Gastroenterology/Hepatology

The Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Specialty Research Network is a multi-disciplinary group of clinician-investigators that evaluates clinically important questions to inform new treatments and new approaches for care in diseases of the pancreas, liver, biliary (gallbladder) system, stomach, small bowel, and colon. These include inflammatory, infectious, malignant, and immune-related disorders. The group’s investigations are supported by several sources including The Permanente Medical Group, the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and private non-profit foundations.

Physicians Involved in Research

Douglas A. Corley, MD, PhD

Division of Research and San Francisco Medical Center

Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MPH

Division of Research and San Francisco Medical Center

Mandeep Singh, MD

Modesto Medical Offices

Annual Meetings

Digestive Disease Week

Northern California Society of Clinical Gastroenterology GI Symposium

ACG Annual Scientific Meeting

The Liver Meeting

Recent Achievements

A big congratulations to Theodore Levin, MD, for receiving the 2018 Sidney Garfield Exceptional Contribution Award, for colorectal screenings. His accomplishments in improving colorectal cancer screening have led to a 25% decrease in the incidence of colorectal cancer and a 50% decrease in mortality, respectively within Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

To learn more about Dr. Levin's work please follow this link to his award announcement.

Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Physicians Involved in Research

Sripriya Balasubramanian, MD

Douglas A. Corley, MD, PhD

Erina Foster, MD

Jeffrey Fox, MD

Courtney Gonzales, MD

Benjamin Hassid, MD

Sundip Karsan, MD

Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MPH

Theodore Levin, MD

Dan Li, MD

Mitchell Liverant, MD

Brock MacDonald, MD

Craig Munroe, MD

Amir Prushani, MD

Joanna Ready, MD

Catherine Rongey, MD

Abhik Roy, MD

Varun Saxena, MD

Lyle Shlager, MD

Mandeep Singh, MD

Ongoing and Completed Gastroenterology Projects, All Funding Mechanisms

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​Physicians Involved in Research

Sripriya Balasubramanian, MD

Douglas A. Corley, MD, PhD

Erina Foster, MD

Jeffrey Fox, MD

Courtney Gonzales, MD

Benjamin Hassid, MD

Sundip Karsan, MD

Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MPH

Theodore Levin, MD

Dan Li, MD

Mitchell Liverant, MD

Brock MacDonald, MD

Craig Munroe, MD

Amir Prushani, MD

Joanna Ready, MD

Catherine Rongey, MD

Abhik Roy, MD

Varun Saxena, MD

Lyle Shlager, MD

Mandeep Singh, MD

Ongoing and Completed Gastroenterology Projects, All Funding Mechanisms

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Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Physicians Involved in Research

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