Bruce Luxon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director

Since its foundation nearly 40 years ago, the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology has continuously distinguished itself as a highly ranked specialty within the Department of Internal Medicine. As part of the James A. Clifton Center for Digestive Diseases, it provides state of the art medical care to patients with gastrointestinal or liver diseases and nutritional problems in a multidisciplinary environment. The Center also plays an important role in the education of students, residents and fellows and offers a variety of learning opportunities for continuing medical education of physicians and other health care professionals.   The nationally and internationally recognized faculty conducts many clinical and basic science research projects to further our understanding of gastrointestinal and liver diseases and help design better treatment for patients with these illnesses. Faculty Patient Care Inpatient Services | Outpatient Services | More... Education Fellowship Training Program | Conferences | More... Research Basic Science Research | Clinical Research

Patient Care

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides consultative inpatient services and offers a variety of specialty ambulatory clinics in the multidisciplinary environment of the James A. Clifton Center for Digestive Diseases.

Inpatient Services
Gastroenterology Consultation Service
Hepatology Consultation Service
Liver Transplantation Unit
Pancreaticobiliary Consultation Service
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Unit

Outpatient Services
General Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinics
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Unit

Specialty Clinics
Celiac Disease Clinic
Colorectal Cancer Screening Service
Endoscopic Ultrasonography Service
Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic
Liver Failure Clinic/Transplant
Neurogastrointestinal and Gastrointestinal Motility Service
Defecation Disorder and Colorectal Pain Clinic
Pancreaticobiliary Service
Swallowing Disorder and Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Clinic

Education

Fellowship Training Program
Conferences
 - Digestive Disease and Surgery Conference
 - GI Research Conference
 - Journal Club
 - Physiology Conference
 - Endoscopy Conference
 - Pathology Conference
Continuing Education
 - Neurogastroenterology & GI Motility Workshops
      - Anorectal and Biofeedback
      - Esophagus

Research

Basic Science Research
Gastrointestinal Motility (Dr. Schulze)
Reactive Oxygen Species and Hepatic Fibrogenesis (Dr. Brown)
Mucosal Immunity (Dr. Elliott)
Hepatitis Virology, Chronic Hepatitis (Dr. Schmidt)
Lipid Metabolism (Dr. Field)

Clinical Research
Therapeutic Pancreatico-biliary Endoscopy (Drs. Johlin, Silverman)
Constipation, Fecal Incontinence, Biofeedback Therapy (Dr. Rao)
Non-cardiac Chest Pain (Dr. Rao)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Dr. Summers)
Familial Pancreatitis (Dr. Johlin)
Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C (Drs. LaBrecque, Schmidt)
Liver Failure and Liver Transplantation (Dr. Voigt)
Colon Polyp Prevention and Familial Polyposis Syndromes (Dr. Summers)
Fructose Intolerance (Dr. Rao)
Gastroparesis, Functional Dyspepsia, and Gastric Pacing (Drs. Rao, Schulze)
Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Dr. Tamboli)

Administration

Director, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Bruce Luxon, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Hepatology Services
Douglas R. LaBrecque, M.D.

Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Michael Voigt, M.D.

Director of Clinical Activities
Robert W. Summers, M.D.

Director, Neurogastroenterology & GI Motility
Satish Rao, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, ERCP Service
Frederick C. Johlin, M.D.

Director, Endoscopic Ultrasonography Service
Henning Gerke, M.D.

Director, Fellowship Training Program
Kyle Brown, M.D., M.Sc.

Giving Opportunities