Category: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
黑料网 Physician Scientists Training Program Gives Awards to Cultivate the Careers of Upcoming Physician-Scientists
Medicine, like any other scientific field, cannot progress forward without the hard work of new, cutting-edge researchers. In the Department of Medicine, three physician scientist trainees are working to improve the lives of patients who have inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and food allergies. In light of their promising, hard work, all three have received support from the UN … Read more
Study Reveals Vaccination Response to Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the Veterans Healthcare Administration
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH Outbreaks of hepatitis A, a highly contagious viral infection involving the liver, have been on the rise since 2016. What initially began as outbreaks in a handful of states has since led to ongoing or recent hepatitis A outbreaks in 33 states across the country. Patients under the care of the Veterans Health Administration have been one of the hardest-hit gr … Read more
William E. Whitehead Discusses the Connection Between the Brain and the Digestive System
William E. Whitehead, PhD If you’ve ever felt your insides twist in knots before a big speech, you know the stomach listens carefully to the brain. In fact, the entire digestive system is closely tuned to a person’s emotions and state of mind, says William E. Whitehead, PhD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and director of the Center for … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: May 1 鈥� May 31, 2022
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Evan Dellon,聽MD, MPH, has been awarded a $315,295聽grant from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) for his project titled, 鈥淎n allergen-specific immune signature-directed diet vs sham diet for treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis: A pilot-feasibility study鈥� Division of Pulmonary and Critical Ca … Read more
VCAG Update: Dr. Arora Discusses Progress of New Endoscopy Procedure Tools
Shifali Arora, MD Since July of last year, Shifali Arora, MD, an assistant professor of medicine and the vice chief of clinical operations in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has been working on a VCAG (Value Care Action Group) project聽to improve the efficiency of inpatient endoscopy. To date, the project has yielded several valuable tools that are working to impr … Read more
Congratulations, Carolina Care Excellence Awardees!
Every year, 黑料网 Hospitals conducts the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey to obtain input from patients. Patients are asked if they would refer their provider’s practice to friends and family in the survey. Over the last year, 154 providers within 黑料网 Hospitals received the highest recommendation from more than 89 percent of their patients, putting them in the top quartile natio … Read more
epartment of Medicine Grants & Funding: April 1 鈥� April 30, 2022
Division of Hematology Nigel Key,聽MB, ChB, FRCP has been awarded a 5-year, $2.2M T32 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Brandi Reeves, MD was awarded a聽2-year, $165,000 Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research Award聽to study Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm-Associated Thrombosis. Rafal聽Pawlinksi, PhD and聽Bra … Read more
Increase in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Accelerates During COVID-19 Pandemic
黑料网鈥檚 Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, a fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a study indicating that alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality increased from 2017-2020 and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly all age groups. Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, is senior author. Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD A study published in the聽Clinical Gastroe … Read more
Achieving ‘Distant Presence’ During Virtual Visits
Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA Today鈥檚 clinicians are challenged to remain fully attentive to and engaged with the patients they serve, whether seeing them in person or from a distance. Dr.聽Spencer Dorn, professor and vice chair for innovation in the department of medicine, recently published a perspective on achieving ‘distant presence’ during virtual visits.聽Read聽the article, publi … Read more
Dellon Discusses Dupixent (Dupilumab) Study
Evon Dellon, MD, MPH Evon S. Dellon, MD, MPH, professor in the department of medicine’s division of gastroenterology and hepatology, discussed the Phase 3 LIBERTY-EoE-TREET study for聽Dupixent (Dupilumab). The results were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology’s Annual Meeting. Read more.
Crockett Study Considers Value of Endoscopic Clipping After Resection in Large Serrated Polyps
Seth Crockett, MD, MPH Among patients with large serrated polyps, the risk for bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection was low, with no significant benefit seen with resection clipping, according to a study. 鈥淸This] study suggests that endoscopic clipping is not necessary to prevent post-polypectomy bleeding after [endoscopic mucosal resection] of large serrated polyps,鈥� Seth … Read more
High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR MD Edge, Internal Medicine reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a 鈥渃onservative鈥� estimate from a recent analysis. These figures emphasize the need for more research funding in the area, along with additional clinical and public health … Read more