Nov 15, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
David Levinthal, MD, PhD discussed a potential new neurogastroenterology treatment on WTAE-TV in November. Dr. Levinthal and colleagues are exploring use of a tens unit to address digestive pain and related issues. Dr. Levinthal is an assistant professor of medicine...
Nov 8, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
The UPMC Pancreas & Biliary Center will host the inaugural CAPER/NPF Visiting Fellows Program. This opportunity is cosponsored by The Collaborative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research (CAPER) and The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF). This one month...
Nov 8, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS has received her first NIH/NIDDK R01 to study “Pancreatic Quantitative Sensory Testing (P-QST) to Predict Treatment Response for Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis” (NCT04996628). Dr. Evans will evaluate the ability of P-QST to predict responses...
Nov 8, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
David Levinthal, MD, PhD and colleagues continue to advance Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) treatment paradigms. In “Development of a Low Literacy, Pictographic Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Action Plan” in The Journal of Pediatrics, Dr. Levinthal and colleagues provide...
Nov 1, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
Robert Schoen, MD, MPH will lead the newly launched FORTE/NRG-CC005 trial (NCT05080673) to evaluate the frequency of surveillance colonoscopy in individuals with a first-time presentation and removal of one to two small, benign polyps. 9,500 subjects aged 50 to 70...
Oct 28, 2021 | ALL NEWS, Gastro News
The Division’s Pancreas & Biliary Center hosted the first National Pancreas Foundation PancreasBowl in October 2021. A great time was had by all with more than $2,000 raised for NPF. Hats off to Kim Stello, Lab Manager, for chairing Pitt’s PancreasBowl...
