Over the past two years, the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has added three prominent physician researchers to its world-class roster.

“I’m so pleased to have these excellent physicians join our team,” says division director James Hamilton. “Each of them has practiced medicine in our field for at least 40 years. They’ve seen it all in their careers and it’s great that they’ll be able to share some of that knowledge with our faculty and learners.”

Sudhir Dutta

Sudhir Dutta 

Most recently, Sudhir Dutta has served as the director of the gastroenterology division at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital and the medical director of Sinai’s endoscopy center. In prior roles, he worked as a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, and as president of the Maryland chapter of the American College of Gastroenterology. 

The author of hundreds of journal articles, research papers and presentations, Dutta is also a board member at the American College of Nutrition — where he formerly served as president. He is a member of the American Association of the Study of Liver. In addition to his clinical and research contributions, Dutta will serve as a mentor to junior faculty, fellows and residents. His current research interest is in the intestinal microbiome in gastrointestinal disorders.

David Hutcheon

David Hutcheon

David Hutcheon returned to Johns Hopkins recently, following 12 years in a private practice. The assistant professor of medicine has been a board-certified gastroenterologist since 1979. After graduating from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1973, Hutcheon completed his residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins.

Hutcheon has published frequently with Johns Hopkins faculty, his research focused mainly on colon cancer.

Natarajan Ravendhran

Natarajan Ravendhran

Natarajan Ravendhran is a hepatologist specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and management of liver diseases.

He earned his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, University of Madras in India, completed his residency in internal medicine at what is now Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Maryland and a residency in surgery at Railway Hospital in Madras, India. During his fellowship at the University of Miami, Ravendhran studied under pioneering hepatologists Eugene and Leon Schiff. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Gastroenterological Association, and is a member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Ravendhran is interested in exploring cholestatic disorders and has participated in many clinical trials that focus on hepatitis B and C, in addition to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease trials.