Founded in the early 1940s, the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology has had a long history of excellence that continues today.
With 80 faculty, 25 fellows, and over 150 staff, we are one of the largest gastroenterology practices in the country and a leader in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of all diseases of the gastrointestinal system, from simple to complex, including those of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and biliary tract.
Patient Care
We have established a number of clinical centers of excellence including the Esophageal Disorders Program, the Functional Bowel Disorders Program, the Hepatology Program, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program, the Interventional Endoscopy Program, the multidisciplinary Michigan Bowel Control Program, and the Wilson Disease Program.
Research
In addition to being leaders in the clinic, our faculty are also leaders in their respective areas of research, which span such varied interests as the role of peptides in the brain–gut interactions in functional bowel diseases to innovative treatments of viral hepatitis and liver cancer.
Education and Training
The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology offers four unique fellowship programs:
- 3-year Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program that includes a NIH-funded T32 Clinical Research Training Program track
- Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program (4th year)
- Advanced Esophageal Fellowship Program
- Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program (4th year)
We also participate in other training within the Department of Internal Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition, we have numerous education programs that are provided to physicians and patients of southeastern Michigan. Our Continuing Medical Education network offers three multi-day courses and over 100 single lectures annually.
