Overview
Dr. Dominique Howard is a gastroenterologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and George Washington University Hospital. She practices out of Capital Digestive Care’s Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group in Washington, D.C. and Chevy Chase, Md. Dr. Howard has an expertise in inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal pH testing, capsule endoscopy, colorectal cancer screening and diseases of the pancreas and gallbladder. Dr. Howard earned her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at George Washington University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology. Dr. Howard is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and the William Earl Clark Society.
Dr. Howard is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. Her top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome, Diarrhea, and Cronkhite-Canada Disease.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
2021 K Street Northwest, Suite 500, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Howard has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia
Marcia (Mimi) Canto, M.D., M.H.S. is a Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also the Director of Endoscopy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Canto received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Philippines in Manila in 1981 (summa cum laude). She received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1985 from the University of the Philippines and completed her training in Internal Medicine from State University of New York Sciences Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Canto completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Gastroenterology-Hepatology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and received a Master of Health Science in Clinical Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1993. Dr. Canto came back to Johns Hopkins after spending three years at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio for advanced endoscopic training. Her primary clinical interests include endoscopy, particularly the use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in detecting early pancreatic cancer and its precursors. She has recently shown that endoscopic ultrasound can be used to detect asymptomatic precancerous lesions in patients with a family history of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Canto is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. Her top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
University Of Maryland Physicians PA
Bruce Greenwald is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Greenwald is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. His top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer, Benign Esophageal Stricture, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Stephen J. Meltzer is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, Division of Gastroenterology. He is the Director of GI Early Detection Biomarkers Laboratory and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. His research interests are Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer, Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer and gastric cancer. After receiving degree in Medicine at the State University of New York Medical School, Dr. Meltzer interned at Tulane University in New Orleans and University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. He completed his fellowship training program in the University of Colorado and the Lenox Hill Hospital. He was an Assistant Professor in UCLA, Center for Health Science in 1987. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2006, he was Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Founder and Head of Aero digestive Cancer/Biomarker Program in School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore. He is an Associate Editor of Cancer Research and a member of the editorial board of Esophageal. He has published 152 original scientific papers in high-impact scientific journals. He also has 43 chapters, review articles, editorials, or letters to the editor; 1 book; and 139 abstracts to his name. He has given a plethora of invited lectures around the world, all involving his principal field of esophageal and gastrointestinal cancer research. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious national and international awards, including the Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Award in Gastric Cancer Biology and membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Special Interests: Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer. Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer. Dr. Meltzer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. His top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- Berdon SyndromeDr. Howard isAdvanced. Learn about Berdon Syndrome.
- Childhood VolvulusDr. Howard isAdvanced. Learn about Childhood Volvulus.
- Colonic MalakoplakiaDr. Howard isAdvanced. Learn about Colonic Malakoplakia.
- Cronkhite-Canada DiseaseDr. Howard isAdvanced. Learn about Cronkhite-Canada Disease.
- DiarrheaDr. Howard isAdvanced. Learn about Diarrhea.
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- Accessory PancreasDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Accessory Pancreas.
- Anal FissureDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Anal Fissure.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- Barrett EsophagusDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Barrett Esophagus.
- Bowel IncontinenceDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Bowel Incontinence.
- Celiac DiseaseDr. Howard isExperienced. Learn about Celiac Disease.