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Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

Internal Medicine

Division of
Digestive Diseases
and Nutrition

CONTACT

Clinical Faculty

Luis R. Peņa, MD
Associate Professor and Interim Chief
Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director Digestive Health Program Clinic
Clinical:  Therapeutic endoscopy
Clinical Research:  Outcome studies, capsule endoscopy

Paul Angulo, MD, FACG, AGAF
Professor
Section Chief, Hepatology
Clinical: Hepatology

Antonio Bosch, MD
Associate Professor
Clinical: Therapeutic endoscopy and advanced endoscopy
Clinical Research: Outcome studies, Endoscopy

Willem J. S. de Villiers, MD, PhD
Professor
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Clinical:  IBD, celiac disease Clinical Research:  Industry-sponsored IBD drug
trials, Investigator-initiated studies; IBD database and genetic bank
Basic Research:  Animal models of IBD, macrophage, scavenger receptors, NIH-funded

Deborah Flomenhoft, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology

Elizabeth Holt, MD
Assistant Professor

Nicholas Nickl, MD
Professor Associate
Clinical Director
Director of Endoscopy

Clinical: Therapeutic endoscopy, EUS, esophageal manometry/pH
Clinical Research: Industry-sponsored:  Endoscopic approaches to GERD

Trushar Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Clinical: Advanced hepatology and transplant hepatology
Clinical Research:
Viral and autoimmune hepatology and transplant outcomes

Jens Rosenau, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
Clinical:  Viral hepatitis, liver transplantation, liver tumors
Clinical Research:  Viral hepatitis especially in the setting of liver transplantation

Lisbeth Selby, MD
Associate Professor
Clinical:  Motility disorders, IBD
Clinical Research:  IBD, IBS, quality in colonoscopy

Steven Shedlofsky, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Toxicity
Director of Hepatitis Program, Kentucky Department of Corrections
Clinical:  Hepatology, hepatitis, porphyria, hemochromatosis
Clinical Research:  Hepatitis C in correctional institutions

Prem Thurairajah, MBBS, MCRP, PhD
Assistant Professor
Clinical: Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Transplant Team
Clinical Research: Hepatobiliary Endoscopy, Transplantation, Viral hepatitis

Gastroenterology Fellows

  • Rob Brandenburg, DO
  • Benjamin Bryson, MD
  • Brian Cross, MD
  • Tina Dela Cruz, MD
  • Wesam Frandah, MB, BCh
  • Kishore Maganty, MBBS
  • Scott Merkley, MD
  • Njideka Momah, MBBS
  • Gregory Reynolds, MD

Clinical Staff

  • Kim Annis, PA-C
  • Andrea Gorringe, PA-C
  • C. Brooke Kuns, PA-C
  • Barry Moore, PA-C

Research Staff

  • Sylvia Nicholson
  • Sarah Turner
  • Crystal Walton-Davis, RN

 

Administrative Staff

  • Melissa Clift
  • Betty Cummings
  • Pam Dennis
  • Madeline Flynn
  • Brandi Waskul

Gastroenterology & Hepatology Links

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