Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship

Fellows

Lakshmi Gopal, M.D.
3^rd year – NIH
Residency: University of Florida
Medical Degree: University of Florida
BA: Emory University
Special Interests: Motility disorders
Projects: Efficacy of the "SmartPill"

Roderick Kreisberg, M.D.
3^rd year
Residency: University of Maryland
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
BS: Haverford College
Special Interests: Advanced endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease
Projects: Role of heat labile enterotoxin in intestinal permeability

Erik von Rosenvinge, M.D.
3^rd year – NIH
Residency: Travis AFB/University of California, Davis
Medical Degree: New York University
BS: University of Maryland
Special Interests: endoscopy device development, gastrin receptor antagonists
Projects: Novel CCK-2 receptor antagonist in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and type II gastric carcinoid, improving efficiency and patient tolerability of colonoscopy with a novel device

Angelica Belo, M.D.
2^nd year – T32 training grant
Residency: Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University
Medical Degree: University of Nigeria, University of London
Special Interests: Colon cancer - cell signaling in colon cancer migration

Leyla Ghazi, M.D.
2^nd year
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
Medical Degree: George Washington University
BA: Franklin and Marshall College
Special Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease
Projects: Novel preparation of budesonide for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Grishma Joy, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Residency: University of Maryland
Medical Degree: Wayne State University
BA: University of Michigan
Project: Familial mid-gut carcinoid - study the natural history including age of onset, symptoms, the appropriate diagnostic modalities, histology, metastatic potential, metabolic sequelae, and clinical and biochemical prognostic factors

Apurva Modi, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Fellowship (Hepatology): NIH
Residency: University of Texas at Houston
MS (Molecular Biology): Fordham University, NY
Medical Degree: Rajah Muthiah Medical College, India
Special Interests: Hepatology, Alternative and complementary medicine
Projects: Natural history and pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Graft Versus Host Disease, Sirolimus in treating patients with Cowden Syndrome or another mutation germ line syndrome, Effect of S-Adenosyl methionine (SAMe) on viral and cell signaling response to combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C non-responders.

Darryn Potosky, M.D.
2^nd year
Residency: University of Maryland
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
BS: University of Maryland
Special Interests: Transplant hepatology, imaging
Projects: Role of narrow band imaging after endoscopic ablation

Jordan Wolff, M.D.
2^nd year
Residency: Brown Medical School
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
BA: University of Maryland
Special Interests: Video capsule endoscopy – training and implementation
Projects: Assessment of training methods for capsule endoscopy; capsule endoscopy

Manish Arora, M.B.B.S.
1^st year - NIH
Residency: Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Medical Degree: Government Medical College, Amritsar, India
Special Interests: GERD, colon cancer, novel bowel preparation development

Kevin Halsey, M.D.
1^st year
Residency: University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine
Medical Degree: University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine
BA: University of Missouri
Special Interests: Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal cancer

Seema Patil, M.D.
1^st year
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
BA: Columbia University, NY
Special Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease

Nirish Shah, M.B.B.S.
1^st year – T32 training grant
Residency: Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Medical Degree: B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Special Interests: Liver disease
Project: Azoxymethane (AOM)-induced liver injury in mice: A model of experimental cirrhosis and ductular proliferation modulated by Muscarinic receptor activation

Douglas Weinstein, M.D.
1^st year
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, TX
Medical Degree: Cornell University Medical College, NY
BA: Duke University, NC
Special Interests: Endoscopic hemostasis

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