Digestive Disease Institute Clinical Research Unit

The internationally renowned Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason optimizes patient care through innovations in research, education, and a multidisciplinary approach to digestive and liver diseases.  The Digestive Disease Institute research team is dedicated to expanding treatment options available to digestive disease patients, to improving the patient experience through integration of clinical care and research, and to providing a supportive and focused environment in which patients, staff and physicians may participate in clinical research.

Research at the Digestive Disease Institute currently includes approximately 40 clinical research projects.  For more information about these studies, search our clinical trials listings or call the Research Hotline at (206)341-1021.

Investigators:

Elisa Boden, MD, Gastroenterology

S. Ian Gan, MD, Gastroenterology

Michael Gluck, MD, Gastroenterology

Shayan Irani, MD, Gastroenterology

Geoffrey S. Jiranek, MD, Gastroenterology

Kris V. Kowdley, MD, Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Richard A. Kozarek, MD, Gastroenterology

Otto S. Lin, MD, Gastroenterology

James Lord, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology

Vincent Picozzi, MD, Oncology

Flavio Rocha, MD, General Surgery

Andrew S. Ross, MD, Gastroenterology

Lacey L. Seikas, ARNP, Gastroenterology

Chia Wang, MD, Infectious Disease