According to a list recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, UNC Gastroenterology and Hepatology faculty authored four of the 12 key publications in gastroenterology and hepatology published in 2014.
Each year, the Annals of Internal Medicine publishes a review of all the key studies that have shaped clinical practice during the preceding 12 months.
In the journal’s most recent Update in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, faculty from UNC’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology authored or co-authored four of the 12 published journal articles that were identified as key publications in the field published in 2014.
“Nine separate UNC GI faculty are represented among the authors of these studies,” said Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. “Clearly our division is strongly shaping how gastroenterology is practiced.”
In addition, two of the remaining eight journal articles were written by graduates of UNC’s GI fellowship program.
The articles, and their UNC authors, are:
“Prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States,” published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
UNC authors: Evan S. Dellon, Christopher F. Martin, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Michael D. Kappelman.
“Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening,” published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UNC co-author: David F. Ransohoff.
“Risk of cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: a nationwide population-based cohort study with 30 years of follow-up evaluation,” published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
UNC authors: Michael D. Kappelman, Millie D. Long, Robert S. Sandler, Todd Baron.
“Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for 8 or 12 weeks for chronic HCV without cirrhosis,” published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UNC co-author: Michael W. Fried.
The first authors of the following two studies are graduates of UNC’s GI fellowship program:
“Spectrum of statin hepatotoxicity: experience of the drug-induced liver injury network,” published in Hepatology.
First author: Mark W. Russo
“Colorectal cancers soon after colonoscopy: a pooled multicohort analysis,” published in Gut.
First author: Douglas J. Robertson