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Chief Medical Officer at OpenBiome
Gastroenterologist, the Lifespan Women’s Medicine Collaborative & Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director of Clinical Trials and Fecal Transplant Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Post-Doctoral Researcher at INSERM – Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre
Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery , Executive Vice Chair Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
GI fellow at Brigham & Women's
Contributing writer, Physician's First Watch; Host, Clinical Conversations
The body's "genetic load" comprises about 1% human genes, with the rest belonging by and large to the critters in our intestines. That looming microbiome has been under intense study, especially now that Clostridium difficile infection can be eradicated fairly effectively with fecal transplants. Work is under way on the microbiome’s role in hepatic encephalopathy and ulcerative colitis, for example. We’ve brought together a group of innovators to field questions about this emerging therapeutic pathway, and to speculate about what the future holds for its role in clinical medicine. That’s where you come in – bring your questions, speculations, and doubts!
A short interview with one of our experts, Dr. Zain Kassam, provides perspective on the topic. Listen here.
Chief Medical Officer at OpenBiome
Gastroenterologist, the Lifespan Women’s Medicine Collaborative & Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director of Clinical Trials and Fecal Transplant Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Post-Doctoral Researcher at INSERM – Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre
Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery , Executive Vice Chair Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
GI fellow at Brigham & Women's
Contributing writer, Physician's First Watch; Host, Clinical Conversations