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Trisomy 7 in colonic crypt cells The clinical research interests of the faculty in the division of Digestive and Liver Diseases are many and varied.

Cancer:
Colon cancer pathogenesis (Dr. Ali Siddiqui)
Colorectal cancer prevention and screening (Drs. Samir Gupta, William Harford and Don Rockey )
Hepatocellular carcinoma (Dr. Raul Cubillas)
Pancreatic cancer (Dr. Luis Lara)

Digestive diseases:
Acute pancreatitis (Dr. Luis Lara)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's esophagus (Dr. Stuart Spechler)
Inflammatory bowel disease (Drs. William Santangelo and Prabhakar Swaroop)
Peptic ulcer disease (Dr. Byron Cryer)

Endoscopy and imaging:
Endoscopic ultrasound (Drs. Raquel Davila and Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah)
Therapeutic endoscopy (Drs. Raquel Davila, Luis Lara, Shou Jian Tang and Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah)
Virtual colonoscopy (Dr. Don Rockey)

Liver diseases:
Acute liver failure (Drs. Anne Larson and William Lee)
Ascites (Drs. Vincent Chan and Jennifer Cuthbert - details )
Liver transplantation (Drs. LaFaine Grant and Anne Larson)
Portal hypertensive bleeding (Drs. Raul Cubillas and Don Rockey)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (Dr. Marlyn Mayo)
Viral hepatitis (Dr. William Lee)

Metabolism:
Epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (Dr. Jeffrey Browning)

Click on the links for details (more coming).
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