Michael Chiorean

Fighting Diseases

Clinical research studies are a key tool for advancing medical knowledge and patient care, and may improve how disease is diagnosed, treated and prevented.

Driving Clinical Research

Virginia Mason is currently home to more than 100 clinical studies that give patients in nearly every clinical department

There are more than 1 million people affected with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the U.S.

Why is Inflammatory Bowel Disease on the Rise?

Why have cases of IBD been soaring worldwide? A Virginia Mason physician offers some theories.