Monthly Archives: January 2017

How to Create an Unfunded Teaching Fellowship During the Gastroenterology Fellowship that Positively Impacts Subsequent Teaching Activities and Career Path

The gastrointestinal (GI) pathophysiology course is a 2.5-week required preclinical course at the end of medical school’s second-year pathophysiology organ system blocks. In 1993, I was appointed co-course director of this course. One year later, I w… Continue reading

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How to Create an Unfunded Teaching Fellowship During the Gastroenterology Fellowship that Positively Impacts Subsequent Teaching Activities and Career Path

The gastrointestinal (GI) pathophysiology course is a 2.5-week required preclinical course at the end of medical school’s second-year pathophysiology organ system blocks. In 1993, I was appointed co-course director of this course. One year later, I w… Continue reading

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Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has increased multiple fold in the last 4 decades, providing more impetus for clinicians to understand the heterogeneity of NETs and to be able to recognize and treat these tumors effectively. For this reas… Continue reading

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Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has increased multiple fold in the last 4 decades, providing more impetus for clinicians to understand the heterogeneity of NETs and to be able to recognize and treat these tumors effectively. For this reas… Continue reading

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Defective Lymphatics in Crohn’s Disease: Tertiary Lymphoid Follicles Plug the Gap

Randolph GJ Bala S, Rahier JF, et al. Lymphoid aggregates remodel lymphatic collecting vessels that serve mesenteric lymph nodes in Crohn disease. Am J Pathol 2016;186:3066-3077. Continue reading

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Defective Lymphatics in Crohn’s Disease: Tertiary Lymphoid Follicles Plug the Gap

Randolph GJ Bala S, Rahier JF, et al. Lymphoid aggregates remodel lymphatic collecting vessels that serve mesenteric lymph nodes in Crohn disease. Am J Pathol 2016;186:3066-3077. Continue reading

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Effectiveness of the Korean National Cancer Screening Program in reducing gastric cancer mortality

It is not clear whether screening for gastric cancer by upper endoscopy or upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series examinations (looking at the upper and middle sections of the gastrointestinal tract by imaging techniques) reduces mortality. Nevertheless, … Continue reading

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Effectiveness of the Korean National Cancer Screening Program in reducing gastric cancer mortality

It is not clear whether screening for gastric cancer by upper endoscopy or upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series examinations (looking at the upper and middle sections of the gastrointestinal tract by imaging techniques) reduces mortality. Nevertheless, … Continue reading

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Clinical Practice Update: Expert Review on Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies

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Clinical Practice Update: Expert Review on Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies

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