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UC San Diego Health Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Recognized Nationally

UC San Diego Named Among World’s Top 20 Universities by U.S. News & World Report

Thomas Savides, MD, Named Chief Experience Officer for UC San Diego Health System

…San Diego Division of Gastroenterology. He is a nationally recognized expert in interventional gastrointestinal endoscopy, and currently serves as professor of clinical medicine, vice-chair of strategic affairs for the Department of Medicine, and clinical services chief in the Division of Gastroenterology. During his tenure at UC San Diego Health System,…

Novel Cytokine Protects Mice from Colitis

…Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have discovered that expression of a newly identified human cytokine – Interleukin 37 (IL-37) – protects mice from colitis. The study will be published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).…

U.S. News & World Report: UC San Diego #1 for Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research

…ranked the divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology #1 in the world for research. For patients like Norlan Reyes, this means world-class care close to home. It was during an annual, physical exam 14 years ago, when Reyes, now 71, discovered he had liver disease. The retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant was…

Study Identifies Potential New Class of Drug for Treating Ulcerative Colitis

…of the Division of Gastroenterology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at UC San Diego Health System. “Oral treatment with Tofacitinib resulted in improvement and remission in some patients.” Currently, there are limited types of drugs to treat ulcerative colitis.…

UC San Diego Health System Opens Comprehensive Liver Clinic in Nevada

…and a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UCLA in Los Angeles. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, has the advance Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Liver Transplantation, and was formerly director of liver transplant at California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco. He is…

Modest Alcohol Use Lowers Risk and Severity of Some Liver Disease

…UC San Diego and Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center; Arun J. Sanyal, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Elizabeth M. Brunt, John Cochran VA Medical Center, Saint Louis and Division of Gastroenterology, Saint Louis University…

Study Shows Ozanimod as Effective in Treating Ulcerative Colitis

…team of specialists in gastroenterology, endoscopy, oncology, surgery, transplantation and radiology. Contributors to the study include: Brian Feagan, MD, Robarts Research Institute; Douglas Wolf, MD, Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates; Geert D’Haens, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Centre, Netherlands; Severine Vermeire, MD, PhD, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium; Stephen Hanauer, MD, and Subrata Ghosh,…

Diet Plays Critical Role in NASH Progressing to Liver Cancer in Mouse Model

…of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. A recent study led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found in a mouse model that when fed a Western diet rich in calories, fat and cholesterol, the mice progressively became obese, diabetic…

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