Women’s Issues in Gastroenterology

Contributors

GUEST EDITORS

ASYIA AHMAD, MD, MPHAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

BARBARA B. FRANK, MDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departmentof Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AUTHORS

ASYIA AHMAD, MD, MPHAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

HASAN BAYAT, BSDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DAWN B. BEAULIEU, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,Inflammatory Bowl Disease Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

BHAVIK M. BHANDARI, MDFellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine,Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CUCKOO CHOUDHARY, MD, FACPAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ThomasJefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SHEILA E. CROWE, MD, FRCPCProfessor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University ofVirginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

SILVIA DEGLI ESPOSTI, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine (Clinical), The Alpert Medical School of Brown University;Director, Department of Medicine, Center for Women’s Gastrointestinal Services, Women& Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island

GRACE H. ELTA, MDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,Michigan

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CHRISTOPHER W. HAMMERLE, MDDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia,Charlottesville, Virginia

BRENDA JIMENEZ, MDDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida,Weston, Florida

SUNANDA KANE, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAFProfessor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic,Rochester, Minnesota

JOYANN A. KROSER, MD, FACP, FACG, FAGAClinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology andHepatology, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NOEL M. LEE, MDGastroenterology Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,Madison, Wisconsin

AYAZ MATIN, MDFellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine,Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

RADHA MENON, MDFellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine,Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

STEPHANIE M. MOLESKI, MDGastroenterology Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ThomasJefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SCOTT E. MYERS, MD, FACPAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyDepartment of Medicine; Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program,Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NICOLE PALEKAR, MDDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida,Weston, Florida

ANDRES RIERA, MDResident, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Drexel UniversityCollege of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

KENNETH D. ROTHSTEIN, MDAssociate Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SUMONA SAHA, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison,Wisconsin

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DAVID A. SASS, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAFAssociate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Gastroenterology andHepatology, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ALISON SCHNEIDER, MDDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida,Weston, Florida

DHVANI SHAH, BAThe Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

SAVANNA THOR, DO, MPHResident in Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hahnemann UniversityHospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DONALD N. TSYNMAN, MDResident in Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hahnemann UniversityHospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TOBIAS ZUCHELLI, MDInternal Medicine Resident, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania