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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Clinical Faculty

Jean-Pierre Raufman, M.D. - Paulson Professor of Medicine; Division Head, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Undergraduate: B.A., New York University
Graduate: M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Residency: Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: University of Michigan
Special interests: Acid-peptic disease, hypersecretory states, colon cancer

Raymond Cross, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, IBD Program, Acting Chief, Gastroenterology, VA Maryland Healthcare System

Undergraduate: B.A., Washington and Jefferson College
Graduate: M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Chief residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Special interests: Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and microscopic colitis), clinical research, telemanagement, racial disparities. Click here for information on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease program.

Peter E. Darwin, M.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Endoscopy, University of Maryland Medical Center

Undergraduate: B.S., University of Maryland
Graduate: M.D., University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Special interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, pancreatic cancer

George T. Fantry, M.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Clinical Gastroenterology

Undergraduate: B.S., Notre Dame
Graduate: M.D., SUNY-Upstate Medical Center
Residency: University of Massachusetts
Chief residency: University of Massachusetts
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts
Special interests: Acid-peptic disease, GERD, esophageal motility, H. pylori, NSAIDS, peptic ulcer disease. Click here for information on the Aerodigestive Center.

Mark Flasar, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.S., Notre Dame
Graduate: M.D., University of Maryland
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Special interests: Inflammatory bowel disease

Eric M. Goldberg, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director of Endoscopic Training and Research

Undergraduate: B.S., Duke University
Graduate: M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Special interests: Therapeutic endoscopy, pancreatic cancer

Bruce D. Greenwald, M.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Fellowship Training Program

Undergraduate: B.A., Dartmouth College
Graduate: M.D., University of Maryland
Residency: University of Virginia
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Chief residency: University of Maryland
Special interests: Esophageal cancer, endoscopic ultrasound, Barrett's esophagus

Charles D. Howell, M.D. - Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.S., Tuskegee Institute
Graduate: M.D., Howard University
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Colorado
Previous positions: Hepatology, University of Colorado
Special interests: Immunologic mechanisms of liver injury, viral hepatitis, liver transplantation

Sandeep Khurana, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: University College, New Delhi, India
Graduate: M.D., University College, New Delhi, India
Residency: State University of New York, Brooklyn
Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Previous positions: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Special interests: Cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Ayse L. Mindikoglu, M.D., M.P.H.- Assistant Professor of Medicine

Graduate: M.D., University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
M.P.H., University of Maryland, Baltimore
Residency: University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, (General Surgery, 2.5 years); Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, New York (Internal Medicine)
Fellowships: Loyola University Medical Center (Gastroenterology)
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (Hepatology)
Special interests: Viral hepatitis, drug-induced hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cholestatic liver diseases, genetic liver diseases, liver diseases in pregnancy, complications of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation, epidemiology of liver diseases

Lance Uradomo, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine

Graduate: M.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowships: University of Maryland
Special interests: Endoscopic ultrasound, therapeutic endoscopy, clinical outcomes in endoscopy, esophageal cancer

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Research Faculty

Kunrong Cheng, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.S., Xiamen University, China
Graduate: M.S., Bejing Medical University, China
Post-doctoral: Ph.D., Bejing Medical University, China
Previous positions: Research Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
Special interests: Signal transduction

Jasleen Shant, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.S., Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Graduate: M.S., Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Post-doctoral: Ph.D., Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Previous positions: Senior Research Associate, University of Mississippi
Special interests: Bile acid alteration of gastrointestinal cell signaling and function

Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D. - Professor of Medicine

Undergraduate: B. A., Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
Graduate: Ph.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Post-doctoral: Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Previous positions: Research Physiologist, USDA-ARS, BHNRC, NFRL, Bethesda, MD
Special interests: Immune Regulation of GI function

Aiping Zhoa, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine

Graduate: M.D., Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China
Post-doctoral: M.S., Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, China
Previous positions: Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Special interests: Immune Regulation of GI function

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