Featured Story Anne Marie Lennon Named Director of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Researcher and gastroenterologist Anne Marie Lennon unites cutting-edge research and clinical innovation.
Winter 2021
News from the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Articles in this Issue
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Destigmatizing Liver Transplant for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
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.
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Genetic Testing Reveals Important Clues in Unexplained Cases of Pancreatitis
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.
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Johns Hopkins Develops Tiny Machines That Deliver Medicine to the Intestines
Invented by biomedical engineer David Gracias and gastroenterologist Florin Selaru, “theragrippers” are devices that clamp onto intestinal mucosa and release medicine.
