Staff
- Stephanie Peterson
- Frederick Lin
- Christine Nelson
- Madison Simons
- Sonia Zavala
- Melina Masihi
- Cara Alioto
- Debra Salvi
Research Team
Meet the team behind the Disordered Tissue Biomechanics as a Driver of Esophageal Disease at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Faculty Members
Carlson, Dustin A
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Gonsalves, Nirmala
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Bio
Eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal disorders, food allergy and gastrointestinal disease, celiac disease, general gastroenterol... [more]
Kahrilas, Peter
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Bio
Esophageal disorders, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Swallowing disorders
Kou, Wenjun
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Pandolfino, John
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Bio
Esophageal Disorders, Swallowing Disorders, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Patankar, Neelesh A
Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Description of Interests
Patankar group research is focused on four primary missions: First, to develop fully resolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques to simulate muscle activated movement of organisms (e.g. kni... [more]
Taft, Tiffany H
Research Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Dr. Taft is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the psychological impacts of chronic digestive diseases. She has published extensively in this field across multiple digestive illnesses in... [more]
Tetreault, Marie-Pier
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Bio
In the Tetreault Lab, our goal is to better understand the crosstalk between epithelial cells and their surrounding microenvironment (immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells). A particular area o... [more]
Engineer Team
- Shashank Aharya
- Sourav Halder
- Guy Elisha