by Anna Gomberg | Apr 8, 2021 | Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Difficulty swallowing is a particularly troubling digestive disease symptom with myriad causes. Often, patients suffer for years, adapting their behavior to contend with the sensation of food sticking in their throat or esophagus as they eat, eating a limited diet and...
by Anna Gomberg | Apr 8, 2021 | Grateful Patients, Newsletter, University of Chicago Medicine
By 2014, Katherine (Kathy) France had been having trouble swallowing for years. Her symptoms became so severe that even drinking a glass of water could take over an hour. She sought guidance from several gastroenterologists. A close colleague had been treated for...
by Anna Gomberg | Mar 17, 2021 | Grateful Patients, University of Chicago Medicine
Triple Organ Transplant with a Hepatitis C Positive Liver On December 12, 2021, Ed Hogan underwent one of the rarest surgical procedures performed anywhere in the world: a simultaneous triple organ transplant of his heart, kidney, and liver. Ed’s case had one more...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 16, 2019 | Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
The human microbiome is a complex ecosystem made up of bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic organisms. In recent decades, scientists have recognized that the microbiome is a factor in inflammatory bowel diseases and other gastrointestinal illnesses. Support from...
by GI Research Foundation | Oct 2, 2019 | Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Benjamin Shogan, MD, is a surgeon specializing in colon and rectal surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine. Since joining the UChicago faculty in 2017, funding from GIRF has allowed him to advance innovative investigations that could improve surgical outcomes...
by GI Research Foundation | Jan 31, 2019 | GIRF Event, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Thank you to our Donors!! Thanks to your generous support, the GI Research Foundation raised more than $2 million in 2018. We are so grateful for people like you who have made gifts in honor of your family members and friends who live every day with complicated GI...
by GI Research Foundation | Jan 21, 2019 | Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Cutting edge technology. Innovative research. A true desire to find G.I. disease cures. All exist in Meren’s Lab. Located at UChicago Medicine and funded by GIRF, Meren’s Lab brings together a network of experts. They aim to understand the diversity, ecology, and...
by GI Research Foundation | May 12, 2017 | Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Ecology is everywhere, A. Murat Eren, likes to say. In the oceans and soil, in the human gut and on the skin, live microscopic worlds of astonishing diversity. The young science of using computational, molecular, and genetic approaches to study these complex...
by GI Research Foundation | Mar 21, 2017 | University of Chicago Medicine
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Dr. Michael Charlton has joined the University Chicago of Medicine as Professor of Medicine,...
by GI Research Foundation | Mar 18, 2017 | University of Chicago Medicine
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] An excerpt from “Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States” by James E. Everhart,...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 16, 2016 | University of Chicago Medicine
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”For Men with Crohn’s Disease, Sex Can Be a Challenge” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Over the course of 32 years, Michael A....
by GI Research Foundation | Aug 2, 2016 | University of Chicago Medicine
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] We are very pleased to inform you that the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board today...
