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Clinical Activities at LAC+USC Medical Center, RLANRC, AND VAOPC

The Division at LAC+USC Medical Center is actively engaged in teaching and patient care. Major clinical research programs in GI bleeding, H. pylori, pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease are ongoing.

Clinical Activities in the Private Practice Setting

In the private practice arena, Drs. DeLeve, Donovan, Fong, Kahn, Kline, Laine, Lin, Lindsay, Lu, Reynolds, Yang and Zarchy are active at USC/Norris Cancer Hospital, HCC II and USC University Hospital, and our practice income has continued to grow annually. During the past year, Liver Transplant Program has performed a total of 68 adult transplants with 17 of those from live donors and 51 being cadaveric. There have been a total of 11 pediatric transplants with seven coming from live donors and four being cadaveric. We continue to provide outstanding clinical consultations in GI and Liver Diseases at LAC+USC Medical Center, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (RLANRC), Veteran’s Administration Outpatient Clinic (VAOPC) and USC University Hospital. We provide Hepatology and GI consult services including newer technologies such as capsule endoscopy, Bravo pH monitoring, anti-reflux procedures (Enteryx) and improving the safety of ERCPs at LAC+USC Medical Center with weekly clinics in both, plus a hepatitis clinic. The Division also runs a busy inpatient Hepatology service at USC University Hospital.

Major Clinical/Research Interests and Accomplishments of the Division

The Division is actively engaged in clinical and basic research in all locations. Management of GI bleeding, AIDS, diarrhea, pancreatic pseudocysts, alcoholic hepatitis, ascites, early detection of GI cancer, and gut bacterial overgrowth, are among the active areas of clinical investigation. In the laboratory, the areas of hepatotoxicity, transport physiology, molecular biology, organ preservation, gut motility, and experimental colitis are actively investigated. In addition, strong clinical research is conducted by Division members in H. pylori (Laine L), GI bleeding (Laine L), nonalcohol fatty liver disease (Mendler M), esophogeal diseases (Kline M), hepatitis diagnosis and treatment (Lindsay K), pancreatic diseases (Yang R), liver transplantation (Fong T-L, Donovan J, Kahn J), and colonic disease, polyps, colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease (Zarchy T), and bacterial overgrowth, (Lin H).