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  • Alexander, Katie, PhD

    KAlexanderAssistant Professor
    Areas of Interest: H. pylori Gastritis and Associated Gastric Adenocarinoma, Pancreatic and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Epigenetic Regulation of Mucosal Cancers

  • Elson, Charles O., MD

    Elson GAS 0412Professor
    Areas of Interest:
    Regulation of adaptive mucosal immune responses, particularly the mucosal immune  response to the microbiota, particularly the T cell and B cell response to microbiota flagellins in Crohn’s disease

  • Ismail, Mohamed, MD, MSc

    Ismail MohamedAssistant Professor
    Areas of Interest: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with a research focus on understanding fibrosis and strictures development in Crohn's disease and the role of endotherapy in management

  • McGuire, Brendan, MD

    McGuire Brendan MDProfessor
    Director, UAB Liver Center
    Areas of Interest:
    Acute and chronic liver failure and management of patients with porphyria

  • Morgan, Doug, MD, MPH

    douglas morganDivision Director
    Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
    Endowed Professor in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Areas of Interest: Cancer Epidemiology & prevention in the Hispanic-Latino populations in Latin America and the U.S.

  • Peter, Shajan, MD

    Sugandha RS7712 peter shajan sugandha 2009Associate Professor
    Director, TKC Endoscopy
    Director, Small Bowel and Mucosal Therapeutics Programs
    Areas of Interest:
    Esophageal and small bowel disorders, cryotherapy ablations, deep enteroscopy, advanced endoscopic imaging, colorectal cancer screening, endoscopic mucosal resection, complex polypectomies, interventional pancreatico-billary endoscopy (EUS/ERCP), GI bleeding, enteral feeding and stenting techniques; endoscopic treatment outcomes of Barrett's esophagus, obscure GI bleeding, translational research

  • Smith, Phillip, MD

    Smith RS7710 phillip smith 2008 1Professor
    Areas of Interest: Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and immune and molecular mechanisms that regulate the host response in those diseases