Featured Story Johns Hopkins Among Few in U.S. to Offer Early Liver Transplants for Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
New research opens window into understanding the needs of patients after the procedure.
Spring 2023
News from the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Articles in this Issue
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Johns Hopkins Gastroenterologist First in U.S. to Perform POEM+F—Recently Developed Approach for Achalasia and Acid Reflux
Mouen Khashab and colleagues combine peroral endoscopic myotomy and endoscopic fundoplication to improve patients’ lives. Johns Hopkins is only center in nation to provide the treatment.
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Johns Hopkins Hepatologists Detect Liver Cancer in Urine Test
Researchers show that screening urine for ctDNA as part of a two-stage test increases detection sensitivity from 40% to 77% in early-stage liver cancer, and from 62% to 92% in the very early stage of disease.
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Johns Hopkins Study Reveals Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Liver Transplant
Researchers demonstrate that patients from underrepresented populations living in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods are at significant risk of not receiving the care they require.
