Division of Gastroenterology

Welcome to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Thomas Y. Ma, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology is dedicated to excellence in clinical care, research, and education. The missions of the Division are to deliver outstanding clinical care in gastroenterology and hepatology to New Mexicans, to make new scientific discoveries by performing cutting-edge research, and to provide superb educational training to the next generation of clinicians and scientists.

Our faculty members are superbly trained academic clinicians and scientists and many are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders in their respective fields. Dr. Henry Lin is recognized as the pre-eminent expert in the role of small bacterial overgrowth as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome; Dr. Ed Boedeker is renowned internationally for his research in E.coli infection of the G.I. tract; Dr. Denis McCarthy is a leading expert in gastric mucosal injury and physiology; Dr. Sanjeev Arora is a pioneering leader in Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) program; and my research group has made important novel discoveries into the role of "leaky gut" in gastrointestinal diseases.

Our Division faculty specializes in a wide range of gastrointestinal diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, liver diseases, liver transplant, motility disorders, pancreatic and biliary diseases, colon cancer, esophageal and gastric diseases, small intestinal disease, and diarrheal malabsorptive disorders. The Division faculty has expertise in all diagnostic and therapeutic G.I. procedures including colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, Capsule (or pill-camera) endoscopy, biliary endoscopy (ERCP), manometry, and liver biopsy. Our faculty are also dedicated to providing outstanding clinical and research training to the future generation of gastroenterologists.

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Annual Report
2007 - 2008 Gastroenterology Annual Report