News from the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
With the advent of a drug that clears the hepatitis C virus from patients’ systems, Johns Hopkins liver specialists and surgeons—among the nation’s leaders in transplant medicine—are helping even more patients who need donor livers.
Controlled resection of superficial and deep tumors will make flexible robotic endoscopy an important weapon in Johns Hopkins’ fight against colon cancer, says Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy Mouen Khashab.
Division director Tony Kalloo sheds light on ways multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches help patients and advance medical science at Johns Hopkins.
Johns Hopkins endoscopist Saowanee Ngamruengphong wants physicians and patients to know there are alternatives to radical GI surgery.
By using an endoscopic procedure to deliver therapeutic genes to the liver in animal models, gastroenterologists Florin Selaru and Vivek Kumbhari believe they’ve taken a major step toward helping patients with monogenic liver disorders.
Former therapeutic endoscopy fellow Sam Giday shares how training at Johns Hopkins prepared him for a life in medicine.
