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Past Speakers at the GI Research Forum

This weekly series is presented every Thursday at 4:00pm in Room M112 of Baylor College of Medicine’s DeBakey Building, from September through May. UTHSC also provides visiting guests to the DDC audience.

Speakers include a diverse mix of clinicians and basic scientists, senior investigators from the Texas Medical Center in Houston, and from across the country.

2002

Mo
Day
Speaker
Topic

Faculty Host

Aug

20

Zhenglun Zhu, Ph.D., M.D.
Fellow, Cell Biology
Harvard University, Boston MS

Regulated Proteolysis of Xom-Mediated Dorsal Pattern Formation:  Towards Understanding Common GI Diseases

D. Graham

September

5

Donald O. Castell, M.D.
Professor, Medicine; Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Medical U of South Carolina

Evaluation of Esophageal Function With Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance

G. Ergun

12

Michael Nathanson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine & Cell Biology
Yale University, New Haven CT

Calcium Signaling in Biliary Epithelia:  Importance in Health, Disease, and Recovery

G. LeSage

19

Stephen J. D. O'Keefe, M.D., F.A.C.G
Professor, Internal Medicine-GI
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis

G. LeSage

26

Robert J. Shulman, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Studies of GI Development

 in the Preterm Infant

S. Henning

October

3

Lenard Lichtenberger, Ph.D.
Professor, DDC Core Director, Integrative Biology,
UTHSC

NSAID-Induced GI Injury:
The Inside Story + The Integrative Biology DDC Core

M. Estes

10

Ronnie Fass, M.D., FACP, FACG
Asst Professor, Medicine
University of Arizona

Nonerosive Reflux Disease -The Stimulus, the Pain and the Brain

G. Ergun

17

Jose Behar, M.D.
Professor, Bio Med Medicine
Brown University, Providence, RI

Cell Signaling Induced by Progesterone in Colonic Smooth Muscle: Implications for Colonic Inertia

M. Hellmich

24

Gene LeSage, M.D.
Professor, Medicine; Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
University of Texas Houston Medical School

Getting to Know the Cholangiocyte

M. Estes

31

James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine

Immunomodulation by Intestinal Lactobacillus

M. Estes

November

7

Sandy Hwang, M.D.
Asst Professor, Pediatrics-GI
Baylor College of Medicine

Bile Acid Regulation of the Developmental Increase in Ileal Bile Acid Binding Protein via FXR

S. Henning

14

Hashem El-Serag, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Medicine Health Svcs
Baylor College of Medicine

GERD: Going to Extremes

G. Ergun

21

Gabriel Makhlouf, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology
Virginia Commonwealth University

5-HT Receptors and Peristaltic

Activity in the Gut

M. Hellmich

December

5

Shanthi Srinivasan, M.D.
Instructor, Internal Medicine
Washington University, St. Louis

Mechanisms of Nutrients and Growth Factor Regulation of Cell Survival-Role of the PI-3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

D. Graham

12

Douglas G. Burrin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

GLP-2 Function in the Neonatal Gut: Is Nitric Oxide a Key Signal?

M. Estes