Johns Hopkins is one of the few centers in the United States that regularly transplants livers into patients with alcohol-related liver disease whose sobriety doesn’t reach six-month threshold.

For patients with recurrent acute or chronic pancreatitis, comprehensive genetic testing can help pinpoint the underlying cause of disease, avoiding potentially unnecessary tests and invasive treatments.

Invented by biomedical engineer David Gracias and gastroenterologist Florin Selaru, “theragrippers” are devices that clamp onto intestinal mucosa and release medicine.