Research at the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

		Our Location: Basic Science Building, Room 8-49S SUNY Downstate Medical Center 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: 718-270-1290 Fax: 718-270-7201

Frank Gress, M.D., Professor & Chief	Laura Martello-Rooney, PhD Director of GI Research

Sherif Andrawes, M.D	Xiaosong Song, M.D.	Amon Asgharpour, M.D.	Jing Ling

Abstracts

» Drug-eluting Microparticles for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Preliminary In Vivo Results. Asgharpour A., Ganesh M., Gooding A., Stanek A., Danishpajooh I., Gross R., Gress F., Martello-Rooney L. – 2011 American Pancreatic Association meeting.

» Rifaximin promotes mucosal healing via inhibition p38 phosphorylation in human intestinal mucosal Caco2 cells.
Song X., Martello-Rooney L., Goodman A., Gress F. – 2011 American College of Gastroenterology meeting

Posters
» http://www.downstate.edu/grad/ard/research_day.html

Awards
» Furchgott Scholar Award - http://www.downstate.edu/RFFS/award_recipients.html

ONGOING TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES
» Drug-eluting microparticles for the treatment of pancreatic cancer [Collaboration w/ NYU Polytech]	L. Martello-Rooney, A. Asgharpour, A. Gooding, J. Ling, A. Raizner
» Gene expression of ulcerative colitis [Collaboration w/Shire Pharmaceuticals]	L. Martello-Rooney, S. Andrawes
» Cytokine concentration in pancreatic cyst fluid for identification of pancreatic cystic neoplasms	F. Gress, L. Martello-Rooney
» Mechanism of Rifaximin action in mucosal healing	L. Martello-Rooney, X. Song
» Targeting pancreatic cancer stem cells using radiolabeled antibodies	L. Martello-Rooney, J. Ling
» Molecular analysis of pancreatic cancer in African Americans	F. Gress, L. Martello-Rooney, A. Gooding
ONGOING CLINICAL STUDIES
» Pancreatic Tumor Registry [Collaboration w/ Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]	F. Gress, E. Grossman, L. Martello-Rooney
» Efficacy of sequential therapy compared with standard therapies for Helicobacter pylori eradication; a randomized controlled trial	A. Goodman, A. Azarm, C. Oliner
» Retrospective data collection and characterization of IBD in patients seen in Kings County Hospital Center and University Hospital of Brooklyn	F. Gress, C. Koczka
» Retrospective data collection and characterization of pancreatitis in adult patients	F. Gress, S. Jasti, M. Abramowitz
» Retrospective data collection and characterization of liver disease in adult patients seen in King's County Hospital Center and University Hospital of Brooklyn	V. Dubrovskaya, A. Batool, A. Gooding
» Retrospective study of the presentation, course and prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) at SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center	F. Gress, C. Koczka
» Retrospective case series examining use of a new fully-covered self-expanding metal stent (FCSEMS) in the upper GI tract	F. Gress
» Comparison of fluid analysis and molecular analysis in patients having pancreatic cysts	F. Gress, G. Lam
» A multicenter, open label, randomized controlled phase III trial of ERCP with photodynamic therapy plus plastic stents for the palliation of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma	F. Gress, G. Lam
» CT Colonography vs Conventional Colonoscopy	A. Goodman, E. Weiss

Patients needed to enroll in the following studies:
At SUNY Downstate Medical Center

» Gene expression of ulcerative colitis
» Cytokine concentration in pancreatic cyst fluid for identification of pancreatic cystic neoplasms
» Efficacy of sequential therapy compared with standard therapies for Helicobacter pylori eradication; a randomized controlled trial

At Kings County Hospital Center

» Gene expression of ulcerative colitis
» Cytokine concentration in pancreatic cyst fluid for identification of pancreatic cystic neoplasms