The Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is located at Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. The Liver Research Center is a 13,000 square foot facility located at 55 Claverick Street, half a mile from Rhode Island Hospital. The major missions of the Division are to provide state-of-the-art treatment for patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases, to educate undergraduates, medical students, medical residents and postdoctoral fellows in the pathophysiology of digestive diseases and to provide a strong basic science program for advancing the understanding of these disease processes at the cellular and molecular level.
The clinical program is robust and serves as a focus for translational research activities. Currently, there are 27 active research studies. We also offer the opportunity to understand GI and liver diseases in a broader global context with our international program which allows for a one-month rotation in one of 18 sites throughout the world. This opportunity is offered in the third year of fellowship training. The Division also provides a training track in GI and liver diseases in women, including pregnancy.
Overall, the activities of the Division allow for career development opportunities in clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, as well as basic and translational research in digestive diseases with the opportunity to be involved at all levels of the educational process.
Research Update – Digestive Disease Week, May 2021
Congratulations to our fellows (aided by residents and faculty) for their extraordinarily productive research this past year. Listed below are the 12 presentations (including 5 oral presentations) from our GI fellows (in bold) aided in many cases by residents (*asterisks)
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TITLE: MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PREDICTING NAFLD IN THE U.S. ADOLESCENT POPULATION
AUTHORS: Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, Kittichai Promrat
Session Title: NAFLD and NASH : Epidemiology, Natural History, Outcomes
Session Type: Research Forum (Oral presentation)
Presentation Date/Time: Sat, May 22 / 11:00 AMTITLE: VALIDATION OF FIRST-LINE AND SECOND-LINE INDUCTION THERAPIES FOR PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERELY ACTIVE ULCERATIVE COLITIS USING BAYESIAN NETWORK META-ANALYSES
AUTHORS: Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, Samir A. Shah
Session Title: IBD: Comparative Effectiveness Studies
Session Type: Poster Session (Poster of distinction)
Presentation Date/Time: Fri, May 21 / 12:15 PMTITLE: DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR CLASSIFYING THE LOCATIONS OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT BASED ON CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY IMAGES
AUTHORS: Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, Nuwee Wiwatwattana, Sippapart Subsanong, Supawee Soythongcharoen, Supaksagee Plukaram, Kawee Numpacharoen, Theekapun Charoenpong, Abbas Rupawala, Harlan G Rich
Session Title: Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning
Session Type: Poster Session
Presentation Date/Time: Fri, May 21 / 12:15 PMTITLE: GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGES OF POLYPOID LESION IN SMALL BOWEL USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS
AUTHORS: Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, Thanadon Songsuittipong, Kawee Numpacharoen, Theekapun Charoenpong, Nuwee Wiwatwattana
Session Title: Endoscopic Technology
Session Type: Poster Session
Presentation Date/Time: Sat, May 22 / 12:15 PMTITLE: A WHO’S WHO OF 100 SOCIAL INFLUENCERS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY: A COMPARISON OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RANKED INFLUENCERS ON TWITTER
AUTHORS: Yousef Elfanagely*, Joel Glotfelty, Omar Elfanagely, Daniel Marino*, Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, Steven F. Moss
Session Title: Digital Technologies Including Novel Software, Hardware, Internet/Social Media, and Wearables
Session Type: Poster Session
Presentation Date/Time: Sat, May 22 / 12:15 PMTITLE: REDUCTION OF CHRONIC STEROID USE IN PATIENTS DISCHARGED FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FLARES: A 28-MONTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY
AUTHORS: Chung Sang Tse, Yousef Elfanagely*, Joshua Ray Tanzer, Albert Manudhane, Abbas Rupawala, Sean Fine
Session Title: Advancing Clinical Practice: GI Fellow-Directed Quality Improvement Projects
Session Type: Clinical Symposium Oral Presentation
Presentation Date/Time: Sat, May 22/1:08 PMTITLE: LOW HEALTH CONFIDENCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HOSPITAL-BASED, ACUTE HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF OVER 18,000 ADULTS AUTHORS: Chung Sang Tse, Corey A. Siegel, Alandra Weaver, Brant J. Olive4, Welmoed Kirsten Van Deen, Gil Melmed
Session Title: Epidemiology and Natural History of IBD
Session Type: Research Forum Oral Presentation
Presentation Date/Time: Fri, May 21/ 6:42 PMTITLE: SUICIDE RISK AMONG ADULTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A DECADE-LONG ANALYSIS FROM A UNITED STATES NATIONAL DATABASE
AUTHORS: Chung Sang Tse, Chien-Hsiang Weng, Michelle Kwon, Samir A. Shah, Sean Fine
INSTITUTIONS (ALL): 1. Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Session Title: IBD: Quality of Life and Psychosocial Care
Session Type: Poster Session
Presentation Date/Time: Sat, May 22/12:15 PMTITLE: NON-STANDARD INDICATIONS FOR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND FOR IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: FREQUENCY, CLASSIFICATION, AND COMPLICATION RATES
Authors: Yousef Elfanagely*, Chung Sang Tse, Joao Filipe G Monteiro, Joel Glotfelty, Lawrence Kogan*, James Scharfen*, Sarah Hyder, and Harlan Rich
Session Title: EUS Poster Session
Session Type: Poster Session
Presentation Date/Time: Sat May 22/12:15 PMTITLE: INCREASED BURDEN OF SWALLOWING DISORDERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A HOSPITAL SYSTEM-WIDE AUDIT
Authors: Waihong Chung, May Min, Savan Kothadia*, Firrah Saeed*, James Scharfen*, Fadlallah Habr,
Session Title: Health Care Delivery and Policy: COVID-19
Session Type: Poster Session (Poster of distinction)
Presentation Date/Time: Sat May 22/12:15 PMTITLE: INCREASED BURDEN OF ALCOHOL-RELATED GASTROINTESINAL AND LIVER DISEASE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A HOSPITAL SYSTEM-WIDE AUDITt
Authors: Waihong Chung, May Min, Savan Kothadia*, Firrah Saeed*, James Scharfen*, Fadlallah Habr.
Session Title: Clinical Science Plenary
Session Type: Oral presentation
Presentation Date/Time: Sat May 22/1:00 PM to 2:30 PMTITLE: IMPACT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE TESTING BY NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING ON HELICOBACTER PYLORI ERADICATION IN A UNITED STATES POPULATION
Authors: Erick A. Argueta, Mohd Amer Alsamman, Steven F. Moss, Erika D’Agata
Session Title: H. pylori pathogenesis and management
Session type: Research Forum, Oral presentation
Presentation Date/Time: Sat May 22/6:42PM