Welcome to the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
We thank you for your interest in our section and our clinical, scientific and educational missions. Our mission is to improve digestive health through excellence in clinical care, teaching, discovery, and leadership. We ranked among the top 10 Gastroenterology and Hepatology divisions nationally according to U.S News & World Report – Best Universities for Gastroenterology and Hepatology. We are #1 in Texas. These rankings are based on performance across a set of widely accepted indicators measuring excellence in research, publications and scientific reputation overall.
The Section includes 60 outstanding, nationally and internationally recognized faculty members who continuously innovate clinical practices covering the full spectrum of digestive health from general gastroenterology to specialized care in inflammatory bowel disease, neurogastroenterology, pancreatic conditions, GI cancers and transplant hepatology. Members of the Section have published national guidelines in nearly every therapeutic area.
We provide outstanding care to patients and their families, using state-of-the-art services to enhance their digestive and liver health. Our affiliate hospitals include McNair Hospital, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. We continue to expand our clinical footprint locally and regionally, including new services at the Texas Children’s Hospital and St. Luke’s Health Sugarland Hospital.
We also train and educate the next generation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists who will assume leadership roles as clinician scientists, clinicians and educators within and outside the United States. The Section includes a comprehensive, highly sought-after fellowship training program that offers a clinical and a NIH T-32-funded research training track. Ours is the only adult GI research-training program that is supported by a National Institutes of Health training grant in Texas as well as neighboring states. We also support ACGME accredited transplant hepatology fellowship and a competitive advanced endoscopy fellowship.
With over $15 million in research grant funding, the Section remains as one of leaders in research in gastroenterology and hepatology. These achievements are a testament to the caliber of intellectual work and study that our Section members produced. I am grateful to all our faculty, fellows and our world-class staff who support the Section across all mission areas.
Mohamed Othman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section
