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In late December, 2021 the Division of Gastroenterology moved their Gastrointestinal Center at the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) from the 8th floor to the 12th floor. The new space, at approximately 16,200 square feet, increased the number of exam rooms from 17 to 29, including four procedure rooms. The area is occupied by both […]

Cassandra Fritz, MD selected for American Gastroenterological Association’s FORWARD Scholars program

Vlad Kushnir, MD, has accepted the position of Director of Interventional Endoscopy effective December 1, 2021.

Inflammation and metabolic disorders are deeply intertwined. For example, people with inflammatory conditions such as Crohn’s disease and psoriasis are at risk of developing metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance and diabetes. However troubling that connection might seem, it also might point to some promising news.

The United States is facing an epidemic of liver disease linked to obesity. Cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver have more than doubled in the past two decades, now affecting around one quarter of the country’s population. The condition leads to inflammation and scarring in the liver, similar to that caused by alcohol abuse, and increases […]

No evidence so far indicates that food or drinks can transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, but new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that people with problems in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract may be vulnerable to infection after swallowing the virus.

An international research network of physicians and scientists is launching a clinical trial to evaluate whether the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) can protect front-line health-care workers against infection from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The trial aims to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers globally.