians and researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Divisions of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery present their world-leading research and innovative treatment approaches.
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
Prior Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of New Diverticulitis in Older Adults
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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
Very Few Older Adults Are Included in Trials of IBD Medications
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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
Group-based Intervention Effective for Weight Loss Improves Quality of Life
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Collagenous Colitis Associated with Increased Incidence, Severity of COVID-19
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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.
