Keck Medicine of USC Physician Blog | Gastroenterology

Which Are the 3 Most Commonly Underdiagnosed Autoimmune Liver Diseases?

Which Are the 3 Most Commonly Underdiagnosed Autoimmune Liver Diseases?

A Keck Medicine of USC hepatologist who specializes in rare and complex liver diseases provides a deep dive on autoimmune...

Which Are the 3 Most Commonly Underdiagnosed Autoimmune Liver Diseases?

Which Are the 3 Most Commonly Underdiagnosed Autoimmune Liver Diseases?

A Keck Medicine of USC hepatologist who specializes in rare and complex liver diseases provides a deep dive on autoimmune...

GLP-1s Are Not the End of Bariatric Surgery; They’re the Beginning of Better Obesity Care

GLP-1s Are Not the End of Bariatric Surgery; They’re the Beginning of Better Obesity Care

A Keck Medicine of USC bariatric surgeon and obesity medicine specialist shares why multimodal obesity care should be the new...

Gastrointestinal Cancers and Clinical Trials: What Patients Need to Know Earlier On

Gastrointestinal Cancers and Clinical Trials: What Patients Need to Know Earlier On

A Keck Medicine of USC gastrointestinal oncologist explains what patients need to know so they don’t miss the opportunity to...

3 Innovations Revolutionizing IBD Treatment

3 Innovations Revolutionizing IBD Treatment

Keck Medicine of USC gastroenterologist Florence-Damilola (Damie) Odufalu, MD, shares how recent advances in inflammatory bowel disease treatment are changing...

Will Spatial Genomics Help Identify Barrett’s Esophagus Patients at High Risk of Esophageal Cancer?

Will Spatial Genomics Help Identify Barrett’s Esophagus Patients at High Risk of Esophageal Cancer?

A Keck Medicine of USC expert explains how next-generation genetic analysis could help stratify patients’ cancer risk — and guide...

Ending Medical Stigma: How to Talk to Your Patients About Obesity Treatment

Ending Medical Stigma: How to Talk to Your Patients About Obesity Treatment

For patients with obesity, diet and exercise attempts have a 98% failure rate. So why is there a stigma in...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Why Complex IBD Cases Need Multidisciplinary Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Why Complex IBD Cases Need Multidisciplinary Care

A Keck Medicine of USC gastroenterologist explains why more physicians are referring patients to tertiary centers for complex IBD cases....

Is Stopping Hiatal Hernia Recurrence the Key to Curing GERD?

February 25, 2025

Is Stopping Hiatal Hernia Recurrence the Key to Curing GERD?

Hiatal hernias are a main cause of GERD. Keck Medicine of USC physicians are working on curing them for good....

Can AI Correctly Predict When Patients Need Their Next Colonoscopy?

January 2, 2025

Can AI Correctly Predict When Patients Need Their Next Colonoscopy?

A new study from Keck Medicine of USC indicates it can. As artificial intelligence improves, gastroenterologists are asking whether AI...

Normothermic Regional Perfusion Expands Organ Transplant Availability

September 21, 2023

Normothermic Regional Perfusion Expands Organ Transplant Availability

A cutting-edge approach known as normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is allowing transplant teams to explore a much broader range of...

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