Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Research Activities

Basic Science Research Interests:

Lipid metabolism, atherogenesis

Gut motility and serotonergic tone

Development of the enteric nervous system

Niemann-Pick Disease

Liver Fibrosis

Embryologic Intestinal Development

Intravenous lipid emulsions

The role of toll like receptors in liver disease

Genetic control of hepatic triglyceride synthesis

T-cell immunity in celiac sprue

Clinical Science Research Interests:

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Celiac Disease

Treatment of chronic Hepatitis B and C

Cystic Fibrosis

Lipid metabolism in storage diseases

Inflammatory bowel disease

Proton pump inhibitors in GERD

Biliary complications in liver transplantation

Co-morbidities of childhood obesity

Intestinal failure associated liver disease

Small intestinal transplantation

Central line associated bacteremia

Gastrointestinal manifestations of Autism